The Rock

The Rock DVD Cover
Directed by	John Woo
Written by	David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, and Mark Rosner
Starring	Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Vanessa Marcil, Claire Forlani, John Spencer, and David Morse
Produced by	Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson Louis A. Stroller, and Sean Connery
Distributed by	Hollywood Pictures
Release date	June 7, 1996
Runtime	136 min
Language	English
Budget	US$75 million
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The Rock is an action movie released on Friday, June 7, 1996 that takes place on Alcatraz Island. The movie stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris. This is a DVD cover. ... This is a DVD cover. ... John Woo (Chinese: 吳宇森; pinyin: ) (born May 1, 1946 in Guangzhou, China) is a Chinese film director known especially for the ballet-like violence in his movies. ... Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an American actor. ... Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland) better known simply as Sean Connery, is a Scottish film actor who has starred in many films and is best known as the original cinematic James Bond. ... Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor. ... Vanessa Marcil Vanessa Marcil (born Vanessa Ortiz on October 15, 1969 in Indio, California) is an American actress. ... Claire Forlani Claire Forlani (born July 1, 1972) is a British actress. ... John Spencer (né John Speshock) (b. ... David Morse (born October 11, 1953 in Beverly, Massachusetts) is an American stage, televison, and cinema actor. ... Jerry Bruckheimer Jerome Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) is an American film and television producer. ... Donald Clarence Simpson (October 29, 1943 - January 19, 1996) was an American film producer. ... Hollywood Pictures is one of The Walt Disney Companys subsidiary movie studios. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Movie poster for Die Another Day, the 20th James Bond movie. ... Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Photograph of the island Alcatraz Island is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. ... Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland) better known simply as Sean Connery, is a Scottish film actor who has starred in many films and is best known as the original cinematic James Bond. ... Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an American actor. ... Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor. ...

Plot summary

In the film, John Patrick Mason (Connery) is a British spy imprisoned for stealing microfilm that contained U.S. government secrets, such as the identity of John F. Kennedy's assassin. He also was the only person to ever escape from Alcatraz, but was later recaptured. Afterwards he was locked in another maximum security prison, and any evidence of his existence was erased. Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland) better known simply as Sean Connery, is a Scottish film actor who has starred in many films and is best known as the original cinematic James Bond. ... Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has a related story: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... John F. Kennedy The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, USA at 12:30 PM Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC). ...

Years later, disgruntled Marine Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris) assembles a team of elite U.S. Marines in an attempt to occupy Alcatraz Island, taking a group of tourists hostage in the process. Hummel threatens to kill all of San Francisco's population with VX gas missiles unless the government agrees to pay money to the families of American commandos lost in classified operations throughout the world, and also to him and his men. Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... Photograph of the island Alcatraz Island is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. ... The VX nerve agent is the most well-known of the V-series of nerve agents. ... The French Navy commando Jaubert storm the Alcyon in a mock assault. ...

Mason, as the only man ever to escape from Alcatraz, is the only one who can guide Dr. Stanley Goodspeed (Cage), an FBI chemical weapons specialist from Johns Hopkins University with limited field experience, and a team of U.S. Navy SEALs through the catacombs underneath the island to neutralize the threat. Look up Cage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A cage designed to contain small animals A cage can be one of the following; A cage is an enclosure made of mesh, bars or wires, used to confine, contain or protect something. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The Johns Hopkins University is an internationally prestigious private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland. ... SEALs in from the water. ...

Cast and crew

• John Patrick Mason - Sean Connery
• Dr. Stanley Goodspeed - Nicolas Cage
• Brig. Gen. Francis X. Hummel - Ed Harris
• FBI Director James Womack - John Spencer
• Maj. Tom Baxter - David Morse
• Special Agent Ernest Paxton - William Forsythe
• Cmdr. Anderson - Michael Biehn
• Carla Pestalozzi - Vanessa Marcil
• Capt. Hendrix - John C. McGinley
• Capt. Frye - Gregory Sporleder
• Capt. Darrow - Tony Todd

Directed by: Michael Bay

Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson

Written by: David Weisberg, Douglas Cook, Mark Rosner

Screenplay by: David Weisberg, Douglas Cook

Original music by: Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer

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Trivia

• The line "I'll take pleasure in guttin' you, boy" is a reference to the 1979 Clint Eastwood film Escape from Alcatraz.
• In the hotel suite, the song "Leaving on a jet plane" can be heard in the background while Mason gets a haircut. This is the same song that the astronauts in Armageddon (also a Bay/Bruckheimer movie) sing before getting in the shuttles
• Sean Connery's reply when Goodspeed introduces himself is, "But of course you are." This is the reply Connery as James Bond gives to Plenty O'Toole when she introduces herself in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). It's also the reply Connery gives in Rising Sun (1993) when a threatening bodyguard tells him he's a black-belt. This line is also used by Clancy Brown as The Kurgan, in the movie Highlander (1986) which also featured Sean Connery.

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External link

• The Rock at the Internet Movie Database