- HD 1080
- Runtime: 107m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Paul Michael Glaser
- Stars: Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina, Yolanda Vazquez, Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole, Sean McCann
- keywords: sports
- Production_studio: NBB Unit One Film Partners, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Nomura Babcock & Brown, Longview Entertainment
- Slogan: Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.
- The The Air Up There is featured in the top rankings of 1994
- #63 in Top Comedy Movies of 1994
- #14 in Top Family Movies of 1994
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.