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Auction History Result 1z489 UP THE ACADEMY insert '80 MAD Magazine, Jack Rickard art of Alfred E. Newman! Date Sold 10/15/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Up the Academy, the 1980 Robert Downey Sr. comedy ("From the MADman who started it all..."; "'A comedy gone totally MAD.'"; "The education they got wasn't in books."; "Written by Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses") starring Ron Leibman (uncredited), Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, J. Hutchison, Ralph Macchio (in his very first movie role!), Hutch Parker, Barbara Bach, and Robert Downey Jr. (uncredited; in his third movie role as a boy on the soccer team!). Note that this was intended as a "National Lampoon's Animal House" kind of outrageous comedy, and it made sense to have MAD Magazine's name attached to the movie (because MAD was at that time at least as well known as being an irreverent humor magazine as National Lampoon), but the movie was a major disappointment, and once he saw a preview of it, MAD Magazine publisher William Gaines offered to return his entire fee if the movie producers would take MAD's name off of the movie, but they refused, and it so soured him that he refused to make anymore movie deals for MAD! A few years later, when the movie was released to video, Bill Gaines paid Warner Bros $30,000 to cut out all references to MAD or Alfred. E. Neuman, which they accepted, so for many years that was the only print of this movie available, but the cuts were restored after Bill Gaines passing. Even more astounding, somehow star Ron Leibman, a very fine actor, managed to get his name completely removed from the credits! Perhaps he paid off Warner Bros as well! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Jack Rickard Important Added Info: Note that this poster has never been folded! Some pre-1970 insert posters were folded twice horizontally at the poster exchange, while some were not. It can be difficult to find an unfolded example of many pre-1970 insert posters (note that most post-1970 inserts were NOT folded, so they are pretty much only found unfolded, and therefore this does not apply to those inserts). Condition: good to very good. There is patchy discoloration scattered in a few areas of the poster due to exposure to moisture. Learn More about condition grades 
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