Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.
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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Classical in form, effortless, contemporary and unpretentious.
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Cast
- Kevin BaconJimmy Dolan
- Charles Gitonga MainaSaleh
- Yolanda VazquezSister Susan
- Mabutho 'Kid' SitholeNyaga
- Sean McCannRay Fox
- Dennis PatrickFather O'Hara
- Ilo MutomboMifundo
- Nigel MiguelHalawi
- Eric MenyukMark Collins
- Keith GibbsBuddy Wilson
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- Paul Michael GlaserDirector
- Max AppleWriter
- Dick PopeDirector of Photography
- David NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Michael E. PolakowEditor
- Tom McMurtryEditor
- Robert W. CortProducer
- Rosalie SwedlinProducer
- Ted FieldProducer
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