Kazaam is a 1996 film about a troubled kid who inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser. Written by Christian Ford and Roger Soffer.

Kazaam

• [Repeated line] I am Kazaam!
• That's not a wish, that's an insult!
• Don't get all hysterical! Say thank you for your miracle!
• Let's green egg and ham it!
• Grab my belly and make a wish.

Max Connor

• You smell like hippopotamus butt.

Dialogue

Kazaam: [lifting Malik by the neck] Now, where's Max?

Malik: Uh... du... du... du... uh... he... uh... he went down that shaft.

Kazaam: WHAT?

Malik: Umm... uh... uh... there was nothin I could do, now put me down...

[starts choking]

Malik: ... I'm afraid of heights.

Kazaam: Wish not granted!

[Shapes Malik into a basketball, and then slam-dunks him into the Air duct]

Max Connor: [after he wishes for junk-food to come out of the sky] So... tell me that wasn't a wish.

Kazaam: Like the main man did with the loaves and the fish?

Max Connor: Yeah... hey... stop rhyming, okay?

Taglines

• The world's most powerful genie has just met his match.
• He's A Rappin' Genie With An Attitude... And He's Ready For Slam-Dunk Fun!

Cast

• Shaquille O'Neal - Kazaam / Neal Friedman
• Francis capra - Maxwell "Max" Connor
• Ally Walker - Alice Connor
• James Acheson - Nick Matteo
• John Costelloe as Travis
• Marshall Manesh - Malik
• Efren Ramirez - Carlos
• Da Brat - Herself
• Jake Glaser - Jake
• Deidre Roper - Spinderella
• Fawn Reed - Asia Moon