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Cop Car (2015)

Directed by Jon Watts · Cinematography by Larkin Seiple, Matthew J. Lloyd

R88 min59 frames

CrimeThriller

Their first drive could be their last.

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Cop Car (2015) movie still: establishing — A dense suburban neighborhood built on rolling hills features tan and grey houses. Large mountains loom…Cop Car (2015) movie still: wide — A vast dry field features a long wire fence running into the distant mountains. Two young children stand by the…Cop Car (2015) movie still: wide — An open, expansive field with dry grass and several tall utility poles. A man in a white tank top runs across the…Cop Car (2015) movie still: establishing — A long, asphalt two-lane road cuts through an expansive, dry, grassy rural plain. A lone dark sedan…Cop Car (2015) movie still: fullbody — A vast, dry desert landscape with low-lying brush under a hazy, overcast sky. A young child wearing a…Cop Car (2015) movie still: medium — The interior of a police cruiser features a metal security grate separating the seats. Two children sit in the…Cop Car (2015) movie still: wide — A dry, grassy meadow is bordered by a line of thin, upright deciduous trees. A single dark car is positioned on…Cop Car (2015) movie still: medium — A woman drives a light-colored sedan on a paved road through open, dry landscape. A large pickup truck follows…Cop Car (2015) movie still: closeup — A child sits inside a vehicle at night with blue light illuminating their face. A spiderweb-like crack in the…Cop Car (2015) movie still: medium — The interior of a vehicle seen from the perspective of the backseat. A middle-aged man in a white tank top…Cop Car (2015) movie still: wide — A vast, open plain covered in sparse sagebrush and dry, yellowing grasses. Two boys run through the landscape…Cop Car (2015) movie still: closeup — The interior dashboard of a police cruiser features a mounted Motorola radio microphone. A warning label is…Cop Car (2015) movie still: medium — A woman sits in a red vinyl booth inside a diner with wood paneling. She holds a menu while looking off-camera…Cop Car (2015) movie still: fullbody — A man stands at the edge of a deep concrete circular shaft outdoors. Looking downward, he is framed from…Cop Car (2015) movie still: closeup — The interior of a vehicle seen through the perspective of a rear view mirror. A man gazes directly into the…Cop Car (2015) movie still: medium — A man sits on the shoulder of a desert highway against a dark vehicle. Two cars are parked in the distance…
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What is Cop Car about?

Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

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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What does the cinematography of Cop Car look like?

Across 58 sampled frames, Cop Car builds its coverage from wide compositions (36% of the sample), with medium shots (26%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Larkin Seiple keeps 83% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Cop Car?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Cop Car (2015) are #33322f, #51514d, #d4d2cd, #90908c, #0a090d, #acb0b1 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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