Tag: Cop Land
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Before ‘Indiana Jones,’ James Mangold Made a Great ’90s Crime Thriller
“Two kinds of people in this world, pinball people and video game people.” Sylvester Stallone’s Sheriff Freddy Heflin is the latter, at least according to Ray Liotta’s morally conflicted Officer Garry “Figgsy” Figgis. Cop Land is one of the 1990s’ most haunting cop thrillers in a decade littered with compelling examples. This film, which includes…
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James Mangold Looks Back at the ‘Corrupt’ System Between Harvey Weinstein and Film Critics
James Mangold was hot off his feature directorial debut “Heavy” when he landed a star-studded cast and an industry-leading distributor (Miramax) for his 1997 follow-up “Cop Land.” Working with Miramax brought Mangold into the orbit of Harvey Weinstein early in the director’s career. In a new interview with Vulture looking back at the making and…