The Air Up There (1994)

Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.

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: 1994-01-07
• Runtime: 1h 47min
• Production Company: NBB Unit One Film Partners
• Production Country: United States of America
• Director: Paul Michael Glaser