Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)

Director:

Peter Bonerz

Writers (WGA):

Neal Israel (characters) &
Pat Proft (characters) ...
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Release Date:

10 March 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

THE FUNNIEST COPS ARE FUNNIER THAN EVER! They're Undercover To Unmask The Mastermind of Crime!

Plot:

Those bumbling cadets take to the streets when three inept goons successfully orchestrate a metropolitan crime wave.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Commandant | City | Police Academy | Sergeant

Cast

Bubba Smith	...	Lt. Moses Hightower
David Graf	...	Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry
Michael Winslow	...	Sgt. Larvelle Jones
Leslie Easterbrook	...	Capt. Debbie Callahan
Marion Ramsey	...	Sgt. Laverne Hooks
Lance Kinsey	...	Lt. Proctor
Matt McCoy	...	Sgt. Nick Lassard
Bruce Mahler	...	Sgt. Douglas Fackler
G.W. Bailey	...	Captain Thaddeus Harris
George Gaynes	...	Commandant Eric Lassard
Kenneth Mars	...	The Mayor / The Mastermind
Gerrit Graham	...	Ace
George R. Robertson	...	Commissioner Henry J. Hurst
Brian Seeman	...	Flash
Darwyn Swalve	...	Ox
Billie Bird	...	Mrs. Stanwyck
Arthur Batanides	...	Mr. Kirkland
Beans Morocco	...	Bank President
Alexander Folk	...	Well Dressed Man
Michael Fosberg	...	Friend #1
Fritz Bronner	...	Friend #2
Alan Hunter	...	Businessman #1
Mark J. Goodman	...	Businessman #2 (as Mark Jay Goodman)
Daniel Ben Wilson	...	Tackleberry Jr
Greg Collins	...	SWAT Team Leader
Christopher Wolf	...	Gym Officer
Angelo Tiffe	...	Cop #1
Tony Montes	...	Cop #2
Anna Mathias	...	Bank Teller
Melle Mel	...	Rap Man #1 (as Melvin Glover)
Ralph Blandshaw	...	Rap Man #2
Starr Gilliard	...	Officer
Dennis Ott	...	Looter
Susan Hegarty	...	Saleswoman
Peter Elbling	...	Store Manager
Gary Carlos Cervantes	...	Hustler (as Carlos Cervantes)
Darryl Henriques	...	Man in a Hurry
Allison Mack	...	Little Girl
Michael Leopard	...	Gym Officer
Rusdi Lane	...	Yuppie with Squeaky Shoes
Peder Melhuse	...	Cop Who Sighs
Kort Falkenberg	...	Old Man
Gerry Lock	...	Old Lady
Roger E. Reid	...	Xeroxed Policeman (as Roger Reid)
Gary P. Smith	...	Police Officer
Keith H. Moore	...	Policeman
Lou Butera	...	Pool Shooter
Roberta Haynes	...	Bus Passenger
Tom Lawrence	...	Cop Who Eats Chili
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Hammond	...	Hotdog Vender (uncredited)
Paul Maslansky	...	Man at Precinct Payphone (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Bonerz

Writing credits (WGA)
Neal Israel		(characters) &
Pat Proft		(characters)
Stephen Curwick		(written by) (as Stephen J. Curwick)

Produced by
Paul Maslansky	....	producer
Donald L. West	....	co-producer (as Don West)

Original Music by
Robert Folk

Cinematography by
Charles Rosher Jr.		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Hubert de La Bouillerie		(as Hubert C. De La Bouillerie)

Casting by
Glenn Daniels
Brad Davis

Production Design by
Thomas Azzari		(as Tho E. Azzari)

Set Decoration by
Tom Bugenhagen

Costume Design by
Peter Flaherty

Makeup Department
Bernadine M. Anderson	....	makeup artist
Michèle Burke	....	special prosthetics
Susan Carol Schwary	....	hair stylist
Gloria Montemayor	....	hair stylist: second unit
Gerald Soucie	....	makeup artist: second unit
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair stylist
Brian Wade	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Patricia Churchill	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
M. James Arnett	....	second unit director
Linda Brachman	....	second assistant director: second unit
Marty P. Ewing	....	first assistant director
Janet Levine	....	dga trainee
Doug Metzger	....	first assistant director: second unit
Artist W. Robinson	....	second assistant director
Chuck Rowley	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Mike Blaze	....	property master (as Michael Blaze)
Timothy Braniff	....	illustrator
Richard Fernandez	....	set designer
Oscar Flores	....	property master: second unit
Johnnie Jenkins	....	construction accountant
Eric Orbom	....	set designer
Larry Verne	....	construction coordinator
Morgan Weistling	....	poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jeff Clark	....	supervising sound editor
Robert Friedman	....	foley artist
Al Gomez	....	supervising foley mixer
Tom Hartig	....	boom operator
Michael Jiron	....	re-recording mixer
Steve Nelson	....	production sound mixer
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	boom operator
Allen L. Stone	....	sound re-recording mixer
Casey Troutman	....	foley artist
Clancy T. Troutman	....	sound editor
Richard Weaver	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Gene Grigg	....	special effects foreman
Thomas Lantz	....	special effects: second unit
Marcel Vercoutere	....	special effects

Stunts
Pete Antico	....	stunts
Donald Arnold	....	stunts
May Boss	....	stunts (as Mary Boss)
Janet Brady	....	stunts
Geoff Brewer	....	stunts (as Geof Brewer)
Jim Burk	....	stunts
David Burton	....	stunts
Steven Chambers	....	stunts (as Steve Chambers)
Eugene Collier	....	stunts
Gilbert B. Combs	....	stunts (as Gil Combs)
Mike De Luna	....	stunts (as Michael De Luna)
Justin De Rosa	....	stunts
Kenny Endoso	....	stunts
Danny Epper	....	stunts
Stephanie Epper	....	stunts
Tony Epper	....	stunts
Jon H. Epstein	....	stunts (as Jon Epstein)
Corey Michael Eubanks	....	stunts (as Corey Eubanks)
Theresa Eubanks	....	stunts
Lila Finn	....	stunts
James W. Gavin	....	stunts (as James Gavin)
Andree Gibbs	....	stunts
Kinnie Gibson	....	stunts
Richard Gishi	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as Jim Halty)
Robert Hammond	....	stunts
Steve Holladay	....	stunts
Billy Hank Hooker	....	stunts (as Hank Hooker)
Joy Hooper	....	stunts
Tommy J. Huff	....	stunts (as Tom Huff)
Maria R. Kelly	....	stunts (as Maria Kelly)
Jim Kramer	....	stunts
Monty Laird	....	stunts
Scott Leva	....	stunts
Irving E. Lewis	....	stunts (as Irwin E. Lewis)
Bob McGovern	....	stunts (as Robert McGovern)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunts
Gene McLaughlin	....	stunts
Paula Marie Moody	....	stunts (as Paula-Marie Moody)
Bennie Moore	....	stunts (as Ben Moore)
Pat O'Brien	....	stunts
Alan Oliney	....	stunts
Gene Patterson	....	stunts
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunts (as Charles Picerni Jr.)
Steve Picerni	....	stunts
Gary Price	....	stunts
Angelo Reno	....	stunts
Wink Roberts	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunts
R.A. Rondell	....	stunts
Mel Scott	....	stunts
Jan Michael Shultz	....	stunts
Clifford Strong	....	stunts
Martin Valinsky	....	stunts
Scott Wilder	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Bauer	....	key grip: second unit
Dan Delgado	....	gaffer: second unit
Robert Devine	....	key grip
Michael Ferris	....	camera operator
Scott Floren	....	key grip: second unit
Patricia Harrison	....	second assistant camera
Rexford L. Metz	....	director of photography: second unit
Louis Niemeyer	....	first assistant camera
Anthony R. Palmieri	....	camera operator: second unit (as Tony Palmieri)
Paul M. Pollard	....	camera operator: second unit
Dwayne Redlin	....	best boy grip
Richard Redlin	....	dolly grip
Neil Roach	....	director of photography: second unit
Bruce W. Talamon	....	still photographer
Montie Taylor	....	chief lighting technician
Michael T. Travers	....	grip

Casting Department
Todd Davis	....	casting assistant
Laurah Guillén	....	casting assistant
Jimmy Jue	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tina Ficaro	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Douglas M. Lackey	....	music editor
Randy Miller	....	orchestrator
Stephen James Taylor	....	additional orchestrator
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn

Transportation Department
Tim Hill	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Nancy E. Barr	....	production secretary
Howard Brandy	....	unit publicist
J. Ellen Evans	....	script supervisor
Phil Proctor	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
B.J. Smith	....	set medic (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros (presents) (as Warner Bros.)

Distributors

• Warner Bros (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1993) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1989) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1989) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)

Special Effects

• Illusion Arts

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Reeltime Creative  trailer music
• Star Birth Catering  catering

Also Known As:

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/6

Filming Locations:

4th Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

The last Police Academy movie to feature Matt McCoy's character, Nick Lassard.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Proctor tries to pull Harris back up into the window washing compartment, Harris grabs onto Proctor's trouser leg. In one shot, you can see Proctor already down to his boxers, before the trouser rip actually happens.

Quotes:

Sergeant Moses Hightower:[rapping] We believe you guys, so we wont dispute you. But if you're lying to us, we'll come back and shoot you. Word!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Modern Family: Open House of Horrors (#4.5)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Tutti Frutti

City Under Siege

Finally, almost done with the Police Academy sequels, I finished the 6th movie in the series, Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, now this movie by no means is the worst movie ever, but it's the weaker of the movies and disappoints more than makes you laugh. With the earlier sequels, I've been surprised, with all the low ratings, I still was laughing at the movies, just because I think people were taking the movies too seriously or comparing too much to the original Police Academy. Now the last Police Academy may not have had Mahony, Steve Guttenberg's character, but it still made me laugh, but I miss the old gang, they were what made the sequels a lot of fun. I also once again missed Zed and Sweetchuck, certain characters just made these movies into fun comedies, but City Under Siege tries too hard.

The class is back together to save the city from jewelery thieves, but the plot thickens when they find out that the leader of the gang is connected with the police. But of course Harris is after all the credit of making the bust on the jewelery thieves and taking the credit, even by mocking the old class that always pull something over their heads. But they find out that there is something deeper than just having the jewels, the thieves are going to own this town unless the police academy stops them.

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege still delivers some really good laughs here and there, you always have to love the pranks the class pulls on Harris, G.W. Baily plays them off so well and makes the memorable. Also you have to love Bubba Smith who is the classic big guy you just don't wanna mess with. But as far as the sequels go, this was without a doubt the weaker, from what I understand Mission in Moscow is the worst, so I'm going to do my best to have faith and just hope the series ends with a bang. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, I recommend it if you are looking to see the series, but as a comedy, it's just alright.

3/10