The Air Up There (1994)

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.

Released

1994-01-07

Genres

Family, Comedy

Runtime

107 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Paul Michael Glaser

TMDB rating

6.1/10 from 175 votes