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Space Jam Facts
Space Jam poster with Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan.
Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated film
starring Michael Jordan opposite Bugs Bunny (voiced by Billy West)
and the rest of the Looney Tunes characters. It was produced by
Ivan Reitman, and directed by Joe Pytka (live-action), Tony
Cervone, and Bruce W. Smith (animation). This film was released to
movie theatres by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment on November
15, 1996.
Other voices included Bob Bergen as Porky Pig, Tweety, Hubie and
Bertie and Marvin the Martian, Bill Farmer as Sylvester and Dee
Bradley Baker as Daffy and Taz. The Looney Tunes crew did not
return to movie status afterwards until 2003 in Looney Tunes: Back
in Action (the year that Michael Jordan retired for good). Space
Jam was also converted in a pinball and a video game by Acclaim
Entertainment for PC-DOS, Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The film
includes Looney Tunes such as: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester,
Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Foghorn Leghorn, Taz, Wile E. Coyote,
Roadrunner, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Pepe LePew,
Speedy Gonzales, Granny and Lola Bunny.
Space Jam was a box office success. In its
opening weekend, it grossed $27,528,529 in the United States. At
the end of its running, it grossed $90,418,342 in the United
States and $230,418,342 worldwide.
Looney Tunes Facts
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series which
ran in movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. It preceded the Merrie
Melodies series and is Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical
series. The regular Warner Bros. animation cast also became known
as the "Looney Tunes" (often misspelled, intentionally or not, as
"Looney Toons").
The name Looney Tunes is a variation on Silly Symphonies, the name
of Walt Disney's concurrent series of music-based cartoon shorts.
Looney Tunes originally showcased Warner-owned musical
compositions through the adventures of cartoon characters such as
Bosko and Buddy. Later Looney Tunes shorts featured popular
characters such as Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd,
Sylvester and Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Taz, Wile E. Coyote and
Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy
Gonzales, and many others.
Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Looney Tunes
were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944.
Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, and the newly
renamed Warner Bros. Cartoons continued production until 1963.
Looney Tunes were outsourced to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from
1964 to 1967, and Warner Bros. Cartoons re-assumed production for
the series' final two years. From 1942 to 1969, Looney Tunes was
the most popular cartoon series in theaters. |
