Cop Out

This film directed by Kevin Smith, stars Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan.  David Klein, ASC, is the Director of Photography. Copout is just one of many films he’s worked on with Kevin Smith.  On Copout, I operated B Camera/Steadicam using Arricam cameras in the 35mm format.

In March 2009 it was announced that Kevin Smith signed on to direct a buddy-cop comedy starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan (both of whom Smith had worked with on previous projects) titled A Couple of Dicks and written by the Cullen Brothers, the first feature film Smith has ever directed, but not written. Prior to principal photography, Variety reported that the title had been changed to A Couple of Cops due to controversy surrounding the original one. After negative reaction to the change, Warner Bros. recanted the story and reverted to the original title, though Smith denies that the original change was requested by the studio. In December 2009, the studio changed the title from A Couple of Dicks to Cop Out. While promoting the film on The Late Show with David Letterman, Willis joked that, in addition to A Couple of Dicks, the movie had at one point gone by the also-rejected title of Cop Suckers.