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The Air Up There

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

1994 · PG · 1h 47m

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser

6.1

TMDB audience score
175 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Kevin Bacon
    Jimmy Dolan

  • Charles Gitonga Maina
    Saleh

  • Yolanda Vazquez
    Sister Susan

  • Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole
    Nyaga

  • Sean McCann
    Ray Fox

  • Dennis Patrick
    Father O'Hara

  • Ilo Mutombo
    Mifundo

  • Nigel Miguel
    Halawi

  • Eric Menyuk
    Mark Collins

  • Keith Gibbs
    Buddy Wilson

  • Miriam Owiti
    Beisa

  • John Matshikiza
    Mingori Mining Company Clerk

  • Winston Ntshona
    Urudu