 |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
The series opened with Police Academy (1984) which started with the premise that a new mayor had announced a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits. The movie followed a group of misfit recruits in their attempts to prove themselves capable of being police officers.
In general, all of the movies and television shows depended on low-brow humor, usually based on simple characterizations and physical humor. As with many similar movies, the theme was a group of underdogs struggling to prove themselves while various stereotyped authority figures tried to suppress them.
The first film grossed $81.2 million USD in America, with the following films earning $150 million in total.
Recently, Steve Guttenberg
Mahoney is the lead character of the first four movies of the series. He is best known for protecting Cmndt. Lassard and playing practical jokes on Harris, Mauser and Proctor. In a recurring theme throughout the series he often manages to get these rivals into the Blue Oyster Bar, where gay bikers force them to tango to a song called "El Bimbo".
Played by: Bubba Smith
Featured in all seven films, Hightower was a David Graf
Tackleberry is in all seven films and is best known for his love of firearms. Actor David Graf died of cardiac arrest in 2001.
Played by: George Gaynes
Article: Eric Lassard
Eric Lassard is Commandant, or head, of the Metropolitan Police Academy (sometimes also called the Midcity Police Academy). He is initially not into the politics of the police department. When Chief Hurst and Lieutenant Harris are denouncing the new female mayor's policy change to remove race and sex as barriers from academy admissions, he plays along with them and quickly dismisses their comments once they've left the room. A few years later, however, he will initiate a program known as Citizens on Patrol (COP), which is a community outreach course. Lassard featured in all seven films.
Played by: Tim Kazurinsky
Accident prone Sweetchuck joined as a cadet in the third movie after an appearance in the second.
Played by: Bobcat Goldthwait
Featured as a punk in the second movie before joining the academy in the third.
Played by: 1984
Director: Ted Ross)
Director: 1986
Director: 1987
Director: Sharon Stone)
Released: 1988
Director: Janet Jones)
The officers go undercover to break up a criminal gang.
Released: 1989
Director: Kenneth Mars)
Released: 1994
Director: Gregg Berger)
There were also three television series loosely based on the movies; an animated series in 1988, a second animated series in 1993, and a live action series in 1997. None lasted longer than one season.
Captain Harris approaches a bar where Cmdt. Lassard, Chief Hurst, Chief Murdock, and the Mayor of Miami is seated. He does not realize what had been burned on to his chest.
Harris: "Oh, Mr. Mayor. Excuse me sir. I don't mean to insult your city, but the people on this beach are very rude and hostile."
Mayor: "Well, I'm sorry to hear that...Captain Dork!"
Everyone breaks down laughing. Captain Harris finally realizes that the word "Dork" had been burned on to his chest.
Hooks: "DON'T MOVE, DIRTBAG!" (recurring line)
|
||||
| View Live Article | This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License | |
||
