The Rock
By March 12, 2001
The Rock is a first-rate, slam-bang action thriller with a lot of style and no little humor. It’s made out of pieces of other movies, yes, but each element has been lovingly polished Read more »
- United States
- 1996
- 136 minutes
- Color
- 2.35:1
- English
SYNOPSIS: A highly decorated, retired U.S. Marine general (Ed Harris) seizes a stockpile of chemical weapons and takes over Alcatraz, with eighty-one tourists as hostages on the San Francisco Bay isle. His demand: Restitution to families of soldiers who died in covert operations. The response: An elite Navy SEAL team, with support from an FBI chemical-warfare expert (Nicolas Cage) and a former Alcatraz escapee (Sean Connery), is assembled to penetrate the terrorists’ defenses on the island and neutralize the threat before time runs out. The result: A fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thriller with a first-rate cast, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| John Patrick Mason | Sean Connery |
| General Francis X. Hummel | Ed Harris |
| Stanley Goodspeed | Nicolas Cage |
| Commander Anderson | Michael Biehn |
| Ernest Paxton | William Forsythe |
| Major Tom Baxter | David Morse |
| FBI Director Womack | John Spencer |
| Marine Captain Hendrix | John C. McGinley |
| Captain Darrow | Tony Todd |
| Sergeant Crisp | Bokeem Woodbine |
| Lieutenant Shepard | Danny Nucci |
| Jade Angelou | Claire Forlani |
| Carla Pestalozzi | Vanessa Marcil |
| Captain Frye | Gregory Sporleder |
Credits
| Director | Michael Bay |
| Producer | Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Screenplay | David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook and Mark Rosner |
| Story | David Weisberg and Douglas S. Cook |
| Executive producers | William Stuart, Sean Connery and Louis A. Stroller |
| Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
| Production design | Michael White |
| Editing | Richard Francis-Bruce |
| Costume design | Bobbie Read |
| Music | Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer |
| Casting | Heidi Levitt and Billy Hopkins |
Disc Features
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET
- New widescreen digital transfer, approved by Michael Bay and enhanced for 16×9 televisions
- Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround soundtracks
- Audio commentary by Michael Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, actors Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, and technical advisor Harry Humphries
- Video interview with Jerry Bruckheimer
- Analysis of the dive sequence’s special effects, by Hoyt Yeatman of Dream Quest Images
- Movie Magic episode on the film’s special effects
- Dos and don’ts of Hollywood gunplay, with Harry Humphries and Marshall Teague
- Excerpts from Secrets of Alcatraz, a documentary by À la Carte Communications
- Storyboards, production design drawings, and production stills
- Theatrical trailer and TV spots
- Outtakes selected by Michael Bay
- The Rock world premiere on Alcatraz
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
