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 [se]

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

Benny: Shit, they got some really cool waistcoats.

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Crazy Credits

The cow is credited as: Ko - Greta 284

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Connections

References Scarface (1983)

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Soundtracks

"KÄRLEK ROSTAR INTE"
Written by M. Stensö / H. Svensson / H. Wiklund
Performed by Fint Tillsammans
Used by permission of Silence Records

User Reviews

this movie rocks!

I just saw this movie in cinema yesterday and I cannot say anything else. Not seeing the director's previous film "Jalla!Jalla!" I first saw this Swedish filmmaking style. The movie is really humorous with a good plot and great characters.

The four cops are great characters. The best is Benny who believes that he is a "Die Hard" style supercop who kills masked terrorists and avoid their bullets "Matrix"-style. But there are several good moments and an original atmosphere in this film.

I just cannot say more. Entertaining movie with great special effects for a comedy.