Space Jam | |
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Directed by | Joe Pytka |
Written by | Karey Kirkpatrick Leo Benvenuti Steve Rudnick Timothy Harris Herschel Weingrod |
Produced by | Ivan Reitman Joe Medjuck Daniel Goldberg |
Starring | Michael Jordan Wayne Knight Theresa Randle Billy West Dee Bradley Baker Danny DeVito |
Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
Edited by | Sheldon Kahn |
Music by | James Newton Howard |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment |
Release date | November 15, 1996 |
Running time | 88 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.[1] The stand-alone sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy, starring current basketball star LeBron James, was theatrically released on July 16, 2021.