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Orphan, Calvin Cambridge, dreams of becoming a professional basketball player, but unfortunately he's too short. Upon discovery of a pair of trainers bearing the initials 'MJ' Calvin finds that when he wears them he is able to play like a pro.

Product Identifiers

ProducerBarry Josephson, Peter Heller

EAN5039036011716

eBay Product ID (ePID)3959065

Product Key Features

ActorLil Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Brenda Song, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Eugene Levy, Anne Meara, Crispin Glover

Film/TV TitleLike Mike

DirectorJohn Schultz

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageCroatian\Czech\Danish\Finnish\Hebrew\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Swedish\Turkish

Run Time96 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year2003

FeaturesAudio Commentary By John Schultz Lil Bow Wow And Jonathan Lipnicki\Featurette Off The Hook And On The Set\3 Deleted Scenes With Optional Directors Commentary\Making Of Featurette Bow Wows Bow\Music Promo\Basketball Music Video, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

CertificatePG

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

ComposerRichard Kendall Gibbs

ReviewsChicago Sun-Times - ...[Lil' Bow Wow] is confident and relaxed on the screen, engaging, and has good moves on the basketball court..., Sight and Sound - ...[Lil Bow Wow is] a rare pre-adult performer who manages to hold the spotlight without seeming precocious....Director John Schultz keeps the tone light and playful...

Additional InformationFourteen-year-old Calvin Cambridge (Lil' Bow Wow) spends his days at the orphanage waiting to be adopted and shooting hoops with his best friend Murph (Jonathan Lipnicki). When he puts on a pair of sneakers that used to belong to a famous basketball player and bear the initials M.J.--ostensibly those of basketball legend Michael Jordan--Calvin's wildest dreams begin to come true. The 4'8" teenager is suddenly an unstoppable force on the basketball court and soon finds himself an indispensable member of the LA Knights, a floundering NBA team. As long as Calvin has his magic sneakers, he believes he can do anything and be "like Mike." But despite his newfound fame and fortune, Calvin still yearns for a family to call his own. Morris Chestnut stars as Tracey Reynolds, Calvin's mentor on the Knights team; and Crispin Glover is sufficiently creepy as Bittleman, the greedy head of the orphanage. Basketball fans will love the game footage and multiple cameos from real NBA stars like Allen Iverson and Jason Kidd. Rap star Lil' Bow Wow is impressive in his film debut, and also contributes songs to the soundtrack.

Executive ProducerGregg Winik, Adam Silver

ScreenwriterJordan Moffet, Michael Elliott

FeaturedAllen Iverson, David Robinson, Dirk Nowitzki, Chris Webber, Steve Nash, Jason Kidd

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Format DescriptionDVD 9

Movie/TV TitleLike Mike

Director of PhotographyShawn Maurer