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Up the Academy (1980)This puber-comedy is a kind of mixture between 'Animal House' and 'Police Academy'. Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a the Sheldon R. Wienberg military academy. The life of ... See full summary » Director:Robert Downey Sr. |
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Cast
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Wendell Brown | ... |
Ike
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Hash
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Hutch Parker | ... |
Oliver
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| Ralph Macchio | ... |
Chooch
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Harry Teinowitz | ... |
Rodney Ververgaert
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Sisson
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Commandant Causeway
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Coach
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Stacey Nelkin | ... |
Candy
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Bliss
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Keck
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Luke Andreas | ... |
Vitto
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Nubia
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King Coleman | ... |
Rev. MacArthur
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Rosalie Citera | ... |
Mrs. Bombalazzi
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This puber-comedy is a kind of mixture between 'Animal House' and 'Police Academy'. Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a the Sheldon R. Wienberg military academy. The life of dicipline 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? Written by Evert Poppen
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 June 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy See more »Filming Locations:
Salina, Kansas, USACompany Credits
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Performed by Blow-Up
Words & Music by Jody Worth & Bruce Nicholson
Produced by Jody Worth & Bill Evans
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After viewing an early screening of the film, actor Ron Leibman ("Major Vaughn Liceman") requested his name removed from the final film credits. See more »Goofs
This goof takes place during the scene in the game-room where Oliver, Ike, Rodney, and Hash have devised a plan to trick Chooch into thinking they're not going to try to get the pictures back. You can see the four boys at a pool table with Chooch at another pool table in the background. When the camera cuts to a close-up of Chooch, the balls on his pool table change positions. See more »Quotes
Leisman: Those glasses that you're wearing make you stand out like a turd in a punch bowl!See more »
Crazy Credits
The end credits show the opening credits sequence in reverse (the toy soldiers are falling up instead of down). See more »Soundtracks
"Local Hero"Performed by Blow-Up
Words & Music by Jody Worth & Bruce Nicholson
Produced by Jody Worth & Bill Evans
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The only thing I remember about this movie are two things: first, as a twelve year old, even I thought it stunk. Second, it was so bad that when Mad magazine did a parody of it, they quit after the first page, and wrote a disclaimer at the bottom of the page saying that they had completely disavowed it.
If you want to see great sophomoric comedies of this period, try Animal House. It's so stupid and vulgar it lowers itself to high art. Another good selection would be Caddyshack, the classic with the late Rodney Dangerfield and Bill Murray before he became annoyingly charming, with great lines like greens keeper Carl Spackler's "Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers they'll lock me up and throw away the key."