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Police Academy
1984
When the Police Academy adopts a completely open admissions policy, no height or weight restriction, and most worryingly no intelligence tests. Hence a large number of unemployable social misfits promptly enroll. The academy instructors have the most difficult wave of recruits to train up: they include Laverne Hooks the tiny .. Read more
| Starring | Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith |
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| Director | Hugh Wilson |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Police Academy
When the Police Academy adopts a completely open admissions policy, no height or weight restriction, and most worryingly no intelligence tests. Hence a large number of unemployable social misfits promptly enroll. The academy instructors have the most difficult wave of recruits to train up: they include Laverne Hooks the tiny voiced woman; Karen Thompson the sociopath (Kim Cattrall); Eugene Tackleberry the firearm fan and Larvell Jones the walking sound-effect. Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenburg) is a reluctant cadet of a different kind--he must last the course at the Academy as an alternative to jail. This hilarious motley crew are the last, blundering buffoons you would want as upholders of the law, as your protectors. The crooks never had it so good.
| Starring | Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes |
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| Director | Hugh Wilson |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Cops & Robbers, 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | French, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, Italian |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 05 Jun 2000 Production year: 1984 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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It's hard to imagine that, back in 1984, anyone would have thought this would spawn six sequels as well as a cartoon series. However, somehow it managed to strike a chord with audiences around the world and made a star (well, briefly anyway) out of Steve Guttenberg. And, while the follow-ups became increasingly puerile as the series went on, the original film produces its fair share of belly laughs. Guttenberg leads a group of oddballs, who probably shouldn't even be allowed to watch cops on television, into police training, where they clash with authority but prove themselves in the end. It's crude and juvenile, but fans will be in heaven.
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Appallingly unfunny series of snippets about police training, like an American Carry On with few jokes leading to a punch line and occasional resorting to dirty bits.
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Guttenburg, the Marlon Brando of the comedy genre
This film is mint. The comic timing the fresh jokes the innuendos, oh how I laughed until I soiled myself. I watched Police Academy as a ten year old boy, and even if I wasn't a ten year old boy I still would have watched it. Some movie critics say Guttenburg is bland and uninspiring but I say anyone who can act opposite a robot in short circuit and truly believe that Johnny Five is alive should be declared king of all method actors. I'll never forget you Guttenberg. Even if the rest of the movie world has.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Useless Recruits Join Police Force And Cause Havok!
Even though i love all the Police Academy films, you have to take this movie for what it really is.
It's not hilarious but when first released it was something pleasantly different that was so successful it spawned 6 sequels, a tv show and a cartoon show.
Useless recruits join the police force and cause havok.
A good cast of mainly unknowns with some funny situations.
Sadly, the dvd doesn't have any bonus features which would have been great to watch if you're a fan. -
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Elizabeth falls for Police Academy star in new drama
- 15 Oct 2009
Actress Shannon Elizabeth has found love again after splitting with her dancer boyfriend Derek Hough - she's dating Police Academy star Steve Guttenberg. Unfortunately, the new romance is just for the movies - and even that won't last. In new romantic drama It's Not You, Guttenberg and Elizabeth play lovers who are not meant to be together. The film, directed by Allie Dvorin, also features actress Milena Govich as the object of Guttenberg's character's affections. It's Not You will shoot in... Read more
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Police Academy
When the Police Academy adopts a completely open admissions policy, no height or weight restriction, and most worryingly no intelligence tests. Hence a large number of unemployable social misfits promptly enroll. The academy instructors have the most difficult wave of recruits to train up: they ...
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