Cop Car (film)

Cop Car
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJon Watts
Written by
Produced by
  • Cody Ryder
  • Alicia Van Couvering
  • Sam Bisbee
  • Andrew Kortschak
  • Jon Watts
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
  • Megan Brooks
  • Andrew Hasse
Music byPhil Mossman
Production
companies
  • Audax Films
  • Park Pictures
  • Dark Arts Film
Distributed byFocus World
Release dates
  • January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24) (Sundance)
  • August 7, 2015 (2015-08-07) (United States)
Running time
88 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[2]
Box office$143,658[2]

Cop Car is a 2015 American independent road-thriller film co-written and directed by Jon Watts and starring Kevin Bacon, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim, James Freedson-Jackson, and Hays Wellford. The film follows two young boys and juvenile delinquents who come across and hijack the abandoned police car of a corrupt sheriff. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on August 7, 2015 by Focus World. The film received mainly positive reviews from critics but was commercially unsuccessful, earning $143,658 on a $5 million budget.

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  2. ^ a b "Cop Car (2015)". The Numbers. Retrieved March 5, 2017.