Space Jam

A half Animation movie about an amusement park planet owner smackhammer who needs more attractions and descides the looney tunes are perfect for the job well his gang of thug aliens come down to get them and the tunes talk them into a game of basketball to give them a fighting chance of not going to the planet and being banished. The Aliens steal the powers of different basketball players on earth for there advantage. The looney tunes get the newly retired Michael Jordan to help them to train and learn how to play basketball. The Monsters put Michael Jordan in the deal if the tunes win they also get him. The monsters get Larry Johnson Mugsey Bogues Shawn Bradley and Charles Barkley's Talent to help them out. The Tunes win the game and end up staying on earth thanks to Michael Jordan. Movie is done mostly in front of a green screen for the tunes to look blended in with the real life characters.
Director: Joe Pytka
Writers: Leo Benvenuti
Steve Rudnick.
Release Date: November 15th 1996 (USA)
Genre: Animation Comedy Sport Sci-Fi Family

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1998	Won	ASCAP Award	Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures Diane Warren For the song "For You I Will".
1997	Won	ASCAP Award	Top Box Office Films James Newton Howard
Annie Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1997	Won	Annie	Best Individual Achievement: Technical Achievement
	Nominated	Annie	Best Animated Feature
			Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a Feature Production Bruce W. Smith Tony Cervone
			Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a Feature Production Ron Tippe
Grammy Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1998	Won	Grammy	Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television R. Kelly For the song "I Believe I Can Fly".
MTV Movie Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1997	Nominated	MTV Movie Award	Best Movie Song R. Kelly For the song "I Believe I Can Fly".
Satellite Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1997	Nominated	Golden Satellite Award	Best Motion Picture - Animated or Mixed Media Daniel Goldberg Joe Medjuck Ivan Reitman
World Animation Celebration
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1998	Won	WAC Winner	Best Use of Animation in a Motion Picture Trailer
Young Artist Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1997	Nominated	Young Artist Award	Best Family Feature - Animation or Special Effects

Cast

(Cast overview, first billed only)

	Michael Jordan	...	Himself
	Wayne Knight	...	Stan Podolak
	Theresa Randle	...	Juanita Jordan
	Manner Washington	...	Jeffery Jordan (as Manner 'Mooky' Washington)
	Eric Gordon	...	Marcus Jordan
	Penny Bae Bridges	...	Jasmine Jordan
	Brandon Hammond	...	Michael Jordan - 10 Years Old
	Larry Bird	...	Himself
	Bill Murray	...	Himself
	Thom Barry	...	James Jordan
	Charles Barkley	...	Himself
	Patrick Ewing	...	Himself
	Tyrone Bogues	...	Himself (as Muggsy Bogues)
	Larry Johnson	...	Himself
	Shawn Bradley	...	Himself