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The Air Up There

The Air Up There

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

1994•1h 47m•6.2/10
FamilyComedy

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6.2/10(163)

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.

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Production

NBB Unit One Film Partners, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Nomura Babcock & Brown, Longview Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Jimmy Dolan

Charles Gitonga Maina

Saleh

Yolanda Vazquez

Yolanda Vazquez

Sister Susan

Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole

Nyaga

Sean McCann

Sean McCann

Ray Fox

Dennis Patrick

Dennis Patrick

Father O'Hara

Ilo Mutombo

Mifundo

Nigel Miguel

Halawi

Eric Menyuk

Eric Menyuk

Mark Collins

Keith Gibbs

Buddy Wilson

Miriam Owiti

Beisa

John Matshikiza

John Matshikiza

Mingori Mining Company Clerk

Winston Ntshona

Winston Ntshona

Urudu

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