Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
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| Directed by | Alan Metter |
| Produced by | Paul Maslansky |
| Written by | Neal Israel Pat Proft Randolph Davis Michael S. Chodos |
| Starring | George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Leslie Easterbrook, Claire Forlani, Ron Perlman, Christopher Lee and Charlie Schlatter as Kyle Connors and G. W. Bailey as Captain Harris |
| Music by | Robert Folk |
| Cinematography | N/A |
| Editing by | Dennis Hill, Suzanne Hines |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | August 26, 1994 |
| Running time | 83 mins. |
| Country |  United States Soviet Union |
| Language | English |
| Budget | N/A |
| Gross revenue | $126,247 |
| Preceded by | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989) |
| Followed by | Police Academy 8 |
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Police Academy: Mission to Moscow is a 1994 comedy crime film starring George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, and Claire Forlani (in her feature film debut). It was directed by Alan Metter and written by Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Randolph Davis and Michele S. Chodos. The movie made only $126,247 in the U.S., making it the least successful movie in the series. Its luck with critics was hardly better; according to film historian Leonard Maltin, "If the United States and Soviet Union were still at odds, this film would make a great weapon...it could bore people to death."
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[edit] Production
Filming of Police Academy 7 took place in Russia in the fall of 1993. According to the behind-the-scenes featurette Underneath the Mission, included on the DVD release, this was one of the first American-produced comedy films to be allowed to film in Russia itself, with scenes filmed involving the Bolshoi Ballet, and on Red Square. Production was temporarily halted due to the October 1993 constitutional crisis and the damaged Russian White House is clearly visible in one scene. Despite the conflict, production was allowed to resume with one of the first scenes after the conflict being filmed at Moscow's airport. According to an interview with Michael Winslow, in the Underneath the Mission featurette, the scene where he performs bike tricks involved him wearing a wireless microphone in order to pick up his comedic sound effects. Unknown to the production crew, the frequency used by the microphone was the same as that used by the miliary, resulting in officials descending upon the film crew (though the incident ended on friendly terms, says Paul Maslansky).[1]
[edit] Trivia
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- This movie is the only one in the series to make less than a million dollars.
- Bubba Smith (Moses Hightower) and Marion Ramsey (Laverne Hooks), both cast members in the preceding six films, are not present in this one.
- Matt McCoy is portrayed in the promotional poster (and the cover of future video releases), but his character Nick Lassard does not appear in the film.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Underneath the Mission" (2004), a featurette included on the 2004 DVD release of Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, Warner Bros. Home Video
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| Films: Police Academy | 2: Their First Assignment | 3: Back in Training | 4: Citizens on Patrol | 5: Assignment Miami Beach | 6: City Under Siege | Mission to Moscow | 8 (TBA) | |||
| Characters: List of Main Characters | Eric Lassard | Moses Hightower | |||
| Related: Animated TV series | Police Academy: The Series | Police Academy Stunt Show | Blue Oyster Bar | |||
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