Kevin BaconJimmy DolanSavaraTV movie
The Air Up There
Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.
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.
FamilyComedy
Starring
Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina, Yolanda Vazquez
Directed by
Paul Michael Glaser
About
The Air Up There
FamilyComedy
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 went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.
Information
- Released
- Jan 7, 1994
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- PG
- Directed by
- Paul Michael Glaser
Production
- Studio
- NBB Unit One Film Partners
- Studio
- Hollywood Pictures
- Studio
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Studio
- Interscope Communications
- Studio
- Nomura Babcock & Brown
- Studio
- Longview Entertainment
Cast
People in this story
Kevin BaconJimmy Dolan
Yolanda VazquezSister Susan
Sean McCannRay Fox
Dennis PatrickFather O'Hara
Eric MenyukMark Collins
John MatshikizaMingori Mining Company ClerkMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.