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

Writer

Max Apple

Producer

Robert W. Cort

Producer

Ted Field

Producer

Rosalie Swedlin

Original Music Composer

David Newman

Director of Photography

Dick Pope