Super Troopers (2001)

Director:

Jay Chandrasekhar

Writers:

Jay Chandrasekhar (written by) &
Kevin Heffernan (written by) ...

Release Date:

15 February 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Tagline:

Altered State Police

Plot:

Five Vermont state troopers, avid pranksters with a knack for screwing up, try to save their jobs and out-do the local police department by solving a crime.

Plot Keywords:

Police | State Trooper | Vermont | Highway | Marijuana

Awards:

1 win

Cast

André Vippolis	...	College Boy 1 (as Andre Vippolis)
Joey Kern	...	College Boy 2
Geoffrey Arend	...	College Boy 3
Erik Stolhanske	...	Rabbit
Jay Chandrasekhar	...	Thorny
Steve Lemme	...	Mac
Kevin Heffernan	...	Farva
Paul Soter	...	Foster
Camille Hickman	...	Thin Queen Bartender
Marisa Coughlan	...	Ursula
Aria Alpert	...	Waitress
Daniel von Bargen	...	Chief Grady (as Daniel Von Bargen)
James Grace	...	Local Officer Rando
Michael Weaver	...	Local Officer Smy
Dan Fey	...	Local Officer Burton

Also Known As:

Broken Lizard's Super Troopers (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content and drug use.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:M | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:16 | Canada:14A | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Beacon, New York, USA

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivia:

'Super Troopers' poster and tagline are parodies of Altered States (1980).

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The movie is set in Vermont, but many items are specific to New York state, where it was filmed, like the lottery ticket machines in the bar after the Miata chase.

Quotes:

[first lines]
College Boy 2: No, man, I'm just saying... I'm sayin', if-if you own beachfront property, right, do you own, like, the sand and the water?
College Boy 3: Nobody owns the water. God owns - it's God's water.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

Soundtrack:

Walking with Marjolene

future classic

One of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. I haven't seen a funnier first 10 minutes of a movie since SOUTH PARK -- the gags are puerile and stupid, yes, but they are also refreshingly original. No fair comparing this to POLICE ACADEMY -- the characters in that dreadful series of movies were all alien morons and hardly recognizable as human beings. These characters are smart and fully fleshed out -- these are the kind of guys who remind you of your friends. This movie should be an inspiration to both aspiring film-makers and to the big studios -- you don't need a $20 million actor and twenty-five different writers and a ridiculously contrived concept to make a successful comedy. If I were running a big studio, I'd sign Broken Lizard up to do 10 more movies at the $5-$10 million range, let them hit their stride and develop a following, and cash in on the DVD sales. And let's face it -- none of these guys are leading men, none of them would ever have had a career in Hollywood on their own, but together, they're funnier than those lames on SNL.