The Air Up There

Jan 7, 1994

1h 47m

★ 6.1

Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.

Overview

Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.

Genres

Family

Comedy

Production Companies

NBB Unit One Film Partners

Hollywood Pictures

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Interscope Communications

Nomura Babcock & Brown

Longview Entertainment

The Air Up There Trailers

Cast

Jimmy Dolan

Kevin Bacon

Saleh

Charles Gitonga Maina

Sister Susan

Yolanda Vazquez

Nyaga

Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole

Ray Fox

Sean McCann

Father O'Hara

Dennis Patrick

Mifundo

Ilo Mutombo

Halawi

Nigel Miguel

Mark Collins

Eric Menyuk

Buddy Wilson

Keith Gibbs

Beisa

Miriam Owiti

Mingori Mining Company Clerk

John Matshikiza

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