User:JamesIsHere/Space Jam (film)


 * For other uses, see Space Jam.

Space Jam is an American live-action/2-D animated basketball comedy film based on the Looney Tunes theatrical shorts from 1930 to 1969. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (under its Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label) in theaters on November 15, 1996. It was written by Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris, and Herschel Weingrod, produced by Joe Medjuck, Daniel Goldberg, and Ivan Reitman, and directed by Joe Pytka.

Characters
Brandon Hammond (young)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Jordan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| James Jordan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Thom Barry
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Swackhammer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Danny Devito (voice)
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 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Danny Devito (voice)
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Locations

 * The Moon
 * Earth
 * United States
 * Jordan residence
 * Moron Mountain
 * Sludge Summit

Development
The origins of a team-up between Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny began in a 1992 commercial for Nike's Air Jordan.

Music
The music was composed by James Newton Howard.

Crew credits

 * Casting directors: Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson
 * Costume designer: Marlene Stewart
 * Co-producers: Gordon Webb, Sheldon Khan, Curtis Polk
 * Animation producers: Ron Tippe, Jerry Rees, Steven Paul Leiva
 * Live action/Animation visual effects supervisor: Ed Jones
 * Editor: Sheldon Khan
 * Production designer: Geoffrey Kirkland
 * Director of photography: Michael Chapman
 * Executive producers: David Falk, Ken Ross

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 15, 1996

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland: