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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   19,894 votes
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Director:
Hugh Wilson
Writers:
Neal Israel (screenplay) &
Pat Proft (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 March 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
The new police recruits. Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. - Just don't call them when you're in trouble. more
Plot:
A group of good-hearted but incompotent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(28 articles)
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User Comments:
Guilty pleasure! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Police Academy: What an Institution! (UK) (video title)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Brampton, Ontario, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
After Lassard and the cadets drive away from the rioting mob, they crash into the back of a meat truck which reads "Maslansky's Bologna". This is a reference to the film's producer Paul Maslansky. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Tackleberry is playing the saxophone at the beach party, his fingers do not move. It is obvious that the sax playing is recorded. more
Quotes:
Lieutenant Thaddeus Harris: My name is Lieutenant Harris! In case you missed it. This is Sergeant Callahan! In case you missed it. We are the meanest instructors here. We've got you because you are the worst people here. You are "D" Squad; "D" for "dirtbags." When I say: "Hey, dirtbags!" that means you. You people are going to hate my guts for the rest of your lives. I am going to make you sorry that you ever came here. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Carabinieri si nasce (1985) more
Soundtrack:
PARTY more

FAQ

What is the tango music played in the Blue Oyster Bar?
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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
Guilty pleasure!, 5 April 2003
Author: LeRoyMarko from Toronto, Canada

I don't know what got to me. This evening, I went to the video store and got this one. I first saw it back in the 80's. Now let's not go nuts and call this the best comedy of all times. But it's still a pretty decent one (or indecent if you prefer!). The movie is generally funny, the characters are likable, and it's filmed in Toronto! I was surprised to realize that with the first scene showing the Toronto skyline. Some scenes are very funny, especially the one with George Gaynes (Commandant Lassard). Ah! the podium scene! So funny! Pea-brain humor, but good pea-brain humor!

Out of 100, I gave it 71. That's good for ** out of ****.

Seen in Toronto, on April 5th, 2003.

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