The Air Up There

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.

Genres:

Family, Comedy

Release:

Jan 07, 1994

Production:

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

Casts:

Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina, Yolanda Vazquez, Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole, Sean McCann, Dennis Patrick, Ilo Mutombo, Nigel Miguel, Eric Menyuk, Keith Gibbs, Miriam Owiti, John Matshikiza, Winston Ntshona