Kazaam


Kazaam is a 1996 American fantasy family musical comedy film directed by Paul M. Glaser and stars Shaquille ONeal as the title character Kazaam, a 5,000yearold genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant a boy three wishes. The film was released on July 17, 1996 and was both a critical disaster and a box office bomb, barely grossingmillion on itsmillion budget.

Meanwhile, a schoolboy named Max Francis Capra goes to school. He greets his friend, Jake portrayed by Jake Glaser, director Paul Michael Glasers son, with a goofy face and is chastised by his teacher. Max is confronted by a gang of bullies, who hold him on the bathroom floor and spray paint his outline. The bullies chase Max through Brooklyn. Max is chased into the abandoned building, where he discovers the boombox and accidentally unleashes the genie inside. The genie, who introduces himself as Kazaam Shaquille ONeal, tells Max that he is now Maxs genie and proves it to him by demonstrating his powers, which results in Kazaam disappearing off the face of the earth.Max returns home to find that his mother is marrying a fireman named Travis. It is revealed that his mother lied to him about his real fathers whereabouts, and that he is actually located in the city. Max set out to search for his father in the hopes of rekindling some sort of bond between them. He suddenly encounters Kazaam during his travels, who pesters Max into making a wish. Max eventually finds his father, only to learn that he is a musical talent agent who specializes in pirated music. ........

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