It was a starry night in the summer of 1972 in California.

WALT DISNEY PICTURES PRESENTS

A shooting star passes amidst the stars, and the moon is shining brightly.

A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS FILM

In a small backyard, a young boy with brown hair is shooting hoops. His name is Steven 'Steve' Bennett. He is a kid who has a very true passion for a sport known as basketball.

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day

Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running
Through that open door

Behind him, someone turns on the light in the house. A slightly old man finds the boy shooting hoops skillfully. It's Steve's father, Paul Bennett.

"Steve?" The man asked.

Steve stops shooting hoops, and sees his father approaching. "What are you doing out here, son? It's after midnight."

"Couldn't sleep, pops." Steve said.

"Well, neither can we with all that noise you're making. Come on, let's go inside."

"Just one more shot?"

"All right. Just one." Paul complied.

Steve smiles, then he makes another perfect shot, impressing his father.

"That's good. Shoot it again." Paul grinned. Steve makes another deft shot, and Paul catches it.

"Getting pretty good, son." Paul said. He passes the ball to his son, and said, 'Go ahead. Shoot till you miss."

"You think if I'm good enough, I can go to college?" Steve asked, making another shot.

"You get good enough, you can do anything you want to, Steve." Paul said, passing the ball to his son.

"I wanna play in North Carolina." Steve complied, making another shot.

"That's a real fine school. Real fine school." Paul said. "You can get first class education there."

"I want to play on the championship team." Steve said. Making another shot, he said, "Then I want to play on the NBA."

Steve makes three more basketball shots. "All right, let's slow down son." Paul chuckled. "Shouldn't you get some sleep first?"

As they began to walk back in the house, Steve said, "And once I've done all that, I want to play baseball just like you, Dad.

"Baseball. Now that's a sport." Paul said, putting a hand on his son. "And when you're finished with that, I suppose you're gonna fly right."

On the way back to the house, Steve turns around and as time slows a bit, he bounces the ball, then brief sequences of an adult Steve show up.

WILL FERRELL

TOM HANKS

SPACE JAM

Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam
Come on and slam, if you wanna jam

Hey you, watcha gon' do
Hey you, watcha gon' do
Hey you, watcha gon' do
Hey you, watcha gon' do

Party people in the house lets go
It's your boy "Jayski" a'ight so
Pass that thing and watch me flex
Behind my back, you know what's next
To the jam, all in your face
Wassup, just feel the bass
Drop it, rock it, down the room
Shake it, quake it, space kaboom

Just work that body, work that body
Make sure you don't hurt nobody
Get wild and lose your mind
Take this thing into overtime
Hey DJ, turn it up
QCD gon' burn it up
Come on y'all get on the floor
So hey, let's go a'ight

Everybody get up it's time to slam now
We got a real jam goin' down
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here's your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright

Wave your hands in the air if you feel fine
We're gonna take it into overtime
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here's your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright

Come on and run, baby run
Come on, come on, do it, run baby run
Yeah, you wanna hoop, so shoot, baby shoot
Uh, it's time to hoop, so shoot, baby, shoot, baby

Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam
Come on and slam, if you wanna jam
Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam
Come on and slam, if you wanna jam

Everybody get up it's time to slam now
We got a real jam goin' down
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here's your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright
Fellas
(Yeah)
Y'all ready to stop?
(No)
Y'all wanna know why?
(Why?)
It's time to Slam Jam

Everybody get up it's time to slam now
We got a real jam goin' down
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here's your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright

Wave your hands in the air if you feel fine
We're gonna take it into overtime
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here's your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright

Come on, everybody say "na na na na na"
Come on, come on, let me hear you say "hey-ey-ey-yo"
Come on, come on, everybody, "na na na na na"
Just take the time and let's say "hey-ey-ey-yo"

For such a long time, Steve Bennett had been extremely skillful at basketball. From high school to college, he had been the most popular in basketball, until he moved his playing level up to the National Basketball Association. Steve was also happy to follow his childhood dream. He was even called 'Sky High Steve', because of his ability to jump high and score points for his team. At the end of every game, he won various medals and trophies in every competition and championship.