Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 03/21/1986(USA),
Release Date: 04/06/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Slapstick Violence
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Public safety takes a turn for the worse in this hit comedy, which spawned a long-running franchise. As a crime wave sweeps through a major city, the mayor decides that part of the problem may stem from overly restrictive qualifications for police officers, so she opens the door of the city's Police Academy to anyone who wants to join. Soon, the new class is overrun with misfits and losers, including Carey Mahoney (
Steve Guttenberg), who is given the choice of joining the force or going to jail; Karen Thompson (
Kim Cattrall), a pretty cadet whom Mahoney has his eye on; Moses Hightower (
Bubba Smith), a mountain of a man who likes to tend flowers; and Larvell Jones (
Michael Winslow), who has an uncanny ability to imitate the sound of practically anything. Constantly befuddled Commandant Lassard (
George Gaynes) and his lackey, Lt. Harris (
G.W. Bailey), are none too thrilled with their new charges, but as they try to wash their hands of the cadets, Mahoney and his classmates become all the more determined to make good. The surprising success of
Police Academy spawned six sequels and two TV series.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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A New Generation of Keystone Kops.
Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith, G.W. Bailey, David Graf, and Leslie Easterbrook star in this first installment of one the most memorable comedy film series of the 1980s. It tells how a large assembly of misfits and degenerates wind up enlisting as recruits at the local police academy and they're going to give cops a bad name. With Michael Winslow, Andrew Rubin, George Gaynes, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Brant Van Hoffman, Scott Thompson, Georgina Spelvin, George R. Robertson, Debralee Scott, and Ted Ross.
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