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The Air Up There
1994· PG· 1h 47m· Comedy· Family
“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.
1994-01-07
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DirectorPaul Michael Glaser
WriterMax Apple
ProducerRobert W. Cort
Director of PhotographyDick Pope
Original Music ComposerDavid Newman
EditorMichael E. Polakow
Full cast & crew (13 cast · 22 crew)
Details
Released1994-01-07
Runtime1h 47m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosNBB Unit One Film Partners · Hollywood Pictures · PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Budget$17M
Box office$21M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.2/10 · 167 votes
Original languageen
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