While hiding from a school gang of bullies in an abandoned building, he accidentally kicks a battered boom box, freeing a sevenfoot, 3,000yearold genie, kazaam, who will grant him three wishes. Another idea that has sprung from the wellspring of mandela debates is whether or not sinbad starred in a kids fantasy movie about a genie named shazaam. The imaginary film stars sinbad as a genie who grants wishes to two children. Kazaam is a 1996 american musical fantasy comedy film directed by paul michael glaser. I, too, saw it on facebook titled the sinbad genie movie and immediately knew which one it was. The strange case of the sinbad genie movie that doesnt. Jan 04, 2017 if description sounds similar to the plot of a welldocumented 90s genie movie to you, thats because it is. If you remember shazaam, the movie that doesnt exist. The cover says sinbad is bigger letters than shazam. The maelstrom has even drawn sinbad himself into its wake and it looks like hes having. Sinbad stopped fighting the legacy of shazam, the movie that doesnt.
Okay for all you people who think i did a genie movie. Dec 22, 2016 watching kazaam will not only help you separate fact from fiction, it will serve as a reminder you actually did love a 90s movie about a genie. Footage of that sinbad shazam movie has finally been. A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests. Dec 23, 2016 sinbad himself has even taken to twitter to say that, nope, he never did a genie movie. Reading about the sinbad shaazam genie movie me, i began thinking about when these two movies came out. In 1996, shaquille oneal essayed the role of a genie in the film kazaam.
A 1996 fantasy movie starring shaquille oneal as a 5,000yearold genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant a boy three wishes. The university herald reported early in december that dwayne johnson has been cast as the lead villain, black adam, to go up against the wizard, shazam, in the upcoming new line cinema production of the film called shazam, which currently has a potential release date of. The movie that doesnt exist and the redditors who think. A movie called shazaam, starring the comedian sinbad as a. Sinbad himself has even taken to twitter to say that, nope, he never did a genie movie. The article goes on to say that the sinbad genie movie is proof. The mandela effect becomes reality with this scene from. Dec 29, 2016 even though the cover art on the kazaam poster a genie and a kid on a purple background is eerily similar to what some shazaamtruthers claim to remember from the sinbad film, true. As amelia tait reported in the new statesman, hundreds of people on the internet are absolutely certain theyve seen the movie shazaam. What the plot of the 90s sinbad movie that doesnt exist is.
Although there was no movie called shazaam in 1990s, there was however a movie called kazaam 1996 starring shaquille oneal as genie. So i did a quick search, and the only thing i found was shazam a dc comics character with a new movie coming out in 2019. There never was a movie called shazaam, nor has sinbad ever played a genie. According to many people, there was a movie named shazaam starring sinbad as the genie. Jun 29, 2017 yes, there was a movie in the 1990s starring sinbad called shazam or maybe shazaam. Published on jun 29, 2017 yes, there was a movie in the 1990s starring sinbad called shazam or maybe shazaam.
Jan 08, 2017 i didnt remember any genie movie starring sinbad. Watching kazaam will not only help you separate fact from fiction, it will serve as a reminder you actually did love a 90s movie about a genie. Sinbad unearths lost shazaam movie for april fools day. In fact, heres a cracked article from 2009 in which the author accidentally refers to shaqs kazaam as shazaam, the same mistake i made. Sinbad wins april fools with footage of fake shazaam film. Dec 23, 2016 sorry 90s kids, sinbad has never starred as a genie in a movie called shazam, despite what you think you recall that fact has not stopped multitudes on the internet from believing in this. Refuted, that is, until now, because college humor just posted a new video purporting to be footage from shazaam, complete with sinbad in a shiny purple costume. The mandela effect becomes reality with this scene from sinbads genie movie shazaam watch. Sinbad in shazaam genie movie he admits 1990s film is. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Sinbad himself has denied the existence of this film in multiple tweets. Shazam shazaam with sinbad was real and here is all the.
Comedian sinbad played genie in 1990s childrens movie shazaam mandela effect. Dec 23, 2016 the imaginary film stars sinbad as a genie who grants wishes to two children. There is absolutely zero confusion regarding the stupid kazaam. Apr 01, 2017 the most common theory about how this all started is that these 90s kids are confusing the nonexistent shazaam movie with the very real kazaam, which didnt star sinbad, but had nba legend.
If youve spent any time reading about movies online, then youve probably heard about people claiming to have vivid memories of a movie called shazam starring sinbad as a genie. Sinbad himself has long denied that he was ever cast as a genie have you noticed no one my age has seen this so called sinbad genie movie. Someone had brought up on twitter that there was a shazam but it was the comic sinbad, the actor mentioned to ew during. Hundreds of people claim to remember a classic 90s movie starring comedian sinbad as a wishgranting genie but the problem is, that movie remembered as shazaam never actually. Sinbad never made a genie movie called shazaam, but that. Sinbad has his arms crossed and his eyebrow raised. What the plot of the 90s sinbad movie that doesnt exist. He cites a sinbad the sailor movie marathon he hosted dressed as a genie as a possible explanation for the phenomenon. But that doesnt explain the other memories of a movie poster, a featurelength film plot, and so on. This video is proof there was a sinbad genie movie starring sinbad. Such variables in this case most likely consist of a similarly titled movie called kazaam starring shaquille oneal who played a genie and was released in the 1990s, and memories of the actor sinbad dressed up like a genie when presenting an afternoon of sinbad the sailor movies which often featured a genie back in the 1990s. The piece, however, is not about millennials unending enthusiasm for 90s nostalgia.
Kazaam, starring basketball played shaquille oneal as a genie. Sinbad always dressed with incredibly bad fashion sense that kind of portrayed him as genie like or the ever adventurous sinbad the sailor intentionally. Somewhere in a parallel universe, sinbad s long forgotten genie movie. Mar 21, 2017 if you were a kid or teenager growing up in the 90s, you might remember a movie called shazaam with popular television comedian sinbad playing the principle role of a genie. There is a 1996 childrens comedy film called kazaam, featuring baseball star shaquille oneal as a wishgranting genie. Dec 23, 2016 on thursday, sinbad addressed the shazaam issue again on twitter and said hed make a genie movie so everyone could put the matter to rest. Jan 03, 2017 the infamous sinbad genie movie called shazam is not to be confused with the upcoming dc comics film by the same name. One poster of the movie showed shaq with his arms folded last picture in this article.
Do you remember an early90s movie called shazaam starring sinbad as a genie. There is a 1996 childrens comedy film called kazaam, featuring baseball star shaquille oneal as a wishgranting. One theory is that people really did confuse the nonexistent genie movie called shazaam with the very real genie movie. The image you have of sinbad in a genie costume was from when he hosted a sinbad movie marathon on tnt. Sinbad talks about shazaam, that weird genie movie he. In order to stay free, kazaam must give max three wishes. The piece, however, is not about millennials unending enthusiasm for. Yes, there was a movie in the 1990s starring sinbad called shazam or maybe shazaam.
There was, of course, a 1996 movie called kazaam in which shaquille oneal plays a genie. A reasonable explanation is that people are simply mistaking it with the 1996 movie kazaam in which shaquille oneal plays a genie and helps a teenage boy who happens to have a single mother similar to how the children in the alleged shazaam had a single father. Comedian sinbad played genie in 1990 childrens movie shazaam. The 1990s movie shazaam starred comedian sinbad as a genie. A movie called shazaam, starring the comedian sinbad as a genie, once existed but only a handful of people remember it. Many agree that people are merely confusing this movie with kazaam, where shaquille oneal played a genie.
The bizarre story of the beloved 90s sinbad genie movie. The movie that doesnt exist and the redditors who think it does. Lots of people grew up watching sinbad, so are very familiar with his work. According to an article in the british magazine new statesmen, many people have.
If description sounds similar to the plot of a welldocumented 90s genie movie to you, thats because it is. Inside the internets conspiracy theory about a nonexistent movie home. What does exist is kazaam a 90s kids comedy starring. Sinbad appeared in several popular childrens movies in the 1990s, so it would not be particularly surprising if some. The movie s characters are a brother and sister with a father who doesnt give them enough attention. The assumption is that people are conflating sinbads genieadjacent stage name with shaquille oneals rapping genie movie kazaam. There was, of course, a 1996 movie called kazaam in which shaquille oneal plays a genie who grants wishes to a young boy, but should you suggest to the shazaam ites that theyve simply confused. Hundreds of people are convinced that theyve seen a movie. As the plot goes, two children a preteen boy and his younger sister find a genie in a lamp and decide to use their wishes to restore love to their single father. You need to see this an actual clip from that 90s sinbad genie movie. Did sinbad play a genie in the 1990s movie shazaam. Sinbad created a fake version of that 90s genie movie.
Sinbad talks about shazaam, that weird genie movie he definitely never made. Sinbad never made a genie movie called shazaam, but that isn. Dec 22, 2016 do you remember an early90s movie called shazaam starring sinbad as a genie. Shaquille oneal starred in the 1996 movie kazaam, about a genie.
Sinbad himself, however, tweeted to say that he was dressed that way because he was hosting a sinbad the sailor movie marathon. I have a recollection of talking about how there were two similar bad movies out at one time it was at a place i worked from maybe 19911993. Sinbad stopped fighting shazam because of the xfiles indiewire. But people swear blind they remember it all the same. Sinbad always dressed with incredibly bad fashion sense that kind of portrayed him as genie like or the ever adventurous sinbad the sailor intentionally there was another movie called kazaam. The kids comedy saw the nba star portray a totally hip genie who helps his young master reconnect. Footage of that sinbad shazam movie has finally been conjured up.
This movie is part of the false memory phenomenon also called the mandela effect. But one movie he didnt star in is shazaam, about an incompetent genie. The mandela effect becomes reality with this scene from sinbad s genie movie shazaam watch. The mandela effect becomes reality with this scene from sinbads. By doing that, he manages to release kazaam, a genie who has been held captive for thousands of years. What i was actually thinking of turned out to be 1996s kazaam, starring shaquille oneal. However, many claim that they remember watching both movies and preferring shazaam as kazaam was poorly written in comparison and was known for being. Not because the movie isnt good, but because it never existed in the first place. Sinbad plays a genie in shazaam alternate memories. The strange case of the sinbad genie movie that doesnt exist. In the 1996 movie kazaam, shaquille oneal plays a rapping genie. To celebrate april fools day and perpetuate this myth even further, sinbad has now gone and shot longlost footage from his shazaam movie. A small but vocal number of people, however, claim to remember an earlier. This is how those who believe in the sinbad genie movie feel when people say they are simply getting confused about shaqs kazaam.
Even though the cover art on the kazaam poster a genie and a kid on a purple background is eerily similar to what some shazaamtruthers claim to remember from the sinbad film, true. On thursday, sinbad addressed the shazaam issue again on twitter and said hed make a genie movie so everyone could put the matter to rest. Many believe that people are confusing this movie with the one they claimed starred sinbad and was called shazaam. A few months ago, redditors thought they had a breakthrough when they discovered an image of sinbad in a genie costume on ebay. This false memory was probably caused by a mixup with this film and a costume sinbad wore in 1994 when he hosted a tv broadcast of sinbad and the eye of the tiger 1977. The movie is called shazaam, and sinbad plays a bumbling genie who adventures with two small kids. Inside the internets conspiracy theory about a nonexistent movie the imaginary film stars sinbad as a genie who grants wishes to two children. There have been many genie movies and many actors associated with the role, such as shaq, kazaam etc. The shazam movie mandela effect hit the reddit community and quickly spread across the internet late in december 2016. Even though the cover art on the kazaam poster a genie and a kid on a purple background is eerily similar to what some shazaam truthers claim to remember from the sinbad film, true believers.
In that bizarre film, shaq played the titular rapping genie kazaam who lived in a magical boombox. However, what does exist is a 1996 film entitled kazaam, starring basketball played shaquille o neal as a genie who helps a young boy find his father, but those who believe in the existence of. If you remember shazaam, the movie that doesnt exist, you. Sinbad is wearing a genie outfit consisting of a golden turban, golden pointy shoes, vest, big hoop earring and puffy pants. Aug 20, 2017 i told you kazaam was a different movie. In the 1996 movie kazaam, shaquille oneal plays a rapping genie who helps a young boy. With shaquille oneal, francis capra, ally walker, james acheson. Dec 26, 2016 the movie is called shazaam, and sinbad plays a bumbling genie who adventures with two small kids. In their recollections, the movie starred the american standup comedian sinbad real name david adkins as an incompetent genie who granted wishes to two young children. What does exist is kazaam a 90s kids comedy starring shaquille oneal as a genie. Collegehumor you need to see this an actual clip from.
People might be confusing the actor for shaquille oneal who played a genie in the movie kazaam the actor hosted an afternoon of sinbad movies on tnt. Shortly after, vox published an article about how false memories can form very easily. The closest anyones gotten to explaining the false memory is the fact that sinbad did once appear on american tv dressed as a genie, as host one day in 1994 when tnt aired a bunch of old sinbad the sailor films back to back. The av club points out that while this could have easily been an obvious cashin on a viral internet meme, the short is actually rather clever in what. Have you noticed no one my age has seen this so called sinbad genie movie, only you people who were kids in. Have we crossed over from an alternate reality in which. And yes, they know about the 1996 movie kazaam starring shaquille oneal as a genie. A movie named kazaam was released in 1996 starring shaquille oneil as a genie. Any proper child of the 90s remembers the wonderfully terribly shaquille o neal vehicle kazaam. The genie, who introduces himself as kazaam shaquille o neal. Sorry internet, sinbad never played a genie and shazam. The assumption is that people are conflating sinbad s genie adjacent stage name with shaquille oneals rapping genie movie kazaam. The new statesman noted the simplest explanation for this phenomenon that people were misremembering thenbasketball star shaquille oneals starring as a genie in the awful 1996 film kazaam.
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