1994 • PG • 1h 47m
6.2/10
(153 users) 
Overview
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a d 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.
6.2/10
(153 users) Cast / Crew 
Kevin Bacon Jimmy Dolan 
Charles Gitonga Maina Saleh 
Yolanda Vazquez Sister Susan 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 
John Matshikiza Mingori Mining Company Clerk 
Winston Ntshona Urudu 
Paul Michael Glaser Director Max Apple Writer 
David Newman Original Music Composer 
Dick Pope Director of Photography Robert W. Cort Producer 
Ted Field Producer Conrad Hool Co-Producer Lance Hool Executive Producer Scott Kroopf Executive Producer Ian Ross Line Producer Rosalie Swedlin Producer Tom McMurtry Editor Michael E. Polakow Editor Don Finn Casting Mali Finn Casting
Kevin Bacon Jimmy Dolan Charles Gitonga Maina Saleh Yolanda Vazquez Sister Susan 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 John Matshikiza Mingori Mining Company Clerk Winston Ntshona Urudu Paul Michael Glaser Director Max Apple Writer David Newman Original Music Composer Dick Pope Director of Photography Robert W. Cort Producer Ted Field Producer Conrad Hool Co-Producer Lance Hool Executive Producer Scott Kroopf Executive Producer Ian Ross Line Producer Rosalie Swedlin Producer Tom McMurtry Editor Michael E. Polakow Editor Don Finn Casting Mali Finn Casting 
Keywords
Recommendations
Blindsided: The Game 8.4
At First Sight 6.0
The Sixth Man 6.1
Tai Chi Hero 6.1
My Girl 2 5.9
Police Academy: Mission t... 4.6
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 5.2
Shallow Grave 7.0
Innerspace 6.8
Turner & Hooch 6.3
What a Beautiful Day 6.5
The Way Way Back 7.1
Balto 7.3
She's Out of My League 6.5
Wild 7.0
You Were Never Really Her... 6.6
Ron's Gone Wrong 7.9
I, Tonya 7.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story 6.6
The Matrix Reloaded 7.1
Interstellar 8.4
Get Out 7.6
Lost in Translation 7.4
Passengers 6.9
Joker 8.2
The Conjuring 2 7.3
Avengers: Endgame 8.3
Star Wars 8.2
Parasite 8.5
The Dark Knight 8.5
Pulp Fiction 8.5
A Star Is Born 7.5
V for Vendetta 7.9
Bohemian Rhapsody 8.0
Aquaman 6.9
Run 7.3
The Irishman 7.6
The Green Hornet 5.6
Deadpool 7.6
Frozen 7.2