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 orders the Metropolitan Police to accept all willing applicants for training, regardless of suitability. Hundreds apply, including: rich girl Karen Thompson; reformed 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 offered a deal by Captain Reed, a friend of his late father: avoid jail by enrolling in the academy. Planning to misbehave until expelled, Mahoney soon learns from Commandant Eric Lassard that he cannot quit or be dismissed until training ends.
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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 douglas fackler eric lassard eugene tackleberry expel fellatio follow force gentle giant george martin henry hurst karen thompson larvell jones laverne hooks leslie barbara moses hightower one criminal outnumber plan police chief police pursuit reformed criminal rich girl 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 police comedy slapstick |