🎬 Family, Comedy

The Air Up There

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

⭐ 6.2/10 1994 1h 47m Dir. Paul Michael Glaser

About this movie

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.

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6.2/10 167 votes

Quick facts

Year
1994
Runtime
1h 47m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.2/10
Votes
167
Genre
Family, Comedy
Language
EN
Budget
$17.0M

Cast

🎭 Family 🎭 Comedy 🎬 Paul Michael Glaser 👤 Kevin Bacon 👤 Charles Gitonga Maina 👤 Yolanda Vazquez
sports basketball

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Questions about The Air Up There

The Air Up There has a runtime of 1h 47m (1 hour and 47 minutes).
The Air Up There was directed by Paul Michael Glaser and released in 1994.
The Air Up There is a Family, Comedy film (1994).
The cast of The Air Up There includes Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina, Yolanda Vazquez, Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole, Sean McCann.
The Air Up There has a TMDB rating of 6.2/10 based on 167 votes.

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