Plot
A young boy and a talented stray dog with an amazing basketball playing ability become instant friends. Rebounding from his father's accidental death, 12-year-old Josh Framm moves with his family to the small town of Fernfield, Washington. The new kid in town, Josh has no friends and is too shy to try out for the school basketball team. Instead he prefers to practice alone on an abandoned court, he befriends a runaway golden retriever named Buddy. Josh is amazed when he realizes that Buddy loves basketball...that is playing basketball...and he is GOOD! Josh eventually makes the school team and Buddy is named the Team Mascot. Josh and Buddy become the stars of halftime. Buddy's half-time talent draws media attention. Unfortunately, when Buddy's mean former owner, Norm Snively, comes along with a scheme to cash in on the pup's celebrity, it looks like they are going to be separated.
Keywords: basketball, golden-retriever, dog, boy, trial, sports-team, clown, dog-actor, moving-in, slobber
He Sits. He Stays. He Shoots. He Scores.
The dog is in the house.
Referee #1: Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball.
Judge Cranfield: By the powers invested in me, I award custody of the dog to Josh Framm! [bangs gavel] Case closed, thank God!
Norm Snively: [on phone with agent] Oh wait, the Oprah woman... Oprah, you know, the Oprah woman, she like dogs? LOVE to do Jay Leno.
Norm Snively: [just after being thrown out, Norm Snively shouted] I hate birthday parties! I hate kids! And I hate being a clown!
Norm Snively: [on phone] No, no, I don't want my dog doing beer commercials.
[Courtcase of Snively versus Framm, just started and Timberwolves coach, Arthur Chaney just walked into the courtroom, un-expectedly]::Arthur Chaney: Why not let the dog choose, Your Honor? They say a dog is man's best friend. If that's the case, shouldn't the dog be able to choose who he wants to be friends with?::Judge Cranfield: Who are you, Barnum or Bailey?::Arthur Chaney: Arthur Chaney, Your Honor.::Judge Cranfield: Mister Chaney, do you reali... [Judge Cranfield stammered, in shock]::Judge Cranfield: Arthur Chaney? New York Knicks, '56? Huh, I was at that Celtics game where you did the turn around jumper, at the buzzer. [light chuckle] I spilt beer all over my wife. [light laughter in the courtroom]::Bailiff: Your Honor?::Judge Cranfield: What? Oh, yes, yes, yes. [Judge Cranfield then cleared his throat]::Arthur Chaney: Well, I've been thinking. This dog is what, three, four years old. That makes him an adult, in our years. I say let Buddy decide. [court members mummur after hearing this advice]::Judge Cranfield: Mister Chaney, during my forty years on the bench, I have heard a lot of lamebrain cockamanie proposals. But this one I like. [Norm Snively and Josh Framm were then both sent outside, to see who Buddy would respond to and be Buddy's current owner]
[a day or two, after Principle Pepper fired P. E. coach Barker at the Junior High school, Josh knocked on Principle Pepper's office door]::Josh Framm: Mrs. Pepper?::Principal Pepper: Mm-hmm.::Josh Framm: Um, have you found basketball coach yet?::Principal Pepper: Mm-hmm. Yes, Larry's father volunteered. Just until we find a new P. E. teacher.::Josh Framm: [Josh started to leave, but then went back to her door] Okay.::Principal Pepper: Mm-hmm.::[as Josh opened her door, the second time]::Josh Framm: Would it be weird, if I make a suggestion?::[Josh then suggested Norm Chaney, to her, to be the next P. E. coach]
Andrea Framm: [Just after Josh did a light quick kiss, on her forehead, as he was about to leave the house] What's with Josh?
Andrea Framm: [inside the car seat, just after Mrs. Framm's automobile lightly hit Buddy's cage, and opening it, in the street, she asked if she and Josh, were okay] No.
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name | Air Bud | image Air_bud_poster.jpg | caption Theatrical release poster | director Charles Martin Smith | producer Robert Vince Michael Strange William Vince | writer Kevin DeCicco (character Air Bud) Paul Tamasy Aaron Mendelsohn | starring Michael JeterKevin ZegersWendy MakkenaBill CobbsEric Christmas Nicola Cavendish Brendan Fletcher Norman Browning Stephen E. Miller Bud the Dog| music Brahm Wenger | cinematography Mike Southon | editing Alison Grace | distributor Walt Disney Pictures (USA) Warner Bros. (UK)Keystone Entertainment (all territories) | released August 1, 1997 | runtime 98 minutes | language English | country United States| budget $3 million (estimated)| gross $23,144,499| preceded_by | followed_by ''Air Bud: Golden Receiver'' (1998) | }} |
The original film was financially successful, despite being defeated by ''Air Force One'' for the #1 spot on the film's opening weekend, grossing US$4 million in its opening weekend and totaling US$24 million for its final run, against an estimated $3 million budget. On Cartoon Craze's Top 50 Movies of All-Time, ''Air Bud'' came in at number two behind ''Toy Story''.
Josh wants to join the basketball team but chickens out at the last minute and becomes the water boy. After two slots are opened up and learning of Buddy's talent, Josh tries out (despite basketball coach Joe Barker's reluctance) and makes the team. At his first game Buddy shows up and disrupts the game and causes mayhem, but the audience loves him, even after he scored a goal. After the game Buddy finds coach Barker abusing Tom, one of Josh's fellow teammates and friend who gave him a lucky orange peel he got at a Seattle SuperSonics game, by trying to make him catch better by pelting him with basketballs. Barker is fired and replaced by the school's engineer, Arthur Chaney, who Josh discovers is a former New York Knicks player. Buddy becomes the mascot of Josh's school's basketball team and begins appearing in their halftime shows. But just before the championship game, Buddy's former owner, Snively (after seeing Buddy on his TV set), tricks his mom and steals Buddy from Josh. Josh then infiltrates Snively's backyard where Buddy is chained up. Snively initially can't see Josh due to a stack of beer cans on his windowsill until it falls and Josh is caught infiltrating his backyard. Josh gets the chains off Buddy and both escape, causing Snively to chase Josh in his dilapidated clown truck. The chase rages on to a parking lot near a lake, during which the clown truck begins to fall apart, causing Snively to crash into the water, but he doesn't drown. A few minutes after the chase, Josh then decides to set Buddy free to find someone else. Initially, his team is losing at the championship until Buddy shows up. When it is discovered that there is no rule that a dog cannot 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 Buddy. Fortunately, at the suggestion of coach Chaney, who the judge was a fan of, it is decided that the dog will choose who will be his rightful owner. During the calling, Snively takes out his roll of newspaper, which he often used to beat Buddy, and snaps at him, causing Buddy to attack Snively, tearing up the weapon of abuse and run towards Josh. The judge grants custody of Buddy to Josh while Snively, who runs at Buddy and Josh in a last-ditched effort to get the dog back, is dragged away by the police and arrested, while Josh and the rest of the citizens rejoice for the new home of Buddy.
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