Up the Academy (1980)
- Starring:
- Wendell Brown, Tom Citera, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Downey, Sr.
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Comedy
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A teen comedy that does not quite rise to the level of that age group, this uninspired story features Ron Liebman as the Major, a sadistic instructor at a military school. Ralph Macchio (before his 1984 hit, Karate Kid) and other teens of every stripe suffer through the indignities heaped on them by the Major and do their best with the sexual, ethnic, and racial stereotypes that the script gives them to handle. Robert Downey directs, Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses wrote the screenplay. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 87 mins
Complete Cast:
- Wendell Brown - Ike
- J. Hutchinson - Oliver
- Harry Teinowitz - Ververgaert
- Stacey Nelkin - Candy
- Leonard Frey - Keck
- Ken White
- Candy Ann Brown - Nubia
- Ron Leibman - Major
- Ian Wolfe - Capt. Causeway
- Luke Andreas - Vitto
- Tom Citera - Hash
- Ralph Macchio - Chooch
- Tom Poston - Sisson
- Barbara Bach - Bliss
- Tyrees Allen
- Patrick McKenna
- Robert Downey, Jr.
- Louis Zorich
- Antonio Fargas - Coach
- Director(s):
- Robert Downey, Sr.
- Writer(s):
- Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses
- Producer(s):
- Danton Rissner, Marvin Worth, Bernie Brillstein
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Humor, Profanity, Not For Children, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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