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The Air Up There
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5.1/10   3,065 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Max Apple (written by)
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Release Date:
7 January 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Sport more
Plot:
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find... more | add synopsis
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
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:PG
Filming Locations:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada more

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Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
[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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Movie Connections:
Featured in Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
HIGHER & HIGHER more

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way up, 30 April 2006
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Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

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.

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