Up the Academy (1980)

Name: Up the Academy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980-06-06
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Hutch Parker

Comedy

Director: Robert Downey Sr.

Cast: Ralph Macchio, Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Hutch Parker

Runtime87 min

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Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a 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.

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Fans of quirky, subversive comedy will enjoy the offbeat vision of director Robert Downey Sr. in this 1980 film, which features a hilarious ensemble cast led by Ralph Macchio as a group of misfits navigating the challenges of military school.

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Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Robert Downey Sr. and starring Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Ron Leibman, Harry Teinowitz, Hutch Parker, Ralph Macchio, Tom Poston, King Coleman, and Barbara Bach. The plot concerns the antics of a group of cadets at a military school.