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Up the Academy

Duration:

87 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

4.5

Director:

Robert Downey Sr.

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Noble Street @ South Brookville Road, Brookville, Kansas, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Robert Downey Jr.

Wendell Brown

Ike

Tommy Citera

Hash

Hutch Parker

Oliver (as J. Hutchison)

Ralph Macchio

Chooch

Harry Teinowitz

Rodney Ververgaert

Tom Poston

Sisson

Ian Wolfe

Commandant Causeway

Antonio Fargas

Coach

Stacey Nelkin

Candy

Barbara Bach

Bliss

Leonard Frey

Keck

Luke Andreas

Vitto

Candy Ann Brown

Nubia

King Coleman

Rev. MacArthur

Rosalie Citera

Mrs. Bombalazzi

Yvonne Francis

Commandant's Wife

James G. Robertson

Mayor Holt

Rosemary Eliot

Mayor Holt's Wife

Louis Zorich

Sheik Amier

Robert Lynn Mock

Burly Cook

Tyrees Allen

Assistant Cook

Eric Hanson

Tough Upperclassman

Kenneth White

Chester (as Ken White)

Patrick McKenna

Henchman #1

Robert Scopa

Henchman #2

John R. Gallagher

Landmine #1

Jack N. Stewart

Landmine #2

John C. Ryberg

Landmine #3

Charles Lloyd Kephart

Landmine #4

James D. Coddington

Landmine #5

William J.L. Bunting

Military Instructor

Sheri Ann Hoffhines

Candy's Roommate

Annette Katafiasz

Another Girl

Allyson Downey

Platoon Leader

Barbara Lindsay

Butch Officer #1

Linda Myers

Butch Officer #2

Brenda A. Rohr

Tough Girl

Barbara Wisbey

Another Butch Officer

Tanya Boyd

Rev. Ike's 2nd Wife

Ernest Vishneske

Camera Store Owner

Myra Benson

Sheik's Wife

Ron Leibman

Major Vaughn Liceman (uncredited)

Bill Nash

Kevin (uncredited)

Audrey B. Nelsen

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Ralph Macchio's film debut.

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Originally conceived as "Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy", this was an attempt cash in on the magazine's reputation following the National Lampoon's success with Animal House (1978). The editorial staff at Mad Magazine disowned the movie in print and gave it a two page treatment, explicitly pointing out that Ron Leibman had the good sense to have his name removed from the credits. Ultimately, this would be Mad's last attempt at producing live-action entertainment until MADtv (1995) nearly 20 years later.

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True to form, Mad Magazine ran a mini-parody of their own film called "Mad Magazine Resents: 'Throw Up the Ecchadamy'".

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Goofs

This goof takes place during the scene in the game-room where Oliver, Ike, Rodney, and Hash have devised a plan to trick Chooch into thinking they're not going to try to get the pictures back. You can see the four boys at a pool table with Chooch at another pool table in the background. When the camera cuts to a close-up of Chooch, the balls on his pool table change positions.

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This goof is about the part where Ververgaert informs Liceman about the boys' plan to get the pictures back. While Ververgaert's talking, Liceman says "Will you go ahead?", wanting Rodney to hurry and continue with what what he's saying. Although, when Chooch plays back the conversation on his tape recorder, Liceman says "Will you go on?"

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When the soccer game is being announced, you can see Commandant Causeway is in the stands sitting next to his wife. Causeway reaches over and wraps his arm around Bliss. Then it cuts to a close-up of him, and you can clearly see Bliss is no longer next to him and that seat is empty. His wife also has a gas mask up to her face. Then it cuts back to Keck who is announcing Sisson's performance, and the gas mask is not on Causeway's wife's face, but instead resting on her lap. Then the camera goes to another close-up of Causeway who is asleep on Bliss's shoulder while his wife is itching her nose. But in the immediate next shot, she is setting the gas mask beside her.

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Quotes

Ike: Just call me Ike.

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Chooch: What does Leisman want more than anything else?

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Leisman: [pickup line] Tickle your ass with a feather?

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