Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
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Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | |
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Police Academy 6: City Under Siege DVD cover |
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Directed by | Jim Drake |
Produced by | Paul Maslansky Donald West |
Written by | Gene Quintano |
Starring | Bubba Smith David Graf Michael Winslow Leslie Easterbrook G.W. Bailey George Gaynes |
Music by | Robert Folk |
Cinematography | Charles Rosher Jr. |
Editing by | Hubert C. de la Bouillerie |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date(s) | March 10, 1989 |
Running time | 90 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | ? |
Preceded by | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach |
Followed by | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow |
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Police Academy 6: City Under Siege is a 1989 comedy crime film starring Bubba Smith, David Graf and Michael Winslow. It was directed by Peter Bonerz and written by Neal Israel, Pat Proft and Stephen Curwick.
Some of the landmarks and people in the film reference the city of Toronto, the city where Police Academy was originally filmed:
- The police station is called Oakdale Police Station, referencing the Oakdale area of Toronto which a small area between the western intersections of Highway 400 and Finch Avenue, extending to just south of Sheppard Avenue, and east just past Jane Street. This is often referred to as part of the Downsview area of Toronto.[1]
- The criminal organization behind the crime wave in the city is called the Wilson Heights Gang, a reference to Wilson Heights Boulevard, a street in the Downsview area. The specific area itself is called Wilson Heights.