Slam Dunk Ernest is a 1995 comedy film, and the eighth full-length feature film starring Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell. It was released direct-to-video, and was directed by long-time Ernest collaborator John R. Cherry III. In the movie, Ernest joins his employer's basketball team and later becomes a star with the help of an angel . The film received a PG rating from the MPAA for "mild language". It was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ernest takes a job with a cleaning service, and soon seeks to join his co-workers' basketball team, "Clean Sweep", as they compete in the city league... tournament. He is reluctantly accepted by the team, but given only a minor role as their cheerleader and mascot. In his despair, he is visited by an angel, played by basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and given a pair of magic shoes, but is warned, "Don't misuse the shoes." When an injury to a key player leaves the team desperate for a replacement, Ernest is given an opportunity to play. In the process, he discovers that the supernatural shoes have imbued him with super-speed and the ability to fly.
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| Release date: | January 4, 1995 |
| Directed by: | John R. Cherry III |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 93 Minutes |
| Screenplay by: | John R. Cherry III, Daniel Allen Butler |
| Genre: | Comedy |