Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon stars in this quickie sports film that's really more a culture-clash comedy. He plays an assistant coach at the college-basketball level who's looking for that big, big recruiting score an...( read more  read more... )d finds it in a distant African village. But his quarry, a seven-footer (Charles Gitona Maina) he spots in an anthropology film, turns out to be the prince of his tribe who's in line for the crown and has no interest in becoming fodder for Sports Center. So it's up to the callous American to convince him that he wants to give this all up to live in a dorm and chase coeds (while, of course, honoring his ancestors). Unfortunately, the jokes are stale and the basketball footage is nothing to get excited about. --Marshall Fine

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PG, 107 min.

Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser

Release Date: January 7, 1994

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DVD Release Date: November 11, 2003

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  • March 10, 2008
    Another childhood movie. Can't say it was great.
  • December 6, 2007
    this was a really fun movie. there were cheesy parts that would never fly in movies now, but it was heart warming and entertaining. i like this flick.
  • February 1, 2007
    was a cute movie
  • September 19, 2006
    This honestly is a pretty interesting movie! Bacon really does pull this one off... i enjoyed it.
  • November 11, 2009
    This is a okay movie. Basically about a basketball coach played by Kevin Bacon who tries a recruit a very tall young African to play basketball in the states. Of course there are always certain problems that arise. The movie is sort of heart tugging but fails on many levels. Not ...( read more)a very good sports movie.Not overly bad but can be skipped. More for hardcore Kevin Bacon fans.
  • August 24, 2009
    LAWL. I thought Kevin Bacon was a respected actor?
  • June 12, 2009
    yeah, so, i think i've seen the air up there more than the average person...

    not proud of it, just a fact.
  • April 13, 2009
    hows the weather up there?
  • March 21, 2009
    Kevin Bacon is in this? I'm watching it. I wanna see wht it is.
  • March 9, 2009
    " I only hope you're as good a coach as you are a bullshit artist!"

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