The Air Up There (1994)
Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.
1994 · PG · 1h 47m · Family, Comedy
Genres: Family, Comedy
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.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Writers: Max Apple
Music by: David Newman
Cinematography: Dick Pope
Editor: Michael E. Polakow, Tom McMurtry
Box office: $21M · Budget: $17M · Rated 6.2/10 by 171 viewers
Cast
Kevin Bacon as Jimmy DolanCharles Gitonga Maina as SalehYolanda Vazquez as Sister SusanMabutho 'Kid' Sithole as NyagaSean McCann as Ray FoxDennis Patrick as Father O'HaraIlo Mutombo as MifundoNigel Miguel as HalawiEric Menyuk as Mark CollinsKeith Gibbs as Buddy WilsonMiriam Owiti as BeisaJohn Matshikiza as Mingori Mining Company ClerkMore like this
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