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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   20,856 votes
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Director:

Hugh Wilson

Writers:

Neal Israel (screenplay) &
Pat Proft (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

23 March 1984 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Crime more

Tagline:

The new police recruits. Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. - Just don't call them when you're in trouble. more

Plot:

A group of good-hearted but incompotent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win more

User Comments:

Guilty pleasure! more (104 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:

Police Academy: What an Institution! (UK) (video title)
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Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Brampton, Ontario, Canada more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Michael Winslow (Jones), David Graf (Tackleberry) and George Gaynes (Cmdnt. Lassard) are the only actors who appeared in all 7 Police Academy movies. Winslow even goes a step beyond this, as he is the only actor to not only appear in all 7 Police Academy movies, but also had a regular role on "Police Academy: The Series" (1997). more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Chief Hurst's name is misspelled during the end credits (as 'Chief Hurnst'). more

Quotes:

Cmndt. Eric Lassard: [Presenting a slide show just as a hooker begins to give him a blow job] Now this first SLIIIDE... shows a very, very interesting thing: our main building. On slide... TWO! We see other view... of... IT! Oh, my God, you wouldn't believe it! more

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Il silenzio dei prosciutti (1994) more

Soundtrack:

TRUE LOVIN' WOMAN more


FAQ

What is the tango music played in the Blue Oyster Bar?
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18 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Guilty pleasure!, 5 April 2003
Author: LeRoyMarko from Toronto, Canada

I don't know what got to me. This evening, I went to the video store and got this one. I first saw it back in the 80's. Now let's not go nuts and call this the best comedy of all times. But it's still a pretty decent one (or indecent if you prefer!). The movie is generally funny, the characters are likable, and it's filmed in Toronto! I was surprised to realize that with the first scene showing the Toronto skyline. Some scenes are very funny, especially the one with George Gaynes (Commandant Lassard). Ah! the podium scene! So funny! Pea-brain humor, but good pea-brain humor!

Out of 100, I gave it 71. That's good for ** out of ****.

Seen in Toronto, on April 5th, 2003.

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