Space Jam (1996)

Director:

Joe Pytka

Writers (WGA):

Leo Benvenuti (written by) &
Steve Rudnick (written by) ...
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Release Date:

15 November 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Sport

Tagline:

Get ready to jam

Plot:

Michael Jordan agrees to help the Looney Toons play a basketball game vs. alien slavers to determine their freedom.

Plot Keywords:

Basketball Team | Dog | Basketball Court | Ball | Umpire

Awards:

5 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Michael Jordan	...	Himself
Wayne Knight	...	Stan Podolak
Billy West	...	Bugs Bunny / Elmer Fudd (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Daffy Duck / Tazmanian Devil / Bull (voice)
Theresa Randle	...	Juanita Jordan
Danny DeVito	...	Mr. Swackhammer (voice)
Manner Washington	...	Jeffrey Jordan (as Manner 'Mooky' Washington)
Bob Bergen	...	Bertie / Herbie / Marvin Martian / Porcine "Porky" Pig / Tweety Bird (voice)
Eric Gordon	...	Marcus Jordan
Penny Bae Bridges	...	Jasmine Jordan
Bill Farmer	...	Sylvester / Yosemite Sam / Foghorn Leghorn (voice)
June Foray	...	Granny (voice)
Brandon Hammond	...	Michael Jordan at 10
Larry Bird	...	Himself
Maurice LaMarche	...	Pepe le Pew (voice)
Bill Murray	...	Himself
Kath Soucie	...	Lola Bunny (voice)
Thom Barry	...	James Jordan
Charles Barkley	...	Himself
Patrick Ewing	...	Himself
Tyrone Bogues	...	Himself (as Muggsy Bogues)
Larry Johnson	...	Himself
Shawn Bradley	...	Himself
Ahmad Rashad	...	Himself
Del Harris	...	Himself
Vlade Divac	...	Himself
Cedric Ceballos	...	Himself
Jim Rome	...	Himself
Paul Westphal	...	Himself
Danny Ainge	...	Himself
Bebe Drake	...	Jordan Housekeeper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Alaimo	...	Doctor
Joe Bays	...	Barons Coach
Jocelyn Blue	...	Nerdluck Pound (voice)
Andre Rosey Brown	...	Umpire (as Rosey Brown)
Joey Camen	...	Monstar Bang (voice)
T.K. Carter	...	Monstar Nawt (voice)
Dan Castellaneta	...	Male Fan
A.C. Green	...	Himself
Albert Hague	...	Psychiatrist
Dorian Harewood	...	Monstar Bupkus (voice)
Derek Harper	...	Himself
Patricia Heaton	...	Woman Fan
Brad William Henke	...	Stars Catcher (as Brad Henke)
Charles Hoyes	...	Baron's Catcher
Douglas Robert Jackson	...	Commissioner
Charity James	...	Nerdluck Blanko (voice)
Steve Kehela	...	Monstar Blanko / Announcer (voice)
Linda Lutz	...	Female Seer
Jeff Malone	...	Himself
Nicky McCrimmon	...	Basketball Girl
June Melby	...	Nerdluck Bang (voice)
Anthony Miller	...	Himself
Bean Miller	...	Player
Alonzo Mourning	...	Himself
Charles Oakley	...	Himself
James O'Donnell	...	NBA Referee
Connie Ray	...	Owner's Girlfriend
Catherine Reitman	...	Nerdluck Bupkus (voice)
John Roselius	...	Baron's Manager
William G. Schilling	...	Golfer
Steven Shenbaum	...	Player
Darnell Suttles	...	Monstar Pound (voice) (as M. Darnell Suttles)
Luke Torres	...	Player
David Ursin	...	Charlotte Coach
Kelly Vint	...	Little League Girl
Colleen Wainwright	...	Nerdluck Nawt / Sniffles (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Charles the Dog (voice) (as Frank W. Welker)
Sharone Wright	...	Himself
Amy Chance	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Kent Kasper	...	Team Doctor (uncredited)
Michael Rothhaar	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Jim Wise	...	Police Assistant (uncredited)

Directed by
Joe Pytka

Writing credits (WGA)
Leo Benvenuti		(written by) &
Steve Rudnick		(written by) and
Timothy Harris		(written by) &
Herschel Weingrod		(written by)

Produced by
Allison Abbate	....	animation co-producer
Dennis Edwards	....	animation producer
Dennis Edwards	....	associate producer
David Falk	....	executive producer
Daniel Goldberg	....	producer
Sheldon Kahn	....	co-producer
Michael Lander	....	line producer
Steven Paul Leiva	....	animation producer
Joe Medjuck	....	producer
Curtis Polk	....	co-producer
Jerry Rees	....	animation producer
Ivan Reitman	....	producer
Ken Ross	....	executive producer
Richard Todd Sullivan	....	animation producer
Richard Todd Sullivan	....	line producer
Ron Tippe	....	producer
Gordon A. Webb	....	co-producer (as Gordon Webb)

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Michael Chapman

Film Editing by
Sheldon Kahn

Casting by
Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins

Production Design by
Fred Cline		(animation)
Geoffrey Kirkland

Art Direction by
David F. Klassen		(as David Klassen)

Set Decoration by
Jennifer Williams

Costume Design by
Marlene Stewart

Production Management
Lia Abbate	....	assistant production manager
Mitchell Ferm	....	assistant production manager
Richmond Horine	....	unit manager (as Rich Horine)
Leslie Hough	....	animation production manager
Melissa Kurtz	....	production manager: animator
Aaron Parry	....	assistant production manager
Jill Ragaway	....	assistant production manager
Alex Solomons	....	general production manager
Kate Swanborg	....	assistant production manager (as Kate Skarritt)
Gordon A. Webb	....	unit production manager (as Gordon Webb)
Madeline Diaz	....	assistant production manager: layout (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pamela Cederquist	....	second assistant director
Elizabeth Herbert	....	second second assistant director
Wilfred J. Killian	....	dga trainee
Austin McCann	....	first assistant director
Michael Neumann	....	second assistant director: second unit
Robert J. Wilson	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Bob Wilson)

Art Department
Chris Aguirre	....	visual development
Kirsten Anderson	....	construction accountant
Kurt Anderson	....	storyboard artist
Rich Arons	....	storyboard artist
Mark W. Brown	....	on-set dresser
Ashley Burnham	....	art department coordinator
Fred Cline	....	visual development
Glenn Forbes	....	set dresser
Jean Giraud	....	visual development (as Moebius)
Chris Grantz	....	set dresser
David Hogan	....	storyboard artist
Skip Jones	....	storyboard artist
Sherman Labby	....	production illustrator
Alex Mann	....	storyboard artist
Sean Mannion	....	property master
Ashanti Miller	....	visual development
Linda Miller	....	storyboard artist
Tanya Moreau-Smith	....	digital final checker
Bill Perkins	....	animation art director
Paul S. Power	....	storyboard artist
Fergal Reilly	....	storyboard artist
Marco Rubeo	....	set designer
Harry Sabin	....	storyboard artist
Patrick Sekino	....	painter
David S. Smith	....	storyboard artist
Vladimir Spasojevic	....	visual development
David Stoten	....	sculptor
Joe Suggs	....	storyboard artist
Kirk Tingblad	....	storyboard artist
Tim Watts	....	visual development
Mark Whiting	....	visual development
Julie Witherington	....	assistant property master (as Julie Sexsmith)
Bill Wray	....	visual development
Mark Boucher	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Brian Kindregan	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Mercedes J. Sichon	....	blue sketch artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Bartkowicz	....	re-recording engineer
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary Bourgeois)
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer (as David Campbell)
Gene S. Cantamessa	....	production sound mixer (as Gene Cantamessa)
Roger Daniell	....	sound
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Geisler	....	sound designer
Marilyn Graf	....	foley mixer
Elliott Koretz	....	sound editor
James LaRue	....	production sound mixer
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor (as Mark Mangini)
Oscar Mitt	....	assistant sound editor
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound effects editor
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Curt Schulkey	....	adr editor
Curt Schulkey	....	supervising dialogue editor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialog mixer
Mark D. Fleming	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Mark Johnston	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
John Roesch	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Alison Sanford	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Miae Ausbrooks	....	special effects assistant
Steven Burch	....	special effects animator
Babak Forutanpour	....	software engineer
Michel Gagné	....	special effects animator
Todd Kauffman	....	special effects cleanup
Carl Keeler	....	special effects assistant
Miae Kim Ausbrooks	....	special effects assistant
David Pritchard	....	effects animator
Corey Pritchett	....	special effects
Darrell Pritchett	....	special effects coordinator
Gary Sole	....	special effects animator
Brian Tipton	....	special effects: first unit

Visual Effects by
Chris Anderson	....	production assistant: Cinesite
Carlos Arguello	....	digital effects supervisor: Cinesite
Alex Bicknell	....	digital effects producer
Dennis Bonnell	....	digital scanner
Jon Bowen	....	digital compositor
Shawn Broes	....	visual effects editor
Peter R. Brown	....	effects animator (as Peter Brown)
Aimee Campbell	....	render coordinator: Cinesite
Chas Cash	....	3D Animator: Cinesite
Kyle Clark	....	digital artist
Jay Cooper	....	digital compositor
Carole Cowley	....	3D coordinator
Carole Cowley	....	visual effects production coordinator: Cinesite
Damon Crowe	....	digital painter
Lee Crowe	....	effects animator
Ken Dackermann	....	digital compositor
Charles Darby	....	digital matte artist
Chris Darroca	....	visual effects
Amnon David	....	conceptual art department
Erik Dehkhoda	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
Steve Dellerson	....	visual effects coordinator
Aaron Dem	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Joe Dubs	....	digital artist
Pamela Easley	....	live action visual effects producer
Kevin Elam	....	visual effects coordinator
Marc Ellis	....	animation effects supervisor
Helen Elswit	....	visual effects production supervisor (as Helen Ostenberg Elswit)
James Farrington	....	effects animation supervisor
Jim Flynn	....	assistant effects editor
Martin Gabriel	....	transatlantic visual effects coordination: Cinesite
Gil Gagnon	....	production manager: Cinesite
Robb Gardner	....	digital animator
Brett Gassaway	....	digital imaging consultant
Dawn Gates	....	digital painter
Bill Gilman	....	digital compositor: Cinesite Hollywood
Jinko Gotoh	....	CGI producer
Abra Grupp	....	digital compositor
Steve Harwood	....	digital artist
James Hathcock	....	visual effects
Nicole Herr	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Earl A. Hibbert	....	visual effects
Christer Hokanson	....	visual effects editor
Chris Holmes	....	digital compositor
Wayne Holt	....	production assistant: Cinesite
Evan Jacobs	....	miniatures: Vision Crew Unlimited
Eli Jarra	....	digital compositor
Matt Johnson	....	digital artist
Ed Jones	....	visual effects supervisor
Tim Ketzer	....	computer graphics animator
Raymond C. King	....	computer special effects
Gokhan Kisacikoglu	....	technical director
Michael Kory	....	CGI character animator
Roger Kupelian	....	digital artist
Vincent Lavares	....	tape operator: Cinesite Hollywood
Dan Levitan	....	compositor
Kim Libreri	....	chief technology officer
Gregory D. Liegey	....	visual effects composite artist
James Lima	....	visual effects supervisor
David Lingenfelser	....	digital compositor
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	digital composite artist: Cinesite
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	digital paint supervisor: Cinesite
Bob Lyss	....	digital compositor
Valerie McMahon	....	digital compositor
Mark Michaels	....	digital compositor
Rodd Miller	....	visual effects
Mark Nettleton	....	digital compositor
Kevin Oakley	....	CGI effects animator
Michael Orlando II	....	computer animator
Michael Orlando II	....	computer graphics artist
Andrew Paquette	....	digital artist
Mayur Patel	....	software developer
Cristin Pescosolido	....	motion tracking supervisor
Jonathan Privett	....	senior cgi artist
Michael S. Pryor	....	digital producer
Fedele Rinaldi	....	Flame artist
Dylan Robinson	....	digital artist
Barnaby Robson	....	digital compositor
Sue Rowe	....	sequence supervisor: Cinesite
John E. Sasaki	....	digital compositor
John Scheele	....	senior visual effects supervisor: Warner Bros.
Nelson Sepulveda	....	compositor: Cinesite
Tony Sgueglia	....	data operator
Edwin Shortess	....	visual effects
Aaron Smith	....	digital compositor
Tiffany Smith	....	visual effects
Derick Tortorella	....	systems administrator
Doug Tubach	....	digital effects supervisor
Pat Tubach	....	digital artist
Pepe Valencia	....	computer graphics animator
Pepe Valencia	....	computer stadium designer
James Valentine	....	roto supervisor
David Patrick Valera	....	digital final-check (as David Valera)
Courtney Vanderslice	....	head of production: Cinesite
Niki Wakefield	....	digital compositor: Cinesite (as Nicki Wakefield)
Tim Walton	....	animator
Jon Warren	....	miniatures: Vision Crew Unlimited
Ronnie E. Williams Jr.	....	technical assistant
Pete Williams	....	scanning and recording manager
Ryan Jeremy Woodward	....	animator
Aviv Yaron	....	Compositor: Cinesite
John Frederick Bryant	....	animation technical director (uncredited)
Ken Dailey	....	digital effects coordinator (uncredited)
Christina DeSilva	....	production (uncredited)
Simon Eves	....	research and development: Cinesite (uncredited)
Mercedes J. Sichon	....	production coordinator: Animated Effects (uncredited)
Dale Stelly	....	visual effects production assistant: Cinesite (uncredited)
Kat Szuminska	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Eric Withee	....	digital film technician: Cinesite (uncredited)

Stunts
Laura Albert	....	stunts
Nathaniel Bellamy Jr.	....	utility stunts
Bob Bralver	....	stunt coordinator
Jay Caputo	....	stunts
F. Pierre Gatling	....	utility stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts
Barbara Anne Klein	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Adcock	....	first assistant camera
Jamie Barber	....	first assistant camera
Glenn Corbett	....	rigging gaffer
Scott Fieldsteel	....	best boy electric
Chris Funk	....	set lighting technician
Ron Kunecke	....	night light operator
Jon Mentzer	....	additional photographer
Vern Nobles	....	first assistant camera
Frank Perl	....	camera operator
Bill Roe	....	camera operator
Mike Shaheen	....	video playback operator
Robert Sterry	....	video assist operator
Paul Wilkowsky	....	grip
Daniel Windels	....	electrician

Animation Department
Deborah Abbott	....	key assistant animator
Eric J. Abjornson	....	key assistant animator (as Eric Abjornson)
Dan Abraham	....	assistant animator
Steve Aguilar	....	inbetween artist
Chris Aguirre	....	character designer
Francesca Allen	....	assistant animation director
Margot Allen	....	animator
Phil Anderson	....	assistant animator
Claire Armstrong	....	animator
Marc Arnull	....	assistant animator (as Marcus Arnull)
Dino Athanassiou	....	lead animator: Stardust Pictures
Eric Athanassiou	....	assistant animator
Kyung-Hee Baker	....	key assistant animator
Stephen Baker	....	animator
Richard Baneham	....	animator
Amanda Xanthe Barnes	....	assistant animator (as Amanda Barnes)
Jim Battaglia	....	assistant animator
Peter Paul Bautista	....	inbetween artist
Jee Chan Baylis	....	key assistant animator
Andrew Beall	....	assistant animator (as Andrew M. Beall)
Andre Beaulne	....	inbetween artist
Gordon Bellamy	....	assistant animator
Josée Bellemare	....	inbetween artist
Laurent Benhamo	....	key assistant animator
Scott Bern	....	key assistant animator
Vittoria Bologna	....	key assistant animator
Dave Bombadier	....	key assistant animator (as Dave Bombardier)
Franck Bonay	....	assistant animator
Sheldon Borenstein	....	assistant animation supervisor: Warner Bros. Feature Animation
David Boudreau	....	animator (as Dave Boudreau)
Dan Boulos	....	animator
Neil Boyle	....	supervising animator
Julia Bracegirdle	....	assistant animation supervisor: Warner Bros. Feature Animation
Denise Bradshaw	....	assistant animation supervisor: Character Builders
Gerhard Brammer	....	key assistant animator: Uli Meyer Features
Claire Bramwell-Pearson	....	key assistant animator
Spike Brandt	....	animator
Bonnie Brantley	....	key assistant animator
Bella Bremner	....	assistant animator
Jennifer Brisson	....	key assistant animator
Catherine Brockhouse	....	background artist
Mark Bröcking	....	animator (as Mark Broecking)
Sheila Brown	....	key assistant animator
Adam Burke	....	animator
James Burks	....	inbetween artist
Niel Bushnell	....	key assistant animator: Uli Meyer Features
Ivan Camilli	....	assistant animator
Alberto Campos	....	animator
Ronaldo Canfora	....	animator
Jennifer Cardon Klein	....	animator (as Jennifer Cardon)
Manuel Carrasco	....	key assistant animator
Daryl Carstensen	....	animation checker
Tod Carter	....	animator
Roberto Casale	....	lead animator
Jose Antonio Cerro	....	key assistant animator
Tony Cervone	....	animation director
Luc Chamberland	....	animator
Mike Chavez	....	animator (as Michael Chavez)
Ron Chevarie	....	assistant animator
Stan Chiu	....	animator
Yebbi Cho	....	assistant animator (as Yebbie Cho)
Paul Chung	....	lead animator
Christopher Clarke	....	assistant animator (as Chris Clarke)
Simon Clarke	....	inbetween artist
Fred Cline	....	character designer
Korey Coleman	....	assistant animator
Dave Coogan	....	key assistant animator
Tony Cope	....	key assistant animator
Jesse Cosio	....	animator
Alain Costa	....	animator
Denis Couchon	....	animator
Joanne Coughlin	....	inbetween artist
Greg Court	....	animator
David Courtland	....	key assistant animator
Brian Creswick	....	key assistant animator
Todd Cronin	....	assistant animator
Cynthia Crowell	....	key assistant animator
Rowena Cruz	....	inbetween artist
Patrick Dailey	....	inbetween artist
Tammy Daniel-Biske	....	inbetween artist
Tass Darlington	....	layout artist
Heidi Daven	....	assistant animator
Carol Davies	....	inbetween artist
James A. Davis	....	animator (as James Davis)
Murray Debus	....	animator
Alex DeLeon	....	digital ink & paint
William Dely	....	background director
Mike Demur	....	inbetween supervisor: Character Builders
Christian De Vita	....	assistant animator
Paul Dilworth	....	background artist
Christos Dimos	....	key assistant animator
Randy Dormans	....	digital artist
Heather Doyle	....	assistant animator
Shane Doyle	....	lead animator
Guy Duchet	....	key assistant animator
Gary Dunn	....	lead animator
Helga Egilson	....	key assistant animator
Ruth Elliott	....	assistant animator
Todd Elliott	....	assistant animator
Jeff Etter	....	animator
Stuart Evans	....	animator
Dan Fausett	....	layout artist
James Finn	....	background artist
Greg Fleming	....	inbetween artist
Jerry Forder	....	animator
Jeff Foucart	....	assistant animation supervisor: Heart of Texas Productions
Stephan Franck	....	animator
Martin Fuller	....	lead animator
Frank Gabriel	....	key assistant animator
Chuck Gammage	....	supervising animator
Nathalie Gavet	....	key assistant animator