Cop Land
Cop Land is a 1997 American crime drama film written and directed by James Mangold. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro, with Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Noah Emmerich and Cathy Moriarty in supporting roles. Stallone portrays the sheriff of a small New Jersey town who comes into conflict with the corrupt New York City police officers living in the community. The film received positive reviews and grossed $63.7 million on a $15 million budget.
Plot
The small town of Garrison, New Jersey, is home to a cadre of corrupt police officers from the NYPD's 37th Precinct, including Lieutenant Ray Donlan, Detective Leo Crasky, and officers Gary Figgis, Jack Rucker, Frank Lagonda and Joey Randone. Exploiting a loophole to live outside of the city as "auxiliary transit cops", Donlan and his men are effectively untouchable by internal affairs, and are further protected by the local sheriff, Freddy Heflin. Having lost his hearing in one ear while rescuing a woman from the Hudson River as a young man, Heflin is unable to fulfill his lifelong dream of joining the NYPD.
Cast
- Alexandra Adi
- Annabella Sciorra
- Arthur J. Nascarella
- Brad Beyer
- Bruce Altman
- Cathy Moriarty
- Debbie Harry
- Edie Falco
- Frank Vincent
- Geraldo Rivera
- Harvey Keitel
- Janeane Garofalo
- John Doman
- John Spencer
- John Ventimiglia
- Malik Yoba
- Method Man
- Michael Gaston
- Michael Rapaport
- Noah Emmerich
- P. J. Brown
- Paul Calderón
- Paul Herman
- Peter Berg
- Ray Liotta
- Robert De Niro
- Robert John Burke
- Robert Patrick
- Sylvester Stallone
- Tony Sirico
- Victor Williams
- Vincent Laresca
More details
| author | James Mangold |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Jersey |
| director | James Mangold |
| editor | Craig McKay |
| genre | crime drama thriller |
| keywords | 37th precinct ambush cocaine dig drive drown drug trafficking false evidence george washington george washington bridge hear hide hudson river insurance fraud internal affairs kick out kill mayor mayor of new york city new life new york city police department nypd organized crime plant a gun police officer police union sheriff small town steal traffic trafficking drugs turn state\'s evidence turns state\'s evidence wash wound young man |
| musicBy | Howard Shore |
| producer | Cary Woods Cathy Konrad Ezra Swerdlow |
| productionCompany | AFI Catalog of Feature Films |
| publisher | Miramax Films |
| recordedAt | New Jersey New York City |
| theme | neo-noir police |