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The Air Up There
“Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.”
62%
Movie
1h 47m
AI Analysis
The Air Up There (1994) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Air Up There (1994) — a movie tagged as Family and Comedy with cozy and funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 thre… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for families with kids, family viewing, date night, and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~107 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Air Up There 62% (166 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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62%
from 166 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1994-01-07
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- TMDB rating
- 6.2
- TMDB ID
- 46094
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What is The Air Up There about?
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... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Air Up There?
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How long is the movie The Air Up There?
The official runtime for The Air Up There is approximately 107 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Cast
Kevin Bacon
Jimmy Dolan
- C
Charles Gitonga Maina
Saleh
Yolanda Vazquez
Sister Susan
- M
Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole
Nyaga
Sean McCann
Ray Fox
Dennis Patrick
Father O'Hara
- I
Ilo Mutombo
Mifundo
- N
Nigel Miguel
Halawi
Eric Menyuk
Mark Collins
- K
Keith Gibbs
Buddy Wilson
- M
Miriam Owiti
Beisa
John Matshikiza
Mingori Mining Company Clerk
Winston Ntshona
Urudu
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