Super Troopers

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar Jay Chandrasekhar

Overview

"Wackiness ensues in the super comedy Super Troopers. Fox's work on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is excellent save for a small amount of edge enhancement in the image. Overall, the colors, fleshtones, and black levels are all very solid and clear. The soundtrack is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround in English and French, as well as Dolby 2.0 Surround in Spanish. While the film doesn't utilize a vast array of directional effects (except in a few key scenes), the bulk of this 5.1 mix if free of any excessive hiss or distortion. Also included on this disc are English, French, and Spanish subtitles. The extra features on Super Troopers are bountiful, starting with two commentary tracks: the first by director/actor Jay Chandrasekhar and actor Erik Stolhanske and a second by actors Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, and Steve Lemme. Both commentaries are filled with many humorous stories, anecdotes, and thoughts about the film's production and history. A series of outtakes and deleted scenes are broken up unto four different sections and should please fans looking for more gags and jokes in the vein of the film. Finally, there is a very fluffy making-of featurette, a ""Road Trip Newswrap"" that follows the comedy troupe on the road, and theatrical trailers for the film."

Product Details

Release Date:	08/06/2002
UPC:	0024543049548
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	R
Source:	Fox Searchlight
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	14,561

Special Features

Commentaries by Broken Lizard Comedy Team Members; Outtakes; Extended scenes; Featurette; Alternating ending; Theatrical trailer; Anamorphic Widescreen [Aspect ratio 1:85:1] Audio: English 5.1 Dolby surround, Spanish dolby surround, French 5.1 Dolby surround ; Subtitles: English, Spanish

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Brian Cox	Capt. John O'Hagan
Daniel Von Bargen	Chief Bruce Grady
Marisa Coughlan	Off. Ursula Hanson
Lynda Carter	Gov. Jessman
Amy de Lucia	Bobbi
John Bedford Lloyd	Mayor Timber
Erik Stolhanske	Rabbit
Jay Chandrasekhar	Thorny
Steve Lemme	Mac
Kevin Heffernan	Farva,Chicken F**cker,Chicken F**cker
Paul Soter	Foster
Jim Gaffigan	Larry Johnson
Joey Kern	College Boy 2
Geoffrey Arend	College Boy 3
Camille Hickman	Thin Queen Bartender
Aria Alpert	Waitress
James Grace	Local Officer Rando
Michael Weaver	Local Officer Smy
Dan Fey	Local Officer Burton
Chloe Kai O'Conner	Dead Woman -- Lucy Garfield
Christian Albrizio	Arlo
Jim Edwards	Complaining Fan
Jimmy Noonan	Frank Galikanokus
Philipp Brenninkmeyer	German Man
Maria Tornberg	German Woman
Blanchard Ryan	Casino La Fantastique Sally
Charlie Finn	Dimpus Burger Guy
Tracy Tobin	Governor's Aide
Rich Perello	Banquet Bartender
Trish McGettrick	Gawking Citizen
Danny Padilla	Urinatee
John Carlino	Pilot
Walt MacPherson	Foreman One
Jerry Walsh	Foreman Two
André Vippolis	student college'u

Technical Credits

Kevin Heffernan

Jay Chandrasekhar

Steve Lemme

Paul Soter

Erik Stolhanske

Kevin Heffernan	Screenwriter
Jay Chandrasekhar	Screenwriter,Director
Steve Lemme	Screenwriter
Paul Soter	Screenwriter
Erik Stolhanske	Screenwriter
Drew Jiritano	Special Effects
Peter E. Lengyel	Executive Producer
Jennifer McNamara	Casting
Richard Perello	Producer
Manny Siverio	Stunts
David Alvarez	Sound/Sound Designer
Fred Helm	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Super Troopers is a silly, slow-moving lowbrow comedy. Colgate University-spawned comedy troupe Broken Lizard work well together, but their script is full of flat jokes and gags that misfire, and the direction by troupe member Jay Chandrasekhar (who plays Thorny), stretches every one of these bits to the breaking point. The lazy pace of the film is oddly intriguing during a pre-credit sequence in which Thorny and Rabbit (Eric Stolhanske) harass a trio of stoned college kids. The scene's weird distention enhances the Kafkaesque quality of the humor. But things never really pick up, and it begins to seem like the guys just didn't have enough jokes to fill the film's running time. Why just throw away a gag about Mac (Steve Lemme) pointing his radar gun at his hand when he's masturbating in his squad car, when you can drag it out for a good minute-and-a-half? The Broken Lizard guys are better actors than they are writers, and Chandrasekhar in particular is surprisingly sympathetic. Veteran character actors Brian Cox (who played Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter) and Daniel Von Bargen (of TV's Malcolm in the Middle) do solid work. There's an original idea in here somewhere about bored cops whose attempts to pass the time devolve into anarchy. But the appealingly off-kilter premise and easy bonhomie are not enough to sustain a feature film.