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Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Four freshmen attending a military academy wreak havoc with an endless series of wild pranks. The soundtrack features the music of Pat Benatar, the Kinks, Blondie and Cheap Trick.

Starring: Ralph Macchio, Barbara Bach, Tom Poston, Ron Leibman

Starring: Ralph Macchio, Barbara Bach, Tom Poston, Ron Leibman, Robert Downey

Director: Robert Downey

Director: Robert Downey

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Feb 14, 2006

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  • Up The Academy
  • Aten-hut, dudes. Fall in with the cadets of Sheldon R. Weinberg Military Academy, where the new arrivals have decided that anything goes. So the first things to go are the rules.
  • In the tradition of Stripes and Police Academy, Up the Academy deploys film-debuting Ralph Macchio and company in a series of raunchy, madcap maneuvers. Barbara Bach as a fully-armed armaments expert, Tom Poston as an instructor whose favorite subject is bedcheck and Antonio Fargas as a sadistic soccer coach provide choice comic moments under the direction of Robert Downey (Putney Swope, Greaser's Palace). The soundtrack rocks with Cheap Trick, Sammy Hagar, Pat Benatar, David Johansen, Lou Reed and more.
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    In an attempt to follow National Lampoon, it was the first and only film produced by MAD Magazine. One viewing reveals why.

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    Notable only because its star, Ron Liebman, sued the studio to have his name removed from the credits and advertising.

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    Cheerfully and rudely haphazard.

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    I can plainly understand why several involved parties lobbied to get their names removed from this film.

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