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:

slapstick comedy | 2000s | sweden | summer | swedish summer | 

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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] Official site [Sweden]

Country:

Sweden Denmark

Language:

Swedish English

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Kops

Filming Locations:

Mellerud, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

SEK 22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$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

The actors had to learn how to fire a gun at the Swedish Police Academy before filming began.

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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 First Blood (1982)

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Soundtracks

BORN IN THE COUNTRY
Written by Peps Persson (as P. Persson)
Performed by Peps Persson
Used by permission of Universal Music Publishing/Universal Music AB

User Reviews

great comedy!

"Kopps" was a really funny comedy. The way life is in a typical sleepy smalltown is portrayed perfectly, and the different characters are all funny in their own ways. The idea here is that a police station is threatened to shut down, because in this smalltown there hasn't been a serious crime for ten years. The policemen realize that something has to be done... and soon they're in deep trouble. I recommend it! 4.5/5