The Air Up There

The Air Up There (1994)

Released: 1994-01-07 Duration: 1hr 47min
Genres: Family Comedy
Rating 6.2
Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.

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.

Production Companies

NBB Unit One Film Partners
Hollywood Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Interscope Communications
Interscope Communications
Nomura Babcock & Brown
Longview Entertainment

Additional Info

Budget $17,000,000.00
Revenue $21,011,500.00
Original Language en
Popularity 8.847

Directed By

Paul Michael Glaser

Crew

Writer
Max Apple
Original Music Composer
David Newman
Director of Photography
Dick Pope
Producer
Robert W. Cort
Producer
Ted Field
Co-Producer
Conrad Hool
Executive Producer
Lance Hool
Executive Producer
Scott Kroopf
Line Producer
Ian Ross
Producer
Rosalie Swedlin
Editor
Tom McMurtry
Casting
Don Finn
Casting
Mali Finn
Production Design
Roger Hall
Production Design
Brent Thomas
Art Direction
Alicia Keywan
Art Direction
Leith Ridley
Set Decoration
Karen Brookes
Costume Design
Hope Hanafin
Production Manager
Michael L. Games

TOP CAST

Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon

Jimmy Dolan

Yolanda Vazquez
Yolanda Vazquez

Sister Susan

Sean McCann
Sean McCann

Ray Fox

Dennis Patrick
Dennis Patrick

Father O'Hara

Ilo Mutombo
Ilo Mutombo

Mifundo

Eric Menyuk
Eric Menyuk

Mark Collins

Keith Gibbs
Keith Gibbs

Buddy Wilson

John Matshikiza
John Matshikiza

Mingori Mining Company Clerk

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