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Cast
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Kevin Bacon | As: Jimmy Dolan |
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Charles Gitonga Maina | As: Saleh |
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Yolanda Vazquez | As: Sister Susan |
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Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole | As: Nyaga |
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Sean McCann | As: Ray Fox |
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame. |
| Certification: | PG |
Details
Genres: Family, Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: 07 January 1994
Country: US
Runtime: 107m
Company Credits
Company: NBB Unit One Film Partners, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Nomura Babcock & Brown, Longview Entertainment
Budget: $17,000,000
Revenue: $21,011,500
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Cast
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Kevin Bacon |
Jimmy Dolan |
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Charles Gitonga Maina |
Saleh |
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Yolanda Vazquez |
Sister Susan |
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Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole |
Nyaga |
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Sean McCann |
Ray Fox |
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Dennis Patrick |
Father O'Hara |
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Ilo Mutombo |
Mifundo |
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Nigel Miguel |
Halawi |
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Eric Menyuk |
Mark Collins |
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Keith Gibbs |
Buddy Wilson |
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Miriam Owiti |
Beisa |
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John Matshikiza |
Mingori Mining Company Clerk |
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Winston Ntshona |
Urudu |
Directed By
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Paul Michael Glaser |
Director |
Writing Credits
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Max Apple |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Robert W. Cort |
Producer |
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Ted Field |
Producer |
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Conrad Hool |
Co-Producer |
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Lance Hool |
Executive Producer |
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Scott Kroopf |
Executive Producer |
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Ian Ross |
Line Producer |
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Rosalie Swedlin |
Producer |
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Don Finn |
Casting |
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Mali Finn |
Casting |
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Michael L. Games |
Production Manager |
Edited By
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Tom McMurtry |
Editor |
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Michael E. Polakow |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Hope Hanafin |
Costume Design |
Sound
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David Newman |
Original Music Composer |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Dick Pope |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
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Roger Hall |
Production Design |
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Brent Thomas |
Production Design |
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Alicia Keywan |
Art Direction |
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Leith Ridley |
Art Direction |
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Karen Brookes |
Set Decoration |
Other Crew
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