The Air Up There (1994)

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

• Family
• Comedy

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.

Rating

6.1 / 10 (175 votes)

Release date

January 7, 1994

Runtime

1h 47m

Language

English

Director

Paul Michael Glaser

Status

Released