'Cop Land' trivia and fun facts

A town not so made up

The city of Garrison doesn't exists in real life, but the film is based of the birth city of the director, Washingtonville, in the State of New York, where a lot of NYPD cops used to reside. The shooting of the film, however, took places in the cities of Fort Lee and Edgewater.

Minimun wage

Due to the vast and important cast of the film and to budget constraints, all of the actores accepted to work under minimum wage for this movie.

Stallone won 18 kilos thanks to pancakes

For the role, Sylvester Stallone had to gain 18 kilos (40 pounds), and he did it by leading a diet based in pancakes from a local restaurant.