The Air Up There
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1994 · 107 min · PG · Family · Comedy · TMDB 6.1/10
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.
Directed by Paul Michael Glaser
Cast
- Kevin Bacon — Jimmy Dolan
- Charles Gitonga Maina — Saleh
- Yolanda Vazquez — Sister Susan
- Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole — Nyaga
- Sean McCann — Ray Fox