The Air Up There(1994)

Name: The Air Up There
Genre: Family, Comedy
Released: 1994-01-07
Rating: 6.2

Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.

6.2(167)1h 47m1994-01-07

FamilyComedy

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.

Director:: Paul Michael Glaser
Writers:: Max Apple
Producers:: Rosalie Swedlin, Robert W. Cort, Ted Field
Cinematographer:: Dick Pope
Composer:: David Newman
Production:: NBB Unit One Film Partners, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Nomura Babcock & Brown, Longview Entertainment
Budget:: $17,000,000
Revenue:: $21,011,500
Status:: Released