The Air Up There
- Original title
- The Air Up There
- Year
- 1994
- Running time
- 108 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Kevin Bacon
- Charles Gitonga Maina
- Yolanda Vazquez
- Winston Ntshona
- Sean McCann
- Dennis Patrick
- Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole
- Ilo Mutombo
- Nigel Miguel
- Eric Menyuk
- Keith Gibbs
- Miriam Owiti
- Douglas Leboyare
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | Sports. Basketball. Africa
- Synopsis
- 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.
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- Critics' reviews
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"A lightweight, brainless family movie chronicling the triumph of the underdog."
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"However average it is, it still passes an hour and a half."
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