Disney's Superstar Basketball

Space Jam is a 1996 family live-action/animated sports comedy film starring Michael Jordan as well as Mickey Mouse and the rest of the Walt Disney characters. It was produced by Ivan Reitman, and directed by Joe Pytka for live-action segments, Tony Cervone, and Bruce W. Smith for animated sequences.

Plot
A group of criminal aliens called the The Nerdlucks, led by their boss, Mister Swackhammer (Danny DeVito), plot to capture the Walt Disney characters and make them their newest attractions in order to save their failing amusement park called Moron Mountain from foreclosure and bring in more customers. Seeing how short the aliens are, the Looney Tunes bargain for the freedom by challenging the Nerdlucks to a basketball game. Preparing to cheat in the game, the Nerdlucks return to Earth and steal the basketball talents of Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson, Charles Barkley, Muggsy Bogues and Shawn Bradley. The Nerdlucks use their stolen talent to become the "Monstars" (or "Mean Team"), gigantic creatures that the Looney Tunes are unable to defeat. To help them win, the characters recruit Jordan, who reluctantly agrees after the Monstars squash him into the shape of a basketball and bounce him around like one.

In the beginning of the game between the TuneSquad and the Monstars, the Walt Disney are injured one by one until only Jordan, Mickey, Princess Aurora and Donald are left in the game, leaving them short one player. Marvin The Martian, who is the referee tells them that if there is no fifth player, the team will forfeit the game. At the last second, Bill Murray appears in the stadium and joins the team, narrowly averting forfeiture. Meanwhile, Jordan reluctantly makes a deal with Mister Swackhammer to spare the Walt Disney in exchange for his own freedom as his newest attraction if the WaltSquad loses. He readily accepts it and Bugs tries to talk him out of it, apparently aware what it means for Jordan being subjected to humiliation on Moron Mountain for all time.

At the game's climax, the WaltSquad are down by one, and it is up to Jordan to score the winning point. Extending his arm with the power of toon physics, Jordan makes the basket and wins the game. He convinces the Monstars that they're bigger than Mister Swackhammer, who yells at them for losing. Fed up with their boss, the Monstars tie him up and send him to the moon. At Jordan's request, they give back the stolen basketball talents from the other players by transferring them to a basketball. This reverts the Monstars back to the tiny Nerdlucks. Refusing to return to Moron Mountain to endure humiliation from their former boss, the Nerdlucks decide to stay with the Walt Disney who only agree to let them if they can prove to be "Walt Disney". Afterwards, Jordan is returned back to Earth in the Nerdlucks' spaceship, where he makes a dramatic and appearance at the baseball game to the cheers of the audience, despite being late. The next day, Michael gives the stolen talent back to the other NBA players. He is later prompted by his rivals to return to the NBA, mirroring his real-life comeback.

In a post-credits scene, Mickey Mouse appears in the classic bullseye featured in the original Walt Disney shorts saying "That's all folks", only to be interrupted by Goofy, who in turn is interrupted by Donald, who in turn gets thrown out by the Nerdlucks, leaving them to complete the line. Michael Jordan then lifts the page to ask if he can go home now.

Live-action actors

 * Michael Jordan as himself,
 * Brandon Hammond as Michael Jordan child.
 * Bill Murray as himself
 * Wayne Knight as Stan Podolak
 * Larry Bird as himself,
 * Thom Barry as James R. Jordan,
 * Theresa Randle as Juanita Jordan,
 * Manner Washington as Jeffrey Jordan,
 * Eric Gordon as Marcus Jordan,
 * Penny Bae Bridges as Jasmine Jordan,
 * Del Harris as Himself
 * Charles Barkley as himself,
 * Patrick Ewing as himself,
 * Shawn Bradley as himself,
 * Larry Johnson as himself,
 * Muggsy Bogues as himself,
 * Dan Castellaneta and Patricia Heaton make cameo appearances as a couple that the Nerdlucks (in disguise) sit next to at a basketball game.

Voice cast
The voices of the Monstars are provided by Darnell Suttles (Pound), Steve Kehela (Blanko), Joey Camen (Bang), Dorian Harewood (Bupkus) and T. K. Carter (Nawt).
 * Bret Iwan as Mickey Mouse
 * Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
 * Bill Farmer as Goofy and Pluto
 * Jonah Bobo as Tod
 * Harrison Fahn as Copper
 * Kat Cressida as Alice
 * Jennifer Hale as Princess Aurora
 * Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
 * Tress MacNeille as Chip and The Queen of Hearts
 * Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
 * Travis Oates as Piglet
 * Gregg Berger as Eeyore
 * Tom Kenny as Rabbit
 * Jeff Bennett as White Rabbit and March Hare and Mr. Toad
 * Elan Garfias as Pinocchio
 * Phil Snyder as Jiminy Cricket
 * Blayne Weaver as Peter Pan
 * Mae Whitman as Tinker Bell
 * Rob Paulsen as Jaq
 * Frank Welker as Charles
 * Maurice LaMarche as Water Rat
 * Corey Burton as Dale and Captain Hook and Mole and Gus
 * Will Ryan as Willie the Giant
 * The voices of the Nerdlucks are provided by Jocelyn Blue (Pound), Charity James (Blanko), June Melby (Bang), Catherine Reitman (Bupkus) and Colleen Wainwright (Nawt);
 * Danny DeVito as Mister Swackhammer