A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 7, 1994
Original Title:
The Air Up There
Genres:
Comedy | Family
Production Companies:
Hollywood Pictures
Interscope Communications
Longview Entertainment
NBB Unit One Film Partners
Nomura Babcock & Brown
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG CZ: U DE: 6 ES: PG GB: PG US: PG
Runtime: 107
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.
Art Direction:
Leith Ridley
Alicia Keywan
Co-Producer:
Conrad Hool
Costume Design:
Hope Hanafin
Director:
Paul Michael Glaser
Director of Photography:
Dick Pope
Editor:
Tom McMurtry
Michael E. Polakow
Executive Producer:
Scott Kroopf
Lance Hool
Line Producer:
Ian Ross
Original Music Composer:
David Newman
Producer:
Robert W. Cort
Rosalie Swedlin
Ted Field
Production Design:
Brent Thomas
Roger Hall
Production Manager:
Michael L. Games
Set Decoration:
Karen Brookes
Writer:
Max Apple
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