Super Troopers (2001)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

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 | Drugs | Rivalry | 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:

In this film the evil local police chief is played by Daniel von Bargen, who played a SWAT communicator in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). The Highway Patrol's Capt. John O'Hagen was played by Brian Cox, who played Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter (1986).

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning, the stoners' car windows are down/up/down between shots when the cops talk to them.

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:

Spoofs "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979)

Soundtrack:

Bad Apples

Biting Satire of Cops, Drugs and Highway Mayhem! Awesome!

The ensemble cast in this film takes the just above average drug humor and turns it into a laugh festival. I rate this movie as funny as Animal House.

The Local Highway Troopers are hapless, hopeless, and not anyone you want on YOUR highway, but man are they funny! You truly find yourself loving this crew as they struggle to keep their station open in the face of budget cuts.

The characters are so widely diverse yet so believable from the ethnically questionable leader of the crew Arkot Ramathorne (Thorny) whose girlfriend runs a head shop to the adorable and insane Mack whose wild stunts steal the show on a regular basis.