Movie·1994·107 min

The Air Up There

Name: The Air Up There
Genre: Family, Comedy
Released: 1994-01-07
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina, Yolanda Vazquez, Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole, Sean McCann

The Air Up There streams in the US on Amazon Prime Video, as of October 5, 2026.

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

6.2 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 22%Audience 35%IMDb 5.6Letterboxd 2.7

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Family Comedy

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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