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| Category | Thriller | Theatrical Trailer(s) | Yes, 1 |
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Other Trailer(s) | None |
| Year Released | 1998 | Commentary Tracks | None |
| Running Time | 101 minutes | Other Extras | Cast & Crew Interviews
Featurette - Making Of (7 mins) Cast Biographies |
| RSDL/Flipper | No/No |
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| Region | 4 | Director | James Mangold |
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Roadshow Home Entertainment |
Starring | Sylvester Stallone
Harvey Keitel Ray Liotta Robert De Niro Peter Berg Janeane Garofalo Robert Patrick Michael Rapaport Annabella Sciorra |
| RRP | $34.95 | Music | Howard Shore |
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| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | No | MPEG | 5.1 |
| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | Dolby Digital | 5.1 |
| 16x9 Enhancement | Yes | Soundtrack Languages | English (MPEG 5.1)
English (Dolby Digital 5.1) |
| Theatrical Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | ||
| Macrovision | Yes | ||
| Subtitles | None | ||
But, there is a stench in this town. The stench of police corruption, which seems to be emanating from Ray Donlan (Harvey Keitel). So far, Freddy has been able to ignore this stench - after all, what can one Sheriff do against a town full of cops? This stench is worsening, stirred up by Moe Tilden (Robert De Niro) from the Internal Affairs unit of the NYPD. Eventually, Freddy cannot ignore it any further.
Cop Land is a reasonably slowly paced thriller which nonetheless is quite satisfying to watch. It relies on a gradual build-up of tension rather than on a series of sudden shocks as it peels away the squeaky-clean veneer of Garrison. Sylvester Stallone plays well-and-truly against type in this movie, and does it well.
The transfer is presented at an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, 16x9 enhanced.
The transfer was clear and sharp at all times, though perhaps not quite as razor sharp as some other contemporary transfers. Some of the night shots were not quite as clear as perhaps they could have been. Shadow detail was satisfactory without being stand-out brilliant. No low level noise marred the transfer.
The colours were all nicely saturated, though with a hint of oversaturation at times.
No MPEG artefacts were seen. Film-to-video artefacts consisted of small amounts of aliasing here and there, but none that was troublesome. The transfer was generally clean and free of film artefacts, except for the early parts of the movie, and later on for a short time in the latter third of the movie.
Dialogue was always easily understood in this movie, even all of Sylvester Stallone's dialogue.
Audio sync was not a problem with this movie.
The musical score was written by Howard Shore, and fitted the on-screen action nicely without standing out in any particular way.
The surround channels were used moderately for ambience and music and the occasional special effect. Overall, a moderately enveloping soundfield was created by this soundtrack.
The .1 channel was lightly used for music and for effects.
The video quality is quite good.
The audio quality is good.
The extras are standard Roadshow Home Entertainment fare.
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© Michael Demtschyna
16th February 1999
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| DVD | Pioneer DV-505, using S-Video output |
| Display | Loewe Art-95 95cm direct view CRT in 16:9 mode, via the S-Video input. Calibrated with the NTSC DVD version of Video Essentials. |
| Audio Decoder | Denon AVD-2000 Dolby Digital AddOn Decoder, used as a standalone processor. Calibrated with the NTSC DVD version of Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | 2 x EA Playmaster 100W per channel stereo amplifiers for Left, Right, Left Rear and Right Rear; Philips 360 50W per channel stereo amplifier for Centre and Subwoofer |
| Speakers | Philips S2000 speakers for Left, Right; Polk Audio CS-100 Centre Speaker; Apex AS-123 speakers for Left Rear and Right Rear; Yamaha B100-115SE subwoofer |