The Air Up There
- Released on
- Runtime
- 107 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- 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
Director
- Paul Michael Glaser
Producers
- Rosalie Swedlin
- Robert W. Cort
- Ted Field
