Noah Emmerich as Deputy Sheriff Bill Geisler Cathy Moriarty as Rose Donlan John Spencer as Leo Crasky Frank Vincent as PDA President Lassaro Malik Yoba as Detective Carson Arthur Nascarella as Frank Lagonda Victor Williams as Officer Russell Ames Edie Falco as Berta (Bomb Squad Agent) Mel Gorham as Monica Lopez Paul Herman as carnival worker Paul Calderón as Hector (GWB Paramedic) Vincent Laresca as Robert (GWB Paramedic) Method Man as Shondel (rooftop perp) Deborah Harry as Delores (4 Aces bartender) John Ventimiglia as Officer V Tony Sirico as Salvatore "Toy" Torillo (photo only) Production Garrison is based on Mangold's hometown of Washingtonville, New York, located about from New York City. Mangold grew up in a development called Worley Heights, where many of the residents were current and former NYPD police officers. Stallone gained to portray the beaten-down sheriff of Garrison. The principal shooting location for the film was Edgewater, New Jersey. Music The film's soundtrack features two songs from Bruce Springsteen's 1980 album The River: "Drive All Night" and "Stolen Car", songs by other artists, and an original score from Howard Shore. One additional song, Blue Öyster Cult's "Burnin' for You", was added to the soundtrack of the director's cut, first released on home video in 2004. The score by Howard Shore was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and released as Cop Land: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture in 1997. The soundtrack released on CD contained twelve tracks, with a runtime of 40:11 minutes. Release Theatrical Cop Land premiered at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on August 6, 1997. Some of the film's cast members attended, including Stallone, Keitel, Liotta, Sciorra, Moriarty and Rapaport. Stallone's understated performance was praised by critics and he received the Best Actor award at the Stockholm International Film Festival. Cop Land was also screened at the 54th Venice Film Festival in the Midnight line-up. Earlier in May 1997, the film was accepted into the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, but Miramax declined the invitation due to re-shoots that were needed for the film, including footage of Stallone 40 pounds heavier. Home media Cop Land has been released on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD numerous times since 1998. The US laserdisc release had the theatrical cut in letterboxed (non-anamorphic) widescreen with special features consisting of an audio commentary with director James Mangold on the left analogue channel and chapter 16