A group of good-hearted, but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.A group of good-hearted, but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.A group of good-hearted, but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Brant von Hoffman
- Kyle Blankes
- (as Brant Van Hoffman)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter early test audiences responded most positively to Hightower out of all the characters, Bubba Smith was moved to second billing, just behind Steve Guttenberg.
- GoofsWhen Captain Reed and Mahoney are in the interrogation room at the police station, Captain Reed tells Mahoney that the duration of the police academy is 14 weeks long. When Mahoney is at the academy Commandant Lassard tells him the academy training is 24 weeks long. However, Lassard gets the length of time wrong repeatedly throughout the film, even having to be reminded of it when inspecting the new cadets.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Thaddeus Harris: Mahoney! Remember, that nobody screws with me.
Carey Mahoney: Well, maybe you'll meet the right girl and all that will change.
- Crazy creditsThe movie's opening titles lights up white via the sound of a thunderclap.
- Alternate versionsNBC edited 5 minutes from this film for its 1987 network television premiere.
- ConnectionsEdited into Police Academy: The Series: Team Tack (1998)
- SoundtracksShe's in My Corner
Performed by Jack Mack and the Heart Attack
Written by Max Carl and Andrew Kastner
Vocals by Mark Campbell (uncredited)
Featured review
Up the "Academy"...
Yep, this is the one that started it all. The right one to blame. "Police Academy" - never duplicated, countlessly imitated.
But before you go throwing any stones...this one is funny.
Yep, believe it or not, its joke success ratio is amazingly high. Is it because it's R-rated? That's a lot of it, but it also has a good pedigree.
Director/co-writer Wilson also created TV's "WKRP in Cincinnati", Israel and Proft have written "Bachelor Party" and some other funny stuff you may have heard of (they had a hand in the "Naked Gun" films).
And the cast, in this instance, is fresh! Guttenberg has seldom been better, nor has Cattrall (well, maybe except for "Porky's"), Gaynes, Bailey, Smith, Winslow or Easterbrook. There are a handful of good lines, more good scenes here than in any four of the sequels you can name and plenty more opportunity for good old raunchy "Animal House"-style guffaws.
You don't believe me? Think about the scene with the hooker (Spelvin) in the speaker's podium. Then think about the punch line ("Good speech."). You see? Ah, memories.
Take it from a hard-bitten veteran of the series. This is as good as it gets. You want to see a funny movie about cops? Register at your local "Police Academy".
Six stars, plus a star more for Guttenberg's final scene. Classic.
But before you go throwing any stones...this one is funny.
Yep, believe it or not, its joke success ratio is amazingly high. Is it because it's R-rated? That's a lot of it, but it also has a good pedigree.
Director/co-writer Wilson also created TV's "WKRP in Cincinnati", Israel and Proft have written "Bachelor Party" and some other funny stuff you may have heard of (they had a hand in the "Naked Gun" films).
And the cast, in this instance, is fresh! Guttenberg has seldom been better, nor has Cattrall (well, maybe except for "Porky's"), Gaynes, Bailey, Smith, Winslow or Easterbrook. There are a handful of good lines, more good scenes here than in any four of the sequels you can name and plenty more opportunity for good old raunchy "Animal House"-style guffaws.
You don't believe me? Think about the scene with the hooker (Spelvin) in the speaker's podium. Then think about the punch line ("Good speech."). You see? Ah, memories.
Take it from a hard-bitten veteran of the series. This is as good as it gets. You want to see a funny movie about cops? Register at your local "Police Academy".
Six stars, plus a star more for Guttenberg's final scene. Classic.
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- Mister-6
- Feb 9, 2000
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Police Academy - Dümmer als die Polizei erlaubt
- Filming locations
- Humber College - 3199 Lake Shore Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada(Academy grounds)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,375,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $81,198,894
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,570,007
- Mar 25, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $81,198,894
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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