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Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame. - The Air Up There
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Title: The Air Up There

Release Date: 7 Jan 1994

Runtime: 1h 47m

Genre: Family, Comedy

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

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

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.138 (156 votes)

Cast

  • Jimmy Dolan: Kevin Bacon
  • Saleh: Charles Gitonga Maina
  • Sister Susan: Yolanda Vazquez
  • Nyaga: Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole
  • Ray Fox: Sean McCann
  • Father O'Hara: Dennis Patrick
  • Mifundo: Ilo Mutombo
  • Halawi: Nigel Miguel
  • Mark Collins: Eric Menyuk
  • Buddy Wilson: Keith Gibbs
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