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.
Release Date | January 7, 1994 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | The Air Up There | |
Runtime | 1h 47min | |
Budget | $17,000,000 | |
Revenue | $21,011,500 | |
Language | English | |
Original Language | English | |
Production Countries | United States of America | |
Production Companies | NBB Unit One Film PartnersHollywood PicturesPolyGram Filmed EntertainmentInterscope CommunicationsNomura Babcock & BrownLongview Entertainment |