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Police Academy (1984)

Directed by Hugh Wilson

Comedy

Most recently watched by schofizzy, zombiefreak, seanCduregger

Overview

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn’t take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay… while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!

Rated R | Length 97 minutes

Actors

Steve Guttenberg | Kim Cattrall | G. W. Bailey | Bubba Smith | Donovan Scott | George Gaynes | Andrew Rubin | David Graf | Leslie Easterbrook | Michael Winslow | Debralee Scott | Bruce Mahler | Ted Ross | Scott Thomson | Brant von Hoffman | Marion Ramsey | Georgina Spelvin | Doug Lennox | George R. Robertson | Don Lake | Bill Lynn | Michael J. Reynolds | Joyce Gordon | Don Payne | Bruce McFee | Beth Amos | Araby Lockhart | Barry Greene | Gary Farmer | Josef Field | Gary Colwell | James Bearden | Fred Brigham | Marco Bianco | Ted Hanlan | F. Braun McAsh | Rob Watson | Roger Dunn | Vladimir Bondarenko | J. Winston Carroll | David Clement | George E. Zeeman | Gino Marrocco | Gene Mack | Bob Collins | Danny Pawlick | Ruth Sisberg | Peter Cox | Danny Lima | Dwayne McLean | Brent Meyer | Carole Alderson | Suzanne Barker | Kimberley Boorman | Jayne Broughton | Julie McLeod | Karen Robyn | James D. Brown | Charles W. Gray | John Hawkes | Kay Hawtrey | Wink Roberts | Dar Robinson | John Sampson | T.J. Scott | Hugh Wilson

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Viewing Notes

When I heard the entire Police Academy was available on Netflix it didn’t elicit any kind of response b/c I’m not really nostalgic for the series having only seen the first couple of installments back in the day. In fact I’m pretty sure I viewed the first PA not that long ago (pre-logging) but in the ‘00s. When I saw that I hadn’t logged it here I decided to give the first movie a spin.

Guess I was in the right state of mind for it b/c I enjoyed the hell outta this viewing. Like I was laughing OL a lot. Forgot Kim Cattrall is also in this (second billed!) and she’s just the bees knees. I love her 80s to early 90s work and that she was in flicks like this and Big Trouble, Split Second, Mannequin, etc. She doesn’t even have a very big part in this but she’s fun to have around w/the others. Maybe I was just slaphappy or something but this movie was super fun gave me the itch to view the others. Guess I like rooting for the underdogs.

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