Up the Academy
Summary:
A teen comedy that does not quite rise to the level of that age group, this uninspired story features Ron Liebman as the Major, a sadistic instructor at a military school. Ralph Macchio (before his 1984 hit, Karate Kid) and other teens of every stripe suffer through the indignities heaped on them by the Major and do their best with the sexual, ethnic, and racial stereotypes that... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Wendell Brown - (Ike)
Tom Citera - (Hash)
J. Hutchinson - (Oliver)
Ralph Macchio - (Chooch)
Harry Teinowitz - (Ververgaert)
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Review:
Mad Magazine's attempt at a comedy film fails to capture the madcap spirit of the magazine and instead comes off like a third-rate knockoff of National Lampoon's Animal House. The script by t.v. comedy vets Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses lacks the specific details or inspired characterizations necessary to make the story take off, instead ... Continue >>
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