Up the Academy

Up the Academy is an American teen comedy film released in 1980, with a plot about the outrageous antics of a group of misfits at a military school. The movie was an attempt to cash in on the phenomenal and unexpected success of National Lampoon's Animal House, which was also a movie made by a comedy magazine about a group of misfits at college. In 1983, Mad publisher Bill Gaines explained the genesis of his magazine's involvement in the film to ... More

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  • 1980

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R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 27 min

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  • Up The Academy

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Directed by

Robert Downey Sr.

Robert John Downey Sr. (born Robert John Elias; June 24, 1936) is an American actor, writer, and film director, and the father of actor Robert Downey Jr. He is best known as an underground filmmaker, serving as director and/or writer of such cult classics as Putney Swope, a satire on the New York...

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  • 1980

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  • 1 h 27 min

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List Rank Year Note
  • 8,492
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.0

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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