1980
R
Warner Bros.
1 h 27 m

1980
R
Warner Bros.
1 h 27 m

Summary This puber-comedy is a kind of mixture between Animal House and Police Academy. Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to the Sheldon R. Wienberg Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. Will they be "real men" after one year?

Comedy

Directed By: Robert Downey Sr.

Written By: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses

1980
R
Warner Bros.
1 h 27 m

1980
R
Warner Bros.
1 h 27 m

Up the Academy

Name: Up the Academy
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980-06-06
Duration: 1 min 27 s
Rating: 29
Cast: Ron Leibman, Wendell Brown, Ralph Macchio, Tommy Citera, Hutch Parker

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Robert Downey Sr.

Written By: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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The New York Times

Up the Academy sets out to offend almost everybody, including women, blacks, homosexuals, Arabs, the military, and so on, but they've all been more efficiently offended by other, better movies.

By Vincent Canby FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Up the Academy, directed by Robert Downey, combines Little Darlings, Meatballs and Animal House into a crude concoction that holds out the promise of approximating Mad Magazine's cheerful, sophomoric vulgarity. [09 June 1980]

By Jay Scott FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Downey's direction is so flat that about 20 rock songs have been inserted to cover the dithering continuity with a semblance of rhythm. Like the flatulent and shattering noises, the score functions a distracting sound effect, camouflaging tattered swatches of "comedy." [10 June 1980, p.B2]

By Gary Arnold FULL REVIEW

TV Guide Magazine

Up The Academy is another in the seemingly endless parade of inane teenage comedies.

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Production Company Warner Bros.

Release Date Jun 6, 1980

Duration 1 h 27 m

Rating R

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Comedy

Tagline From the MADman that started it all!

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Awards

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

• 3 Nominations

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Ron Leibman

Major Vaughn Liceman

Wendell Brown

Ike

Ralph Macchio

Chooch

Tommy Citera

Hash

Hutch Parker

Oliver

Harry Teinowitz

Rodney Ververgaert

Tom Poston

Sisson

Ian Wolfe

Commandant Causeway

Antonio Fargas

Coach

Stacey Nelkin

Candy

Barbara Bach

Bliss

Leonard Frey

Keck

Luke Andreas

Vitto

Candy Ann Brown

Nubia

King Coleman

Rev. MacArthur

Rosalie Citera

Mrs. Bombalazzi

Yvonne Francis

Commandant's Wife

James G. Robertson

Mayor Holt

Rosemary Eliot

Mayor Holt's Wife

Louis Zorich

Sheik Amier

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