The Air Up There

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.

Director

Paul Michael Glaser

Written by

Max Apple

Music

David Newman

Studio

NBB Unit One Film Partners

Released

7 January 1994

Genres

Family, Comedy