Up The Academy

Name: Up The Academy
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980-06-06
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 4.70
Cast: Hutch Parker, Tommy Citera, Wendell Brown, Ralph Macchio

– This puber-comedy is a kind of mixture between 'Animal House' and 'Police Academy'. Four boys are se..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

4.70 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 27 Minutes

Release Year:

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 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

Styles:

Idiotic, Twist Ending, Funny, Melancholic, Surreal, Absurd, Satirical, Sexy, Not Serious, Humorous

Story Timeline:

1970s, 1980s

Producing Country:

USA

Genre:

Comedy

Editor's Pick for:

Teens, Kids

Up the Academy (1980) - Trailer

Release Date:

06 Jun 1980

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Up The Academy

Directed by:

Robert Downey Sr.

Story Written By:

Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett

Main Actors:

Hutch Parker, Tommy Citera, Wendell Brown, Ralph Macchio

Plot:

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?

Awards:

3 nominations.

Production Company:

WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

4.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

Metacritic:

29%