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7 January 1994 (USA) morePlot:
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kevin Bacon | ... | Jimmy Dolan |
 | Charles Gitonga Maina | ... | Saleh |
| Yolanda Vazquez | ... | Sister Susan |
| Winston Ntshona | ... | Urudu |
| Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole | ... | Nyaga |
 | Sean McCann | ... | Ray Fox |
| Dennis Patrick | ... | Father O'Hara |
| Ilo Mutombo | ... | Mifundo |
 | Nigel Miguel | ... | Halawi |
| Eric Menyuk | ... | Mark Collins |
| Keith Gibbs | ... | Buddy Wilson |
| Miriam Owiti | ... | Beisa |
| Douglas Leboyare | ... | Ikedo |
| Francis Mutei | ... | St. George |
| Gibson Gathu Mbugua | ... | Harimbo |
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South Korea:All | USA:PG (Certificate #32691) | Australia:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | Spain:T | UK:PGFun Stuff
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Factual errors: In the story of his National Championship heroism, Jimmy Dolan refers to a play at the end of the fourth quarter of a game. College basketball is played in two halves, not in quarters. moreQuotes:
[Sister Susan kisses Jimmy after his team wins]Jimmy Dolan: Sister! You're allowed to kiss?
Sister Susan: [smiling] Only if I really mean it!
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As someone who's never really been into sports, "The Air Up There" hardly seems like the sort of movie that I would like, but I did. When basketball talent scout Jimmy Dolan (Kevin Bacon) goes to Kenya to recruit a new player, he ends up finding Saleh, a chief's son whose skills exceed what anyone could have imagined. But before he moves to the states, there are some things that both sides are going to have to deal with.
This movie is interesting mainly for two reasons: it's good to see a sports movie that's not all about machismo, and a movie that looks at Kenyan culture (not one that we usually get to see). The movie isn't really any kind of masterpiece, but it never pretends to be one. There are some scenes that look like they were thrown in for comic relief (namely the goat milk). Pretty interesting.