Taglines: No one is above the law.
Cop Land movie storyline. Sometime in the 1970’s, police officers from New York City wanted a safe haven to live, away from the dangers of the streets of New York City, this is when they established a “Cop Land” in the small New Jersey town of Garrison. Freddy Heflin who was always admired by the New York cops wanted to become one, but because he was deaf in one ear this prevents him from achieving his goal, but has become sheriff of Garrison.
Recently there have been a dark omen surrounding the NYPD, and Freddy is now investigating on this case, then Internal Affairs officer Mo Tilden is also on the case and asks Freddy for help, but Freddy could not. Now Freddy suspects that a New York City cop named Ray Donlan might be one of the many cops who is corrupted by the mob and other criminals. Now, Freddy must find a cop who is nicknamed “Superboy” who can testify against Donlan and protect him, before Donlan finds Superboy and kills him.
Cop Land is a 1997 American crime drama film written and directed by James Mangold, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro. The supporting cast features Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Cathy Moriarty, Arthur Nascarella, and John Spencer. The story follows a sheriff (Stallone) in a small New Jersey town inhabited and dominated by corrupt New York City cops. Their corruption grows until he can no longer allow himself to stand by and do nothing.
The film’s soundtrack features two songs from Bruce Springsteen’s 1980 album The River: “Drive All Night” and “Stolen Car”, songs by other artists, and an original score from Howard Shore. The score by Howard Shore was performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra and released as Cop Land: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture in 1997. The soundtrack released on CD contained twelve tracks, with a runtime of 40:11 minutes. All music composed by Howard Shore.
Cop Land (1997)
Directed by: James Mangold
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra
Screenplay by: James Mangold
Production Design by: Lester Cohen
Cinematography by: Eric Alan Edwards
Film Editing by: Craig McKay
Costume Design by: Ellen Lutter
Set Decoration by: Karin Wiesel
Art Direction by: Wing Lee
Music by: Howard Shore
MPAA Rating: R for violence, strong language and brief nudity.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: August 15, 1997
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