The Air Up There (1994)

ALL 01/07/1994 (en) Family, Comedy 107 Min
  • Release
    01/07/1994
  • Production
    NBB Unit One Film Partners, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Nomura Babcock & Brown, Longview Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato
    62%
  • Original title
    The Air Up There
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 21,011,500.00
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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.

  1. Story



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Casts

  1. Kevin Bacon

    Jimmy Dolan

  2. Charles Gitonga Maina

    Saleh

  3. Yolanda Vazquez

    Sister Susan

  4. Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole

    Nyaga

  5. Sean McCann

    Ray Fox

  6. Dennis Patrick

    Father O'Hara

  7. Ilo Mutombo

    Mifundo

  8. Nigel Miguel

    Halawi

  9. Eric Menyuk

    Mark Collins

  10. Keith Gibbs

    Buddy Wilson

  11. Miriam Owiti

    Beisa

  12. John Matshikiza

    Mingori Mining Company Clerk

  13. Winston Ntshona

    Urudu

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 13 , Crews : 22

Keyword

The Air Up There (1994) 107 Min

ALL 01/07/1994 (en)
Family, Comedy
  • Release 01/07/1994
  • Production
    NBB Unit One Film Partners, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Nomura Babcock & Brown, Longview Entertainment
  • Original title The Air Up There
  • en
  • Revenue21,011,500.00

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.

  1. Paul Michael Glaser

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tom McMurtry, Michael E. Polakow

    Editor

  4. Robert W. Cort, Ted Field, Rosalie Swedlin

    Producer