Watch Up The Academy (1980) Free Online

Release Date: 1980

Cast: Barbara Bach, Ian Wolfe, Tom Poston, Ron Leibman, Robert Downey Jr., Ralph Macchio

Categories: Movies, Parody, Comedy, Teen

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 the Comics Journal: It was directed by Robert Downey Sr., and starred Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Harry Teinowitz, Hutch Parker (younger brother... MORE

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 the Comics Journal: It was directed by Robert Downey Sr., and starred Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Harry Teinowitz, Hutch Parker (younger brother of Parker Stevenson and now known as movie executive J. Hutchison), Tom Poston, Barbara Bach, Stacey Nelkin, Ralph Macchio (his screen debut) and King Coleman. The movie was filmed entirely in Salina, Kansas, mostly on the campus of St. John's Military School. The film was neither a commercial nor critical success when it was originally released, and was disowned by both the staff of MAD magazine and actor Ron Leibman (who, despite his sizeable role, had his name completely removed from the credits and promotional material). Besides paying Warner Bros. $30,000 to remove all references to MAD from LESS