cult film freak: POP CULTURE CONTABAND: ROBERT DOWNEY JR UP THE ACADEMY

Written by James M. Tate / 7/01/2012 / No comments /

POP CULTURE CONTABAND: ROBERT DOWNEY JR UP THE ACADEMY

7/01/2012 | No comment

Robert Downey Jr. in h is father's classic catastrophe MAD MAGAZINE'S UP THE ACADEMY

Before he was one of the biggest actors on earth, ROBERT DOWNEY JR. was a young man whose father, director Robert Downey Sr., after being an underground filmmaker with cult flicks like GREASER'S PALACE, directed MAD MAGAZINE'S attempt to outdo NATIONAL LAMPOON by making their own ANIMAL HOUSE with UP THE ACADEMY, a low budget comedy centering on a group of misfit military school students.

The movie bombed but is, for fans of the genre, a guilty pleasure: and here the director's son reacts to villainous drill sergeant Ron Leibman giving a pep talk during a soccer match.

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