The Air Up There (1994)
Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1994-01-07
- Runtime:
- 107 min
- Genres:
- Family, Comedy
- Director:
- Paul Michael Glaser
- Top cast:
- Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina, Yolanda Vazquez, Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole, Sean McCann, Dennis Patrick
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 6.2/10 from 167 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.0/10