Summaries

Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. Will they be "real men" after one year.

This puber-comedy is a kind of mixture between "Animal House" and "Police Academy". Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to the Sheldon R. Wienberg Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. Will they be "real men" after one year?—Evert Poppen

Details

Keywords
  • teenage boy
  • mother son relationship
  • father son relationship
  • gay
  • teensploitation
Genres
  • Comedy
Release date Jun 5, 1980
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Salina, Kansas, USA
Production companies Warner Bros. Brillstein Company

Box office

Budget $5000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 27m
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

Before he waxed on (and off) as the Karate Kid, a young (Ralph Macchio) and other teens of every stripe suffer through the indignities heaped on them by the Major and do their best with the sexual, ethnic, and racial stereotypes that the script gives them to handle. Appeared in this uproarious adolescent comedy about a group of mischievous military school misfits forced to suffer under a sadistic Major (Ron Leibman). Directed by the independent-minded Robert Downey Sr., the film features (Barbara Bach) as a gun-toting armaments specialist and (Tom Poston) as an instructor who loves bed checks. The only Mag Magazine motion picture attempt

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