The Air Up There
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.
- Director
- Paul Michael Glaser
- Worldwide
- $21M
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Cast
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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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Box Office & Release
The Air Up There returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $17M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $21M
- Release date
- Jan 7, 1994
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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