The Air Up There (1994)
Family · Comedy
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.
Cast
- Kevin Bacon as Jimmy Dolan
- Charles Gitonga Maina as Saleh
- Yolanda Vazquez as Sister Susan
- Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole as Nyaga
- Sean McCann as Ray Fox
- Dennis Patrick as Father O'Hara
- Ilo Mutombo as Mifundo
- Nigel Miguel as Halawi
- Eric Menyuk as Mark Collins
- Keith Gibbs as Buddy Wilson