Kopps (2003)

When a small town police station is threatened with shutting down because of too little crime, the police realise that something has to be done...

Director:

Josef Fares

Writers:

Josef Fares, Mikael Håfström,

Stars:

Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Göran Ragnerstam

5 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fares Fares	...	Jacob
Torkel Petersson	...	Benny
Göran Ragnerstam	...	Lasse
Sissela Kyle	...	Agneta
Eva Röse	...	Jessica
Christian Fiedler	...	Folke
Erik Ahrnbom	...	Håkan
Harry Goldstein	...	Göran
Michael Fares	...	Mike
Viktor Friberg	...	Janne
Jan Fares	...	Mike's dad
Yngve Dahlberg	...	Gunnar
Kerstin Hellström	...	Kindergarten teacher
Paula McManus	...	Jacob's first date
Maj-Lis Hörne	...	Elsa

Storyline

Police officer Benny is obsessed with American police cliches and livens up his own boring everyday life with dreams of duels with bad guys. But poor Benny and his colleagues doesn't have much to do in the small town of Högboträsk. Most of their days are spent drinking coffee, eating sausage waffles and chasing down stray cows. Peace and quiet is the dream of every politician, but for the Swedish authorities, the lack of crooks is reason to close the local police station. When the cops investigate a suspected act of vandalism, they realise that they themselves may be able to raise the crime statistics high enough to stay in business.

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Plot Keywords:

police | small town | police officer | sunglasses | spoof | 

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Taglines:

Hvis du tænder på: - stramt siddende uniformer - citron halvmåner med varmkaffe - blå blink og bah-buh lyde vil du slå gnister over KOPS

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Sweden]

Country:

Sweden Denmark

Language:

Swedish English

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Kops

Filming Locations:

Bäckefors, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

SEK 22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$936,126 (Sweden) (7 February 2003)

Gross:

$936,126 (Sweden) (7 February 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Memfis Film, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Josef Fares:  [first blood]  A pizza called Rambo.

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Goofs

The call signal sounds from their radios are wrong. The Swedish Police and Rescue services use two different radio systems (when the film was made. They are now changing to a TETRA system). The S80 is only used by the Police in the three biggest cities. The S70 is used by everyone, (Police, Rescue, SAR, Mil etc) everywhere else. Since the film is "far from everything" they should use the S70 system but the sounds are from a S80 system.

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Quotes

Lasse: We just tried to change the statistics.

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Crazy Credits

The cow is credited as: Ko - Greta 284

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Connections

References The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

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Soundtracks

"JOHAN FALK GÅR IN"
Written by B. Nilsson
Performed by Bengt Nilsson
Used by permission of Warner/Chappell Music Scand. AB/Bengt Nilsson Musik/Somet Film

User Reviews

Laughter, laughter and laughter!

I think that this movie can´t be taken to seriously. If you read other comments you will find a lots of complains. I say: Don´t pay to much attention to those. Although this movie is childish and predictable, its content is funny as hell and the actors are perfect for their rolls.

Don´t crap it down people because it was a long time ago that i had such fun at the cinema! Go Fares!! 10/10 for the comedy!