Police Academy
Police Academy is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson in his directorial debut, and distributed by Warner Bros.. Its storyline follows a new recruitment policy for an unnamed city's police academy to take in any recruit who wishes to apply and study to become a police officer. The film stars Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, and G. W. Bailey.
Plot
In an unnamed city, the mayor announces that the Metropolitan Police must accept all willing applicants for training, regardless of their suitability for the role. Hundreds of citizens, who never thought they could be police officers, apply: rich girl Karen Thompson; former criminal and human beatbox Larvell Jones; gentle giant Moses Hightower, gun fanatic Eugene Tackleberry; lothario George Martin; soft-spoken Laverne Hooks; accident-prone Douglas Fackler; and bullied Leslie Barbara. Rebellious underachiever, Carey Mahoney, arrested for yet another petty crime, is given a chance to escape prison time by Captain Reed, a friend of his father: enroll in the academy and complete training. Mahoney agrees, planning to misbehave and be forced out, but he learns from Commandant Eric Lassard that he cannot quit or be rejected until training is complete.
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| author | Hugh Wilson Neal Israel Pat Proft |
|---|---|
| director | Hugh Wilson |
| editor | Robert Brown Zach Staenberg |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | arrest beatbox blank bully carey mahoney commandant eric lassard copeland dorm room douglas fackler driving test eric lassard eugene tackleberry expel fellatio follow force gentle giant george martin henry hurst karen thompson larvell jones laverne hooks learning to drive leslie barbara moses hightower one criminal outnumber plan police chief police officer police pursuit reject rich girl speak strike tackleberry thaddeus harris think train |
| musicBy | Robert Folk |
| producer | Paul Maslansky |
| productionCompany | AFI Catalog of Feature Films The Ladd Company |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Toronto |
| theme | crime comedy dance police comedy slapstick |