The Air Up There

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

The Air Up There — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 7, 1994
• Runtime
• 107 min
• Genres
• Family, Comedy
• Director
• Paul Michael Glaser

The Air Up There — Cast

Kevin Bacon Jimmy Dolan

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Charles Gitonga Maina Saleh Yolanda Vazquez Sister Susan

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Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole Nyaga Sean McCann Ray Fox Dennis Patrick Father O'Hara

I

Ilo Mutombo Mifundo

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Nigel Miguel Halawi