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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1994-01-07
- video_camera_front Companies NBB Unit One Film Partners, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Nomura Babcock & Brown, Longview Entertainment
- timer Runtime: 107 Mins
- star Rating: 6.1 / 10
- favorite Likes: 156 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0109067
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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
groups Crew

Max Apple
Writer

Paul Michael Glaser
Director

Scott Kroopf
Executive Producer

Leith Ridley
Art Direction

Tom McMurtry
Editor

Conrad Hool
Co-Producer

Rosalie Swedlin
Producer

Mali Finn
Casting

Brent Thomas
Production Design

Roger Hall
Production Design

Michael L. Games
Production Manager

Hope Hanafin
Costume Design

Robert W. Cort
Producer

Ted Field
Producer

Lance Hool
Executive Producer

Alicia Keywan
Art Direction

Karen Brookes
Set Decoration

Dick Pope
Director of Photography

David Newman
Original Music Composer

Ian Ross
Line Producer

Michael E. Polakow
Editor

Don Finn
Casting
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