Discover this Police Academy Poster, the cult film from the 80s! Dive into the hilarious world of these wacky and endearing police apprentices. Between gags, schoolboy humor and action scenes, let yourself be carried away by this unforgettable comedy
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Description of this Police Academy Poster
Police Academy is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson in his directorial debut, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The plot follows a new recruitment policy for an unnamed city’s police academy, which accepts any recruit who wishes to apply and study to become a police officer. The film stars Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, and G.W. Bailey.
The film was produced by The Ladd Company. It was released on March 23, 1984,[5] and grossed $8.5 million in its opening weekend and over $149 million worldwide, on a budget of $4.5 million, and remains the most successful film in the series as of 2022. The film has spawned six sequels in the Police Academy franchise.
Due to a shortage of police officers, Mary Sue Beal, mayor of an unnamed large city, demands that the police department accept all applications for recruitment. Captain Reed gives Carey Mahoney, an easygoing repeat offender, a choice: enroll in the police academy to improve himself or go straight to prison as a parole violator. Mahoney accepts the request, but anticipates performing poorly enough to be quickly dismissed for cause. Police Chief Henry Hurst, outraged by the mayor’s plan, decides to make the experience so bad for all the new recruits that they will give up and resign.
Lieutenant Thaddeus Harris makes their lives miserable, although Commander Eric Lassard wants to give the new cadets a chance. Harris appoints Copeland and Blankes as squad leaders to help him secretly execute his plan.
Lassard reveals to Mahoney his agreement with Captain Reed: Mahoney must remain at the police academy until the end of his contract. Mahoney falls in love with cadet Karen Thompson and befriends fellow cadets Larvell Jones, a human beatbox; George Martin, a ladies’ man; Eugene Tackleberry, a gun-obsessed security guard; Leslie Barbara, a coward; Douglas Fackler, a crash victim; and Moses Hightower, a gentle giant.
Blankes and Copeland investigate a party thrown by Mahoney, who deceives them by telling them the party is taking place at the Blue Oyster, which they soon discover upon arrival is actually a gay biker bar. In revenge, they plant a prostitute in Mahoney’s dorm room, so that she will be found during the final room checks and he will be fired. Smuggling her off campus before this happens, Mahoney is forced to hide with her under a wired lectern, just as Commander Lassard leads a group of fellow officers into the meeting room. While Mahoney isn’t looking, the prostitute performs oral sex on Lassard, who is speaking at the lectern. Later, Mahoney emerges from under the lectern to find Lassard still present, leading him to assume that Mahoney committed the act. Hightower reveals to Mahoney that he hasn’t driven a car since he was 12. To help Hightower prepare for his driver’s test, they steal Copeland’s small two-door Honda, ripping out the front seats so Hightower can slide in. After Hightower passes the test, Copeland racially insults Cadet Laverne Hooks for causing an accident. Hightower, enraged by the racial slur, overturned Copeland’s police car while he was still inside. Harris ejected Hightower from the academy, disrupting the other cadets.
Blankes and Copeland were unable to convince Mahoney to fight them after discovering Copeland’s wrecked car. Barbara stood up for Mahoney and knocked Copeland unconscious with her metal lunch tray. Blankes fought back, and Mahoney became involved in a fight. When Harris demanded to know who started the fight, Mahoney took the blame to protect Barbara’s cadet status, and Mahoney was eventually expelled from the academy.
While in town, Fackler threw an apple through the window of his police car, which struck a man in the back of the head. This action set off a chain reaction of violence that quickly escalated into a full-blown riot. Mahoney, about to leave, joins the other cadets to help calm the angry crowd. The cadets are accidentally transported to the epicenter of the riot, and a criminal steals Blankes’ and Copeland’s revolvers, leaving them hiding in the Blue Oyster Bar as the riot escalates. A gang and its leader capture Harris and take him hostage. Mahoney attempts to rescue Harris, but he is also taken hostage. Hightower appears, tricks the gang leader, and easily throws him down the stairs, only to be arrested by Hooks.
Mahoney and Hightower are both reinstated and, for rescuing Harris and capturing his kidnapper, receive the academy’s highest honor and medals, after which all police cadets graduate from the academy.