Cop Land (1997)


Cop Land
Release Date06 August 1997
Budget$10,000,000
US Box Office$45,000,000
TaglineNo One Is Above The Law.
GenreCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsCliffside Park, New Jersey, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPolice Drama, Crime Thriller
MoodTough Guys
ThemesFighting the System, Whistleblowers, Rogue Cops, Redemption, Police Corruption
TonesGritty, Ominous, Austere, Cynical, Forceful, Tense, Visceral
TagsAfrican American, Internal Affairs, Investigation, Police, Police Corruption, Sheriff, Shoot Out, Suicide

Cop Land is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by James Mangold, with an ensemble cast featuring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Robert Patrick, Peter Berg, and Michael Rapaport.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Sheriff Freddy Heflin

Ray Donlan

Gary 'Figgsy' Figgis

Lt. Moe Tilden

Joey Randone

Deputy Cindy Betts

Jack Rucker

Murray 'Superboy' Babitch

Liz Randone

Deputy Bill Geisler

Rose Donlan

Leo Crasky

PDA President Vincent Lassaro

Detective Carson

Frank LaGunda

Berta

Russell

Hector the Medic

Lassaro's Aide

Delores

Medic #2

Oliver Solomon
Black Man

Terri Towns
Black Woman

David Butler
Thin Cop

Young Cop

TV Cyril Johns

John Johnson
News Anchor

Frank Pellegrino
Mayor Farelli

Officer B

John Ventimiglia
Officer V

Shondel

Sean Cullen
Other Cop

Game Operator

Mel Gorham
Monica Lopez

Graciela Lecube
Spanish Woman

Chris Conte
Gordon

Anthony Citro
Young Freddy Heflin

Young Liz Randone

Mark Casella
Fireman

Timothy Stickney
Window Yeller

Father William Kalaidjian
Police Chaplain

Sean Runnette
L.A. Detective

L.A. Detective

Ben Ellerin
Little Kid with Gordon

David Díaz
Funeral Reporter

Tracy O. Emory
News Video Camea Operator

Robert W. Castle
Chaplan at Joey's Funeral

Counselor Burt Handel

Carly Fordham
Liz's Daughter

Tony Giorgio
Ceremonial Officer

Kevin O'Sullivan
Flag Holder, Head Pall Bearer

Louis D'Alto
Exiting Cop

Sylvia Kahn
Deli Lady

Ronn Munro
Chief of Police

John Henry
Officer in Alleyway

Richard Lisi
'Charley', Officer in Alleyway

Hans Moody
Sergeant in Alleyway

Garry Pastore
Johnny B, Core Cop

Toy Torillo

Peter Wise
Plaza Cop #1

P.J. Brown
Plaza Cop #2

Manuel Corrado
Plaza Cop #3

Jeffrey H. Kaufman
Plaza Cop #4

Europe Harmon
Plaza Cop #5

Rene Ojeda
Plaza Cop #6

S. Michael Bellomo
Cop

Christopher Del Gaudio
Cop at Funeral

Adrian Lee
Police Officer

Floyd Resnick
NYPD Sergeant

Himself

Director

Writer

Producer

Christopher Goode
associate producer

producer

Richard Miller
associate producer

Kerry Orent
co-producer

Meryl Poster
executive producer

Ezra Swerdlow
producer

Kevin King Templeton
associate producer

executive producer

executive producer

Cary Woods
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Eric Alan Edwards

Editor

Craig McKay
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Casting Director

Gayle Keller
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Todd M. Thaler

Production Designer

Lester Cohen
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Art Director

Wing Lee
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Set Decorator

Karin Wiesel
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Costume Designer

Ellen Lutter
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Makeup Department

Joseph Coscia
hair stylist: Mr. Stallone

Scott H. Eddo
makeup artist: Sylvester Stallone

Judi Goodman
hair stylist

Lori Hicks
makeup artist

Steven Lawrence
makeup artist

Francesca Paris
key hair stylist

Michele Paris
key makeup artist

Jay McClennen
key prosthetics

Production Manager

Anthony Gore
post-production supervisor

Jake Myers
unit production manager

Andrew Zolot
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Marlene Arvan
additional second second assistant director

Roger M. Bobb
dga trainee

Vebe Borge
first assistant director

Amy Lynn
second second assistant director

Rebecca Strickland
second assistant director: underwater unit, Los Angeles

Christopher Swartout
second assistant director

second unit director

Art Department

Julia Barraclough
charge scenic

Sandy Hamilton
property master

Nicholas Lundy
assistant art director

Charles E. McCarry
assistant art director

Michael Parmelee
on-set dresser

Addison Pettit
graphic designer

Jeffrey Rollins
set dresser

Amy Safhay
greensperson

Rosalie Russino
scenic artist

Sound Department

Steven J. Balzarini
cable person

Ron Bochar
sound effects designer

Joseph Bonn
assistant sound editor

Allan Byer
sound

Kam Chan
foley editor

Benjamin Cheah
sound effects editor

Marko A. Costanzo
foley artist

Dustin DuPilka
assistant foley artist

Chris Fielder
transfer assistant

Howell Gibbens
sound editor

Lewis Goldstein
sound effects editor

Kenton Jakub
adr editor

Frank Kern
foley editor

Julie Lindner
first assistant sound editor

Adam Lipsius
assistant sound editor

Kimberly R. McCord-Wilson
assistant sound editor

Linda Murphy
boom operator

Glenfield Payne
sound effects editor

Mike Poppleton
apprentice sound editor

Bruce Pross
foley supervisor, foley artist

Jacob Ribicoff
sound editor

Fred Rosenberg
dialogue editor

Jac Rubenstein
foley editor

Reilly Steele
sound re-recording mixer

Philip Stockton
supervising sound editor

Steven Ticknor
sound mixer

Steven Visscher
foley editor

Magdaline Volaitis
dialogue editor

Deborah Wallach
group adr editor

Allan Zaleski
apprentice sound editor

James Marchione
adr recordist

Nicholas Renbeck
assistant sound editor

Wyatt Sprague
assistant sound editor

Special Effects

Wilfred Caban
special effects supervisor

Art Cantin
special effects technician: underwater unit, Los Angeles

Greg Gootsan
effects assistant/swing

Lee Howard
special effects foreman

Craig Markey
production supervisor: Los Angeles underwater effects unit

Visual Effects

Randall Balsmeyer
visual effects supervisor

Kathy Kelehan
visual effects producer

Daniel Leung
digital compositing supervisor

Matt McDonald
digital artist, 3D animator

Eric Person
digital compositor

Janos Pilenyi
opticals

Stunts

Danny Aiello III
stunts

Bill Anagnos
stunts

Harold Baines
stunts

Howard 'Stick' Baines
stunts

Scott Blake
stunts

Michael Broughton
stunts

Peter Bucossi
stunts

Al Cerullo
stunts

Ashley Cusato
stunts

Mark Dillahunt
stunts

Norman Douglass
stunts

Andy Duppin
stunts

Roy Farfel
stunts

Donald John Hewitt
stunts

Don Hewitt
stunts

Jery Hewitt
stunt coordinator

Scott Hubbell
stunt coordinator: underwater unit, stunts

Kris A. Jeffrey
stunts

Jalil Jay Lynch
stunts

John McLaughlin
stunts

John Patrick McLaughlin
stunts

Joe Orbach
stunts

Janet Paparazzo
stunts

Andy Redmond
stunts

Floyd Resnick
stunts

Michael Russo
stunts

Keith Siglinger
stunts

Anthony Sinopoli
stunt double

Manny Siverio
stunts

Mark De Alessandro
stunt double: Sylvester Stallone

Camera and Electrical Department

Wayne Baker
first assistant camera: underwater scenes

Michael Berg
gaffer

Renzo Spirit Buffalo
assistant camera

Phil Cohen
Steadicam assistant

Michael Gallart
best boy

Douglas C. Hart
first assistant Steadicam

Timothy Healy
electrician

Pedro Hernández
best boy grip

Lukasz Jogalla
camera operator

Susa Kohlstedt
assistant camera

Rick Marroquin
grip

Gary Martone
key grip

David Norris
camera operator: Wescam camera

John L. Oates
electrician

Patrick Quinn
assistant camera

Rick Raphael
Steadicam operator

Pete Romano
underwater director of photography

Richard Rutkowski
first assistant camera

Mark Schwentner
electrician

Dustin Smith
dolly grip

Igor Sunara
director of photography: second unit

Eric Swanek
Steadicam assistant

Carl A. Vidnic
lighting technician: underwater scenes

Franz Yeich
grip

Laela Kilbourn
additional assistant camera

Robert Lau
additional first assistant camera

Casting Department

Kristine Bulakowski
extras casting: in-house

Meredith Jacobson
extras casting

Gayle Keller
casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Lynne Maureen Curtis
wardrobe supervisor

Estella Marie
seamstress

Roseann Milano
wardrobe supervisor

Karen Koula Sossiadis
wardrobe production assistant

Kim Wilcox
assistant costume designer

Editorial Department

Naomi Geraghty
associate editor

Mark Ginsberg
color timer

Tim Heyen
negative cutter

May Kuckro
assistant editor

Joe Landauer
apprentice editor

Mark Nowicki
colorist

Deirdre Slevin
apprentice editor

Music Department

David Carbonara
music editor

Jennifer L. Dunnington
second assistant music editor

Vic Fraser
music preparation

Ann Kline
music coordinator

Michelle Kuznetsky
music supervisor

Kevin Mahonchak
music preparation

Mary Ramos
music supervisor

Nicole Ruffine
assistant music editor

conductor, orchestrator

music preparation

John Moses
musician

Transportation Department

Fred Forster
picture car wrangler

Glenn Knowlton
transportation captain

Jerry McSpirit
picture car wrangler

Adam Pinkstaff
driver

Leo Stefanos
transportation captain

Other Crew

Randall Balsmeyer
title designer

Craig Bankey
unit publicist

Lyda Blank
location manager

Richard Bronskill
auricle operator

Betty Chin
production coordinator

Craig Collins
dive assistant: underwater unit, Los Angeles

Eddy Collyns
location manager

Robert Cotnoir
synclavier programmer

John 'JR' Craigmile
assistant accountant

Valerie Desjardins
daily script

Jean-Michel Dissard
set production assistant

Caylah Eddleblute
assistant visual consultant

John Fedynich
location assistant

Cliff Fuller
office production assistant

Bill Garvey
unit assistant

Anthony Gigante
production assistant

Terry Ham
production assistant

Dan Huber
unit production assistant

Steve Joyner
underwater visual consultant

Keegan Martin
production assistant

Chip Matheson
dive assistant: underwater unit, Los Angeles

Steve McAuliff
animal wrangler

Kevin Milligan
production assistant

Margaret R. Montagnino
office production assistant

Danielle Montalbano
production assistant

Stuart Nicolai
unit assistant

Wayne Petrucelli
security coordinator: New York

Wendy Lee Roberts
script supervisor

Ron Rogers
production assistant

Tom Ross
assistant location manager

Katryna Samut-Tagliaferro
production assistant

Andrew Saxe
location manager: second unit

Susan D. Schultz
food stylist

Lizzie Schwartz
assistant: Mr. Woods

Michael L. Walker
set production assistant

Rick Washburn
weapons coordinator

Michael Albanese
stand-in

Chadbyrne R. Dickens
assistant to producer

Bill Timoney
adr voice group

Thanks

Jeffrey Bass
special thanks

Kimberly Berman
special thanks

Matthew Gore
special thanks

Jim Hardy
special thanks

special thanks

special thanks

Tom McCarthy Jr.
special thanks

Shannon McIntosh
special thanks

Jeremy Miller
special thanks

Joe Rangel
special thanks

thanks

Scott Sapire
special thanks

Elizabeth Speckman
special thanks

special thanks

special thanks

special thanks

Production Company

Miramax Films
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Woods Entertainment
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Across the River Productions
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Distributor

Miramax Films

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Buena Vista Pictures

RCV Film Distribution

Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)

Laurenfilm

Scanbox Sweden
,

RCV Film Distribution

RCV Film Distribution

Kinowelt Filmverleih

Scanbox Entertainment

Alliance Atlantis Video

Buena Vista Home Video

Miramax Home Entertainment

RCV Home Entertainment

Shochiku-Fuji Company

Showgate

VCL Communications GmbH

Special Effects

Balsmeyer and Everett

Wildgrass Productions

Miscellaneous

All Saints Church
music recorded at

Animal Actors
animals provided by

Balsmeyer and Everett
title design

C-5
sound post-production

C5
post-production sound services

Cineric
opticals

DeLuxe Laboratories
prints

High Technology Video (HTV)
special thanks

J.G. Films
negative cutting

JKAM Digital
special thanks

London Philharmonic Orchestra
music performed by

Milan Records
soundtrack

Movie Movers
star trailers, transportation

Panavision
camera dollies , cameras

Sound One
post-production facility

Speakeasy
adr voice casting

Technicolor
color

Wescam USA
wescam provided by






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Films directed by James Mangold
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