Super Troopers
Directed by	Jay Chandrasekhar
Produced by	Richard Perello
Written by	Jay Chandrasekhar Kevin Heffernan Steve Lemme Paul Soter Erik Stolhanske
Starring	Jay Chandrasekhar Kevin Heffernan Steve Lemme Paul Soter Erik Stolhanske Brian Cox
Music by	.38 Special, The Unband
Cinematography	Joaquín Baca-Asay
Editing by	Jay Chandrasekhar Jacob Craycroft Kevin Heffernan
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight
Release date(s)	2001
Running time	103 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$3,000,000
Followed by	Super Troopers 2
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Super Troopers, (also known as Broken Lizard's Super Troopers) is a 2001 comedy film written by and starring the Broken Lizard comedy group (Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske). Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Comedy film is a genre of Film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Broken Lizard is a Comedy group best known for its Films Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American Actor, Comedian, Writer, and Film director Kevin Heffernan (born May 25 1968 is an American actor writer producer and director and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group Steve Lemme (born November 13, 1968, in New York City is an American actor writer and producer and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group Paul Soter (born August 16, 1969, in Sacramento California) is an American actor writer and director and one of the members of the Broken Lizard Erik Stolhanske (born August 23, 1968, in Minneapolis Minnesota, USA is an American actor writer and producer and one of the members of the Broken Marisa Coughlan, Daniel von Bargen and Brian Cox co-star while Lynda Carter has a cameo appearance. Marisa Christine Coughlan (born March 17 1974, in Minneapolis Minnesota) is an American Actress. Daniel von Bargen (born June 5, 1950) is an American film stage and television Actor. Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born June 1, 1946) is a BAFTA - and Emmy Award -winning Golden Globe -nominated British Lynda Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress and Singer. The movie was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. In total, Fox Searchlight paid $3. Fox Searchlight Pictures is the specialty film division of 20th Century Fox, established in 1994 25 million for distribution rights of this movie[1] ; this movie made $18. 5 million at the box office.

Plot

The plot centers on five Vermont state troopers who seem to have more of a knack for pranks than actual police work. The Vermont State Police (VSP is the state police agency for the U Most of their time is spent devising new ways of messing with the heads of the people they pull over, hazing the new recruit, "Rabbit", and tormenting their easily infuriated radio dispatcher, Farva, who has been exiled from patrol work because he, as later revealed during the credits, was involved in a fight with several students on a traffic stop of a schoolbus. Their days of pranking and slacking off are cut short when the troopers suddenly find themselves attempting to solve a murder, bust a drug-smuggling ring, and avoid having their post eliminated by the state's impending budget cut — resulting in their transfer, or quitting and "opening up a roller disco. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited such as out of a building into a Prison "

The troopers have an ongoing rivalry with the local police department in Spurbury and constantly have fights with them ("highway cops versus the local cops"); one such dispute breaks out into an all-out fistfight, further increasing the station's chances of being shut down. The rivalry eventually results in the governor's (Lynda Carter) praise for the efforts of the Spurbury PD, who had managed to keep one step ahead of the state police by making their department appear responsible for the confiscation of the smuggled drugs. Lynda Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress and Singer.

Defeated, the defrocked troopers unexpectedly stumble upon the local police running protection for the drug smugglers. The film's epilogue finds the state troopers' highway post still eliminated due to the budget cuts; however, they are the new local police officers (replacing their presumably incarcerated corrupt predecessors) and thus continue their hijinks in and around their jurisdiction. This article is about the literary epilogue See Epilogue (disambiguation for other uses of "Epilogue" or "Epilog"

The troopers

• Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn (Jay Chandrasekhar) is a veteran of the Vermont State Troopers who is more or less the second in command in his station. Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American Actor, Comedian, Writer, and Film director Although he is the most serious of the field officers in his station, he has no inhibitions against bending the rules and playing pranks if he knows they will not result in any serious repercussions. He has a son as well as a hippie girlfriend who owns a head shop. head shop is a retail outlet specializing in paraphernalia related to consumption of cannabis, other recreational drugs and New Age herbs as well Both he and his girlfriend sleep with other people including a couple the troopers arrested. His ethnicity remains a point of confusion and humor for the others who confuse him for a Mexican, Arab-American and an African-American rather than the Indian-American that he is. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. An Arab American is a United States citizen or resident of Arab cultural and linguistic heritage and/or Identity whose ancestry traces back to any of various African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Indian Americans are Americans who are of Indian ancestry The U
• Jeff Foster (Paul Soter) is arguably the calmest and most reserved trooper of the force. Paul Soter (born August 16, 1969, in Sacramento California) is an American actor writer and director and one of the members of the Broken Lizard He engages in a relationship with Spurbury local police officer Ursula during the movie and, with help from her, ultimately uncovers the corruption of the local police. He is often mocked by his coworkers for his inability to grow a moustache.

From left to right: Ramathorn, Foster, Mac, Rabbit and Farva.

• MacIntyre "Mac" Womack (Steve Lemme) is the trooper who enjoys pranks the most. Steve Lemme (born November 13, 1968, in New York City is an American actor writer and producer and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group He is called a “sick mother fucker” by Captain O'Hagen for the level to which he takes his tricks. Mac is the proud owner of a costume that looks like a man having sex with a bear. Mac is also the most expressive of the troopers, whether verbally ridiculing Farva for his lame tricks or nearly taking out his anger for the closing of his station through violence against Foster.
• Robert "Rabbit" Roto (Erik Stolhanske) is the newest addition to the force. Erik Stolhanske (born August 23, 1968, in Minneapolis Minnesota, USA is an American actor writer and producer and one of the members of the Broken He is partnered with Ramathorn until he is caught speeding in a car confiscated from two suspects as stolen property and demoted to dispatch, although he is soon promoted back. He is often accused by Farva of knowing more about drugs than he should and is accused of having toured with the Grateful Dead when he was younger. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Rodney "Rod" Farva (Kevin Heffernan) is fat, loud, obnoxious and arrogant. Kevin Heffernan (born May 25 1968 is an American actor writer producer and director and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group He is almost always under suspension from field work due to his inability to control his anger. His pranks (shenanigans) are often described as “cruel and tragic” rather than “cheeky and fun” making them not simply “shenanigans”, but “evil shenanigans”. He advocates the naming of his patrol car with Ramathorn as “Car RamRod. ”
• Captain John O'Hagen (Brian Cox) is the captain of his Vermont State Trooper barracks. Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born June 1, 1946) is a BAFTA - and Emmy Award -winning Golden Globe -nominated British He acts as a mentor and father to his troopers and tries his best to keep the station from being cut from the budget. He is a two-time boxing champion in the Navy and is derided by Farva for his choice in dress as wearing a “Canadian Tuxedo” — an outfit made completely from denim. Denim is a rugged Cotton Twill Textile, in which the Weft passes under two ( twi- "double" or more warp fibers Brian Cox is also the only actor to play a Trooper who is not a member of Broken Lizard.

Filming

"Local Cop" scenes were mainly filmed in the City of Beacon, and the "Highway Cop" scenes were filmed on New York State Route 117 in Westchester County, New York in the towns of Ossining and Briarcliff Manor, with Rockefeller State Park Preserve, which runs parallel, used as well. Beacon is a City located in Dutchess County New York, United States. New York State Route 117 is a 1557 mile (2506 km long State highway in Westchester County, New York. Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U Rockefeller State Park Preserve or Rockies as it is commonly known is a State Park in Sleepy Hollow New York immediately next to the Hudson River The syrup chugging scene was filmed in M's Cozy Corner located in Fishkill, NY which has since closed and been replaced by a pharmacy. The pharmacy closed in 2007 due to flooding. ^[1].

Critical reception

The film has received mixed reviews from critics, greeted warmly by some and scalded by others. Aggregate review website Rotten Tomatoes scores only 36%^[2] positive reviews while Metacritic, another aggregate review website, gives it a metascore of 48 out of 100,^[3] which, according to the website's rating system, scores as Mixed or average reviews. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. Film critic Roger Ebert awarded the film 2½ stars out of 4 saying "I can't quite recommend it--it's too patched together--but I almost can; it's the kind of movie that makes you want to like it"^[4]. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter.

Prequel

At the 2006 Comic-Con Convention in San Diego, California, comedy troupe Broken Lizard revealed that a prequel for the film is in the works. Comic-Con International San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre Fan convention founded as the Golden Broken Lizard is a Comedy group best known for its Films Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest A prequel is a work that portrays events and/or aspects of a previously completed narrative but is set prior to the existing narrative It will take place in the 1970's and will follow the fathers of the main characters in the original film. ^[5]

References

External links

• Super Troopers at the Internet Movie Database
• Super Troopers Movie Soundboard
• Super Troopers at Rotten Tomatoes
• Super Troopers at Box Office Mojo
• Broken Lizard Official MySpace Page