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The Air Up There (1994)
Directed by Paul Michael Glaser
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.
Rated PG | Length 107 minutes
Actors
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