Released 1980, up the academy stars ron leibman, wendell brown, tom citera, j. Directed by robert downey sr starring ralph macchio, wendell brown, tommy citera, hutch parker. Starring ralph macchio my cousin vinny, tom poston the bob newhart show and barbara bach. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. In the tradition of stripes and police academy, up the academy deploys filmdebuting ralph macchio and company in a series of raunchy, madcap maneuvers.
Killer soundtrack on a movie that i wish didnt deal so casually in racist stereotypes and homophobia for the sake of a laugh. Up the academy, directed by robert downey, combines little darlings, meatballs and animal house into a crude concoction that holds out the promise of approximating mad magazines cheerful, sophomoric vulgarity. This pubercomedy is a kind of mixture between animal house and police academy. Overview of up the academy, 1980, directed by robert downey, with wendell brown, antonio vargas, ian wolfe, at turner classic movies. From 1939 until the mid 1980s the nss distributed almost 90% of all american movie posters. The life of dicipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Up the academy movie poster verygood one sheet 1980 folded. Up the academy 1980 stream and watch online moviefone. After being sent to a strict military academy, four hooligans clash with the officers trying to whip them into shape. Up the academy is a film directed by robert downey sr. Mar 02, 2012 up the academy 1980 official trailer ron leibman, wendell brown comedy movie hd duration. I already have a bit of an obsession with songs from 80s movies. During the 1960s and 70s they had at least 6 regional print shops. Traditionally, three films have been nominated each year with exceptions in the early 1980s and 2002 when there were only two nominees.
The four main characters in the movie have a distaste for the rules that are required and decide to show the ultimate form of rebellion. Up the academy is a military school for at risk teens. It was considered so bad mad magazines founder william gaines actually paid warner brothers to remove any references to mad magazine upon release to home video. Rent up the academy 1980 starring ralph macchio and ron leibman on dvd and bluray. Its nonsensical filth disgusted everyone who saw it in 1980. Up the academy is a 1980 american teen comedy film with a plot about the outrageous antics of a group of misfits at a military school. In other words, up the academy was a visionary creation, 20 years ahead its time. Mad magazine presents up the academy is a 1980 american teen comedy film directed by robert downey sr. Vintage original movie posters were normally printed in very limited quantities, thus they are rarer. The warobsessed commandant of weinberg military academy is no. Jun 25, 2011 an outrageous comedy about the wildest bunch of cadets ever to wreak havoc on a military academy. Up the academy 1980 movie trailer ralph macchio, barbra.
Fame is a 1980 american teen musical drama film directed by alan parker. Any column in this list may be sorted by clicking the arrow symbol to the right of the desired column heading. Weinberg military academy, where the new arrivals have. Up the academy 1980 movies and films database movie. Up the academy is a 1980 american teen comedy film with a plot about the outrageous antics of a group of misfits at a military. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for up the academy 1980. Up the academy was released june 6th 1980 director robert downey sr. Up the academy 1980 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Honorary award, special achievement award, juvenile award.
Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a the sheldon r. Older posters, prior to the mid 1980 s were usually not always issued folded while newer posters are issued rolled. The ceremonies, which were presided over by johnny carson, were originally scheduled for the previous day but were postponed due to the assassination attempt on president ronald reagan. The 1980 motion picture released as mad magazine presents up the academy represents one of the great tragedies of cinema and soundtracks. Up the academy, movie, 1980 internet movie cars database. Not only was the film a financial failure that lost us all the chance to have a bona fide mad magazine movie, its soundtrack was even more of a flopsentencing a good music collection to bargain bin obscurity. Second, it was so bad that when mad magazine did a. A movie rated r for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the pg rating would permit. Up the academy 1980 official trailer ron leibman, wendell brown comedy movie hd this pubercomedy is a kind of mixture between. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks.
An outrageous comedy about the wildest bunch of cadets ever to wreak havoc on a military academy. Mad magazine presents up the academy is a 1980 american teen comedy film directed by. Up the academy 1980 changes the movie database tmdb. Although i wasnt expecting a sophisticated comedy, i also wasnt expecting it to be quite this stupid. The warobsessed commandant of weinberg military academy is no match for the troublesome brats enrolled there. May 21 the empire strikes back is released and is the highestgrossing film of the year just as its predecessor, star wars, was three years prior. The only thing i remember about this movie are two things. This is why netflix is a good thing, if you accidently pick up a crappy movie you can send it. So, my experience with up the academy was both good and bad. Laguardia high school, from their auditions to their freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years. The item youve selected was not added to your cart.
Up the academy 1980 official trailer ron leibman, wendell. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. This movie had high school kids masturbating in the classroom, references to hot beef injection and many, many, many other scatological and sexually perverse goings on. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24. An rrated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a pg movie would admit. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. A teen comedy that does not quite rise to the level of that age group, this uninspired story features ron liebman as the major.
And i thought, well, in addition to a mad movie, theres nothing wrong with having something like lampoon did with animal house. Up the academy 1980 from the surreal to the stupidafter the recordbreaking success of national lampoons animal house 1978 kickstarted the snlraunch comedy genre, the derivative ripoffs began to flood or trickle into driveins and theaters across the nation. Weinberg military academy, where the new arrivals have decided that anything goes. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Jan 27, 2007 major liesman attempts to get some action at the dance in up the academy 1980. Cadence 1990, biloxi blues 1988, heartbreak ridge 1986 and full metal jacket 1987. If a film won the academy award for best picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Up the academy 1980 the warobsessed commandant of weinberg military academy is no match for the troublesome brats enrolled there. Rerelease and posters with academy award on them are also original but they are usually considered less desirable.
Set in new york city, it chronicles the lives and hardships of students attending the high school of performing arts known today as fiorello h. Rent up the academy 1980 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Up the academy 1980 official trailer ron leibman, wendell brown comedy movie hd duration. Gallery of 3 movie poster and cover images for up the academy 1980. The rainbow connection in the muppet movie music and lyric by paul williams. These teens throw a party for all peers, showing the academy. Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to the sheldon r. Up the academy 1980 vhs movie comedy ron leibman wendell brown. Hutchinson the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 29 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. The pictures include taps 1981, stripes 1981, private benjamin 1980, up the academy 1980, the lords of discipline 1983 and an officer and a gentleman 1982.
After national lampoons success with animal house 1978, mad magazine tried its hand in movies with this film, titled up the academy 1980. Major liesman attempts to get some action at the dance in up the academy 1980. The academy award for best makeup and hairstyling is the academy award given to the best achievement in makeup and hairstyling for film. Financial analysis of up the academy 1980 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Barbara bach is in her prime and definite eye candy in the movie. Up the academy movie poster verygood one sheet 1980. Competitive oscars are separated from noncompetitive oscars i. I purchased a used dvd of up the academy region 1 version from amazon up the academy is hilarious. One of the collection if you are a collector of 1980s movies. Movie studios mostly now print and distribute their own advertising materials.
Academy award for best makeup and hairstyling wikipedia. Part of a minicycle of hollywood movies made during the early 1980s centering around military cadet training. The last time i saw the same pupil was in 1993 and i actually manage to find and contact that pupil who recommended me up the academy and i will buy him a copy of this dvd. Directed by robert downey sr starring ralph macchio, wendell. Up the academy 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Directed by robert downey sr starring wendell brown, tommy citera, harry teinowitz, and hutch parker. Up the academy 1980 official trailer ron leibman, wendell brown comedy movie hd this pubercomedy is a kind of mixture between animal. Up the academy quotes 1980 title up the academy year 1980. Up the academy 1980 movie trailer ralph macchio, barbra bach. The movie stars ron leibman who had his name removed from the credits despite being the main antagonist as major vaughn liceman, a semifascist instructor at a military school where a group of teen misfits get into trouble, lust over barbara bach playing the armaments specialist, and try any way they can. In 1986 a primary school a classmate introduced me up the academy.