Movie
The Air Up There
Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.
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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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.
More about The Air Up There
Cast
Kevin BaconJimmy Dolan
Yolanda VazquezSister Susan
Sean McCannRay Fox
Dennis PatrickFather O'HaraCredits
- Directed by
- Paul Michael Glaser
- Written by
- Max Apple
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $17M
- Box office
- $21M
Production
- NBB Unit One Film Partners
Hollywood PicturesUnited States
PolyGram Filmed EntertainmentUnited States
Interscope CommunicationsUnited States- Nomura Babcock & Brown
- Longview Entertainment
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