Space Jam

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Space Jam
Directed byJoe Pytka
Written byKarey Kirkpatrick
Leo Benvenuti
Steve Rudnick
Timothy Harris
Herschel Weingrod
Produced byIvan Reitman
Joe Medjuck
Daniel Goldberg
StarringMichael Jordan
Wayne Knight
Theresa Randle
Billy West
Dee Bradley Baker
Danny DeVito
CinematographyMichael Chapman
Edited bySheldon Kahn
Music byJames Newton Howard
Distributed byWarner Bros. Family Entertainment
Release date
November 15, 1996
Running time
88 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$80 million
Box office$230,418,342

Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy movie directed by Joe Pytka and produced by Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, and Daniel Goldberg. It stars former basketball star Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes. The movie won a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Song Written Specifically for Motion Picture or Television for "I Believe I Can Fly" by singer R. Kelly. The stand-alone sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy, starring current basketball star LeBron James, was theatrically released on July 16, 2021.

Release Dates[change | change source]

Country Premiere
 Canada 15 November 1996
 United States 15 November 1996
 Hong Kong 5 December 1996
 South Africa 6 December 1996
 Australia 12 December 1996
 South Korea 21 December 1996
 Argentina 25 December 1996
 Brazil 25 December 1996
 Chile 25 December 1996
 Colombia 25 December 1996
 Mexico 25 December 1996
 Uruguay 25 December 1996
 Venezuela 25 December 1996
 Philippines 4 January 1997
 Peru 10 January 1997
 Turkey 17 January 1997
 Poland 30 January 1997
 Spain 3 February 1997
 France 5 February 1997
 Germany 6 February 1997
 Hungary 6 February 1997
 Austria 7 February 1997
 Denmark 7 February 1997
 Portugal 7 February 1997
 Czech Republic 13 February 1997
 Netherlands 13 February 1997
 Finland 14 February 1997
 Greece 20 February 1997
 Slovenia 20 February 1997
 Bulgaria 21 February 1997
 Iceland 21 February 1997
 Italy 21 February 1997
 Sweden 21 February 1997
 United Kingdom 21 March 1997
 Ireland 21 March 1997
 Estonia 18 April 1997
 Japan 26 April 1997
 China 15 July 1997

Cast[change | change source]

Live-action[change | change source]

Voices[change | change source]

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