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1980 film by Robert Downey, Sr.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Up the Academy is referenced by 118 other articles, and connects out to Stacey Nelkin, The Comics Journal and William Gaines.

It sits within the topics 1980 American films, 1980 comedy films and 1980 English-language films.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

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4.7

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.

Released: 1980-06-0687 minDir: Robert Downey Sr.Comedy

Cast

  • Ralph Macchio as Chooch Bombalazzi
  • Wendell Brown as Eisenhower "Ike" MacArthur
  • Tommy Citera as Hash
  • Hutch Parker as Oliver Holt (as J. Hutchison)
  • Harry Teinowitz as Rodney Ververgaert
  • Tom Poston as Sgt. Skip Sisson

Themes

  • military academy

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Ratings

IMDb

4.7/10

2,030 votes

Year
1980
Runtime
87 min
Genres
Comedy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Producer
Marvin Worth
Cinematographer
Harry Stradling
Narrative location
Kansas
Filming location
Kansas
Duration
87
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1980-01-01
title
Up the Academy
distributed by
Netflix
review score
3.9/10
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Available in 11 languages

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