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Up the Academy

Up the Academy (1980)

The education they got wasn't in books.

Radar 35Slightly unusualUS:R1h 27mComedy

The Radar read

A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

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.

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✗ Not for kidsAdults only · US R
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Radar score35/100
Quality signal64/100
Audience rating4.7
Votes counted32
Trust signalSlightly unusual

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