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The Air Up There(1994)
Status: Released
Date: 1994-01-07
62%
161 Votes
Time: 1h 47m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $17,000,000.00
Revenue: $21,011,500.00
ProductionCompanies: 
NBB Unit One Film Partners
Nomura Babcock & Brown
Longview Entertainment
Movie: The Air Up There
Top 10 Billed Cast
Kevin Bacon
Jimmy Dolan
Yolanda Vazquez
Sister Susan
Sean McCann
Ray Fox
Dennis Patrick
Father O'Hara
Eric Menyuk
Mark Collins
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Video: THE AIR UP THERE - TV Trailer 1994 MOVIE TRAILER - Kevin Bacon
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The Air Up There (1993) - TV Spot 3
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