Films involving Deaf

Deaf: Major Films

Title	Cop Land (1997)
Alternative/Original Title
Disability	Deaf
Country	USA
Length	104
Genre	Cop Drama
Rating	4
Director	James Mangold
Cast	Sylvester Stallone Harvey Keitel Ray Liotta Robert De Niro Peter Berg Annabella Sciorra Janeane Garofalo
Notes	Stallone as Freddy Heflin always wanted to be a New York cop but had to settle for being Sheriff in rural New Jersey, all this because he is slightly deaf. He's also overweight and none too bright it would appear. In his small community live a number of N.Y. cops who are his idols. But when Internal Affairs arrives on his doorstep he discovers his idols are flawed. Internal Affairs wants his help which puts him in a dilemma; will he cooperate and lose his friends and a chance to be one of them, or will he do the right thing? His partial deafness is the result of rescuing a girl drowning. And in a nice twist the girl he saved is married to one of the corrupt cops. A piece of trivia is that Stallone put on a load of weight for this role just as his fellow star, De Niro, did for "Raging Bull". There the comparison ends. Copland is quite a good film better than average but by no means great. I'm afraid I can't agree with some that Stallone is up to the part. He's better than normal but there's a potential in this role which he doesn't realise.

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