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Air Bud

Air Bud DVD cover
Directed by Charles Martin Smith
Produced by Robert Vince
Michael Strange
Robert Vince
Anne Vince
Written by Kevin DeCicco (character Air Bud)
Paul Tamasy
Aaron Mendelsohn
Starring Michael Jeter
Kevin Zegers
Wendy Makkena
Bill Cobbs
Eric Christmas
Nicola Cavendish
Brendan Fletcher
Norman Browning
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Bud the Dog
Music by Brahm Wenger
Cinematography Mike Southon
Editing by Alison Grace
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of the United States August 1, 1997
Running time 98 min. Mike Southon is a British Entrepreneur. Mike Southon was educated at Papplewick School, Ascot (where he was a contemporary of Richard Curtis Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group Inc (formerly known as Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group) is a corporation which develops scripts and oversees theatrical film production Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
Language English
Budget $3 million (estimated)
Followed by Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
IMDb profile
Ratings
United States:  PG

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The original movie was successful, grossing US$4 million in its opening weekend and totaling US$24 million for its final run, against an estimated $3 million budget. [1] [2]


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Plot

The plot revolves around a 12-year-old boy, Josh Framm, who has an interest in basketball. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m After the death of his father, Josh moves with his family to a new town and is too shy to try out for his middle school's basketball team and too shy to make any friends. Middle school or Junior High School serves as a "bridge" between the Elementary School and the High School Through a series of coincidences, Josh meets Buddy, a Golden Retriever who escaped his cruel owner, an alcoholic clown Norman Snively. The Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions Clowns are comic performers stereotypically characterized by their Grotesque appearance colored wigs stylistic makeup, outlandish Costumes unusually Josh soon learns that Bud has an stupenderific ability to play the sport of basketball.

Buddy becomes the mascot of Josh's school's basketball team and begins appearing in their halftime shows. The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common But just before the championship game, Buddy's original owner Snively decides that it is time for him to cash in on the dog's success. He takes Buddy back but Josh rescues him and decides to set him free to find someone else. Intialy his team is loosing at the championship until Buddy shows up. When it is discovered that there is no rule that a dog can not play basketball, Buddy joins the roster to lead the team to a come from behind championship victory. Snively sues the Framm family for custody of Bud. In law a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a Court in which the party commencing the action the Plaintiff, seeks a legal or equitable remedy It is decided that the dog will choose who will be its rightful owner at the suggestion of Josh's coach, a former Knicks player. Buddy attacks Snively and runs to Josh causing the judge to grant custody of Buddy to Josh while Snivley is dragged away by the police.

Sequels and spin-offs

The movie generated one theater-released sequel and many direct-to-video sequels and a spin-off. A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing In each film, Buddy learns to play a different sport.

The following list indicates the sequel, its position in the series, and which sport is featured in it:


Cast

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Box office / business for Air Bud, Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ Weekend Box Office, August 1–3, 1997, BoxOfficeMojo. Snazin Smith is an American Voice actor known most for his work in video games MVP Most Valuable Primate is the 2000 Feature film that sparked the MVP franchise Soccer Dog The Movie is a 1999 film that follows a dog who has an uncanny ability to play football. com

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