--- title: 'Air Bud (1997)' type: 'film' director: 'Charles Martin Smith' released: '1997-08-01' runtime_minutes: 98 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Family' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/air-bud-1997' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118570/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Air Bud (1997) 1997 · PG · 98 min · Comedy, Family · United States Part of: Air Bud ## Synopsis Air Bud is a 1997 sports comedy-drama film directed by Charles Martin Smith and written by Paul Tamasy and Aaron Mendelsohn. Based on the character of the same name created by Kevin DiCicco, the film stars Michael Jeter, Wendy Makkena, Eric Christmas, Brendan Fletcher, Norman Browning, Bill Cobbs, and dog actor Buddy as the title character. The plot follows a young boy who befriends a runaway Golden Retriever with a unique ability to play basketball. ## Credits - **Director:** [Charles Martin Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-martin-smith) - **Screenplay:** [Paul Tamasy](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-tamasy), [Aaron Mendelsohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-mendelsohn) - **Original Music Composer:** [Brahm Wenger](https://cinepixo.com/people/brahm-wenger) - **Producer:** [William Vince](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-vince), [Robert Vince](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-vince) - **Director of Photography:** [Mike Southon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-southon) - **Editor:** [Alison Grace](https://cinepixo.com/people/alison-grace) ## Cast - [Bill Cobbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-cobbs) - [Nicola Cavendish](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicola-cavendish) - [Buddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy) - [Shayn Solberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/shayn-solberg) - [Eric Christmas](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-christmas) - [Tom DeLay](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-delay) - [Wendy Makkena](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-makkena) - [Kevin Zegers](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-zegers) as Josh Framm - [Brendan Fletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/brendan-fletcher) - [Michael Jeter](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-jeter) as Norm Snively ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: https://buddies.disney.com/air-bud Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/air-bud-1997 Film facts: Wikidata (Q406916); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.