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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 • 1h 47m • ★ 6.2 (161 votes) Released
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.
Director
Paul Michael Glaser
Writer
Max Apple
Rating
6.2
Runtime
107 min
Budget
$17.0M
Revenue
$21.0M
Profit/Loss
+4.0M
Production
NBB Unit One Film Partners
Hollywood Pictures
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Interscope Communications Nomura Babcock & Brown
Longview Entertainment
Top Billed Cast
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Keywords
sports
