Kazaam | |
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Directed by | Paul M. Glaser |
Screenplay by | Paul M. Glaser |
Story by | Christian Ford Roger Soffer |
Produced by | Paul M. Glaser Shaquille O'Neal |
Starring | Shaquille O'Neal Francis Capra Ally Walker James Acheson |
Cinematography | Charles Minsky |
Edited by | Tom McMurtry Michael E. Polakow |
Music by | Christopher Tyng |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. |
Release date | July 17, 1996 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20 million |
Box office | $18,937,262[1] |
Kazaam is a 1996 American fantasy family musical comedy movie. It was directed by Paul M. Glaser and was produced by Paul M. Glaser and Shaquille O'Neal. Kazaam was released on July 17, 1996. The movie is about Kazaam, a 5,000 year-old genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant three wishes to a boy.
The movie gained extremely negative reviews from critics and holds a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2] The movie was also a box office bomb and was only able to make back $19 million of its $20 million budget.