This film is one which I must have seen over 20 times but this was the first time I actually sat down and watched the whole thing.
The year is now and the police force have changed their rules so anyone regardless of age, height, weight, sex and colour can sign up for police training so ... Read review
Astoundingly silly but incredibly popular,Police Academyis the first film in a seemingly ... more
endless franchise that takes aim at the men in blue. After a police academy drops all of its entrance requirements, all manner of misfits flood in, hoping to make ...
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Astoundingly silly but incredibly popular,Police Academyis the first film in a seemingly ... more
endless franchise that takes aim at the men in blue. After a police academy drops all of its entrance requirements, all manner of misfits flood in, hoping to make ...
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The call went out. The recruits came in. No longer would police cadets have to meet ... more
standards of height weight or other requirements. Brains were optional too. Can't spell IQ? Don't know the number 911? No matter. Police Academy grads are ready to uph...
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The call went out. The recruits came in. No longer would police cadets have to meet ... more
standards of height, weight and other requirements. Brains were optional too. Can't spell IQ? Don't KNow the number 911? No matter. Police Academy grads are ready to up...
Police Academy salutes the men, women and borderline cases who protect the people very ... more
much like themselves. A comic success story over a decade, it begat six sequels and both animated and live-action TV series. New recruits include sound-effects wizard Larvelle Jones, florist Moses Hightower, shy Laverne Hooks. and gun buff Eugene Tackleberry, Instructors Harris and Callahan aim to wash these turkeys out before they graduate. As directed by Hugh Wilson, they and stars Steve Guttenberg and Kim Cattrall make some police farce.
To Protect, Serve... And Entertain.The Comic Crimebusters Are Back!An anti-social nut-job ... more
and his leathered band of pranksters are on the prowl, spray-painting the town red and emptying the pockets of anyone sharing the sidewalk. In the wake of this crime wave, you might wonder where the educational system went wrong. But then again, consider the Police Academy.For when the newly graduated misfits in blue tangle with these pinheaded punkers in Police Academy 2: The First Assignment, the result it an open-and-shut case of non-stop hilarity. Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes and other Police Academy originals return to the roll call, facing the formidable Bobcat Goldthwait in the tailor-made role of the wacked-out gangleader. It's a riot - a laugh riot - in the streets.
A crime spree called Operation Chaos is plaguing the city. Time to call out our frontline ... more
defense. And when that defense is made up of Police Academy Alumni, it's also time to pray!Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook, G.W. Bailey, George Gaynes and other returnees strap on laugh-riot gear for Police Academy 6: City Under Siege. A mysterious Mr. Big is the mastermind behind a gang that robs banks and jewelers. Cmdt. Lassard is suspected when it becomes clear that a police department information leak is keeping the bad guys one step ahead. Solving the case won't take a mastermind, just an arsenal of gags and goodliness in the fun Police Academy tradition.
Addled Cmdt. Lassard (George Gaynes), motor-mouth Jones (Michael Winslow), gun fanatic ... more
Tackleberry (David Graf), curvaceous Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook) and human steam vent Harris (G.W. Bailey) join forces with Moscow's Chief of Police (Christopher Lee) and an icy-as-a-tundra translator (Claire Forlani). They take on the Godfather of the Russian mob (Ron Perlman), whose computer program plays like a video game but can actually steal money and goods planetwide without a trace. Prepare to kick some buttski!
A budget crisis has decreed that only one of the state's two cop schools can survive, so ... more
the race is on to see which academy can avoid the axe by turning out the superior force. So Mahoney, Hightower, Tackleberry, Jones, Hooks and Callahan - led by eternally befuddled Cmdt. Lassard - mobilize hilariously in their alma mater's defense. You have the right to remain silent - but you'll end up howling.
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Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Advantages: Fun, cheesy good acting and story Disadvantages: A bit Dated now!
...year is now and the police force have changed their rules so anyone regardless of age, height, weight, sex and colour can sign up for police training so you can imagine the people who turn up at the police academy! Mahoney is a young man who is working in a car park when he gets annoyed and parks a car on 2 wheels and ends up getting arrested again. When he is waiting in the police station he meets Jones who is also there and can make excellent sound ... ...told by the police boss that he is going to either go to jail or sign up for the police training. Mahoney says he will do the training only if he can take a friend, he takes Jones with him; the catch with Mahoney signing up is that he is not allowed to quit, but he can be thrown out.
Mahoney and Jones set off for the police academy where Mahoney instantly tries to get himself thrown out. Here they meet a whole load of different people ... more
This film is one which I must have seen over 20 times but this was the first time I actually sat down and watched the whole thing.
The year is now and the police force have changed their rules so anyone regardless of age, height, weight, sex and colour can sign up for police training so you can imagine the people who turn up at the police academy! Mahoney is a young man who is working in a car park when he gets annoyed and parks a car on 2 wheels and ends up getting arrested again. When he is waiting in the police station he meets Jones who is also there and can make excellent sound effects with his voice.
Mahoney is told by the police boss that he is going to either go to jail or sign up for the police training. Mahoney says he will do the training only if he can take a friend, he takes Jones with him; the catch with Mahoney signing up is that he is not allowed to quit, but he can be thrown out.
Mahoney and Jones set off for the police academy where Mahoney instantly tries to get himself thrown out. Here they meet a whole load of different people which they starts forming good friendships with. Will Mahoney get himself thrown out after all his attempts to do so or will he have a change of heart and quite enjoy himself?
This really is a good film which is easy viewing and suitable for all. I do like the character of Mahoney and thought Steve Guttenberg did a great job making him the person he did. There are a lot of extra characters in this film which include, Thompson, a female recruit played by Kim Catrall, Bank and Copeland who become the dogsbodies for Lft. Harris, Callerhad who is the female fitness instructor, Tackelberry who is mad on guns and weapons, Lessard who is the crazy and not all there Commandant and I really did enjoy each and every characters and they all bought something different to the film. The way the characters all work together and the chemistry between them all really is very good.
The storyline is quite good if not a little daft but the way it is played out with the humour involved makes for really fun and good viewing. As I mentioned before there is a lot of humour involved and not all of it is in you face, a lot is going on behind the main shot and if you look closely enough you will notice a lot which you may not have seen before. It was hubby who actually told me to look for this.
The setting for the film is present day according to the opening title sequence but the film was made back in 1984 so it does look quite dated now. The clothes which the recruits turn up to the academy in do really show the films age and some of them really are very funny indeed. The music for the film is good but not all too memorable but it was all appropriate for the places which it was used.
We have the 20th Anniversary special edition DVD which does have some bonus material which includes:-
Commentary by Steve Guttenberg, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, G W Bailey, Director Hugh Wilson and Producer Paul Maslansky
All New reunion Documentary Behind Academy Doors - Secret Files Revealed
Trailer
I am not one for bonus features so have not watched these so I am unable to give comments on them.
The running time of this film is 92 minutes which I felt was a good length and the certificate is a 15 as it does contain moderate language and sex references. I really do feel that this is very high indeed and may even go as far as giving it a PG certificate. I have seen this film advertised for Saturday and Sunday evening on the television so I think the film rating may have been lowered since it was made in 1984.
We managed to get hold of this DVD for just £2 in the closing down sale at Woolworths which I feel was a bargain.
I do recommend this film as it has just the right amount of story and humour to make for an easy to watch film.
Advantages: Its funny, Its cheap Disadvantages: Its very old
I have always loved Police academy from such a young age, I was lucky enough to be given the full collection at Christmas time. ==Police Academy 20th Anniversary Edition== ===A Little Police Academy=== As this is the 20th Anniversary edition I am reviewing I better set it clear, this particular DVD was released in April 2004. Police academy first started back in 1984 with the release of the original film "Police Academy" But nobody thought they would ... ...there have been no more Police Academy's released. ==The DVD== Sit back relax and enjoy the movie, you will be laughing with enjoyment or with embarrassment. The film starts with looking a different people from different walks of life, you all remember the fat guy in the Kodak photo booth who is uplifted by the crooks and thrown in to the river, or Mahoney the car park attendant who just can't stay out of trouble with the law, or how about the guy ...
marcellep2 01.02.2009
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Advantages: great characters, good storyline Disadvantages: transfer doesn't look very good from Video could be better
...of cadets that join the Police Academy, when the Mayor reduces the restrictions on who can sign up to be a police officer. This presents a lot of problems in itself as quite a few people who wouldn't have a chance ordinarily of becoming a police officer sign up for training.
Steve Guttenburg (of Cacoon fame) plays Carey Mahoney, who is at the academy only as an alterative to prison when he breaks the law. Starts out very much the wise guy and joker ... ...qualify to apply to a Police Academy let anone join one.
The story mainly takes place at the acedemy and is majorly centred around Mahoney - this biggest misfit of the bunch. You see his attempts at being thrown out of the academy and you eventually see him grow to become the Police Officer he is destined to be.
This film comes highly recommended - its a classic but is still fuinny today - worth a watch. ...
aragorn01 23.05.2009
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When the Police Academy adopts a completely open admissions policy, a large number of social misfits promptly enrol. The local crooks never had it so good.
"...A rude, crude, noisy, sometimes disarmingly funny, liberated-sexist low comedy....A lot of extremely good comic actors..." (New York Times, p.C12, 23/03/1984)
"...David Graf is solid....Guttenberg is a likeable rogue..." (Variety, 14/03/1984)
DVD Description
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.
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