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Auction History Result 1m800 UP THE ACADEMY presskit w/ 8 stills 1980 MAD Magazine, Jack Rickard art of Alfred E. Neuman statue! Date Sold 10/22/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Presskit (measures 9" x 12" [23 x 30 cm]; contains 14 supplements, and 8 stills) (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. Important Added Info: Note that we have taken a picture of the cover of the presskit and eight of the stills (less than eight if the presskit has less than eight stills, of course). We have noted if the presskit contains any supplements, but we do not picture them. All of the presskits are sealed and ready to be sent, and we cannot answer any questions about the contents, especially about what any stills we may have not pictured show. REMEMBER TO LOOK AT THE TOP OF THIS AUCTION TO SEE HOW MANY STILLS ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS PRESSKIT, BECAUSE WE NEVER PICTURE MORE THAN EIGHT OF THEM (and we pretty much picked eight stills at random). Condition: very good. Many of the presskits we are auctioning this week were carefully stored away for many years, and the stills are in really excellent condition. Sometimes the folder that contains the stills has some minor wear on it, and you should be able to see that in our super-sized image. Learn More about condition grades 
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