Cop Land

"No One Is Above The Law."

1997 1h 44m EN

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Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.

“No One Is Above The Law.”

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Cast

Sylvester Stallone
Sheriff Freddy Heflin
Harvey Keitel
Ray Donlan
Ray Liotta
Gary "Figgsy" Figgis
Robert De Niro
Lt. Moe Tilden
Peter Berg
Joey Randone
Janeane Garofalo
Deputy Cindy Betts
Robert Patrick
Jack Rucker
Michael Rapaport
Murray "Superboy" Babitch

Credits

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Director: James Mangold
Writers: James Mangold
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Directed by James Mangold, shot by Eric Alan Edwards. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Howard Shore. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Craig McKay shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Sylvester Stallone and Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "No One Is Above The Law.".

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The take

James Mangold directs. Eric Alan Edwards behind the camera. Howard Shore scores. Craig McKay cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.
229 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Directed by James Mangold, shot by Eric Alan Edwards. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Howard Shore. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Craig McKay shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sylvester Stallone and Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "No One Is Above The Law.".
9IMDB entry: tt0118887 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 20 themes, including "new york city", "corruption", "new jersey", "police".

The technical file

Cinematography: Eric Alan Edwards
Original score: Howard Shore
Editing: Craig McKay
Production design: Lester Cohen
Costume design: Ellen Lutter
Makeup / hair: Judi Goodman
VFX supervisor: Randall Balsmeyer
Sound: Reilly Steele
Stunt coordinator: Jery Hewitt
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $63,706,632
Return: 425% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Cop Land (1997)

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Eky2012-06-16
Sheriff Freddy Heflin (Stallone) is an ordinary officer who spends his boring life in the town where he lives. Time passes so slow in a quiet little town of “Cop Land”. This bulky sheriff does nothing other than controlling traffic and surrendering to his pinball addiction. When a misfire broke out in town, Freddy jumped into it with the help of Lt. Moe Tilden (Robert De Niro). This seems like a big leap of the career-stuck sheriff. Two thumbs of for Stallone for giving up his all muscles body, something is well-maintained for years and also his choice for accepting a role much different from his usual heroic/action ones. Stallone did much better in his role when compared to his acting in Get Carter or D-Tox
Gimly2018-09-07
★ 6/10
Weird that it took me so long to watch given the cast. Look, Cop Land isn't the best movie in the filmography of anybody involved, but it was a worthwhile watch, and a nice way to break up the crap horror we've been on a bender of lately. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
CinemaSerf2022-07-04
★ 6/10
This has a really good ensemble cast, but the sum of the parts really don't add up to much of an whole. Sylvester Stallone is local sheriff "Freddy", in charge of policing a small town - Garrison - near New York that is largely populated by it's police officers. The television news reports and our frequent attendance at the cemetery soon demonstrate to us that being a cop has become an even more perilous affair. Just who is behind this new danger? Harvey Keitel ("Ray") is the kingpin sergeant who many believe is to be applauded for enabling many officers to escape the Big Apple itself and set up home for their families in relatively safe and secure surroundings, but is he really the altruist that he purports to be? The death of one officer leads "Tilden" (Robert De Niro) to lead an internal investigation, but when that is mysteriously shut down by the Mayor, it falls to "Freddy" to find the truth. There are just too many characters in this film, there is far too much dialogue and for the most part, really too little action. It shines a dimly lit light on police corruption, but to be honest most of these are pretty unsavoury characters who would stab their own mothers in the face for a quick buck. De Niro is all to rarely on screen and I found Ray Liotta's "Gary" just too unconvincing after about ten minutes. If this is supposed to be brotherhood, hmmm, I think I will pass.