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The Air Up There

The Air Up There

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 7, 1994

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Family, Comedy

User Score

62%

Original Title

The Air Up There

Production Companies

NBB Unit One Film Partners, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Nomura Babcock & Brown, Longview Entertainment

Director

Paul Michael Glaser

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue

$21,011,500

Description

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.