Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)

Director:

Alan Myerson

Writers:

Neal Israel (characters creator) &
Pat Proft (characters creator) ...

Release Date:

18 March 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Hold everything! The cadets are dropping in on Miami Beach for an all new adventure.

Plot:

The old captain Lassard, chief of the police academy, goes to Florida to receive an award. In the city...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Police Academy | Miami Beach | Miami Florida | Sequel

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bubba Smith	...	Sgt. Moses Hightower
David Graf	...	Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry
Michael Winslow	...	Sgt. Larvelle Jones
Leslie Easterbrook	...	Lt. Debbie Callahan
Marion Ramsey	...	Sgt. Laverne Hooks
Janet Jones	...	Kate
Lance Kinsey	...	Lt. Proctor
Matt McCoy	...	Sgt. Nick Lassard
G.W. Bailey	...	Captain Harris
George Gaynes	...	Cmndt. Eric Lassard
Rene Auberjonois	...	Tony
George R. Robertson	...	Commissioner Hurst
Tab Thacker	...	Officer Thomas 'House' Conklin
Archie Hahn	...	Mouse
James Hampton	...	Mayor of Miami

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-10/7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Fontainebleau Hilton Resort - 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Steve Guttenberg turned down the lead role and gave a firm "no" to any other Police Academy sequels that might turn up (and they did). He turned them all down. 18 years later, he was among the main people trying to make another Police Academy movie.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Commandant Lassard yells to his hostage taker, on the boat, "Well done!", the voice responds, "It's nothing!", but he is mouthing something else.

Quotes:

Capt. Thaddeus Harris: Some dickhead is standing in my sun!
Sgt. Nick Lassard: Oh, Captain Harris! Hey, I didn't see you there. You know, I don't think we've been introduced. My name is Nick...
Capt. Thaddeus Harris: I don't care who you are, buttwipe. Just get out of my sun!
Sgt. Nick Lassard: Buttwipe?
Capt. Thaddeus Harris: Scram, sleazeball!
Sgt. Nick Lassard: Okay, fine.
[Leaves]
Sgt. Nick Lassard: Buttwipe, huh? Haven't heard that in a while...
Lt. Proctor: That was great, Sir!
Capt. Thaddeus Harris: Proctor?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Naked Movie (2002)

Soundtrack:

The Ride of the Valkyries

OK

number 5 is ok. Not as funny as the rest of them like this should be. Lassard has to retire yet he still has an award to go to Miami. Even though it says bubba smith stars, he was barely in this. Matt McCoy should have starred.

5/10