The Rock
“Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.”
1996•R•2h 17m•7.2•Released
ActionAdventureThriller
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Director
Michael Bay
Writer
Douglas S. Cook, David Weisberg, Mark Rosner, Jonathan Hensleigh
Budget
$75M
Revenue
$335M
Languages
English
Studio
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Cast
Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason
Nicolas Cage
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
John Spencer
FBI Director James Womack
David Morse
Major Tom Baxter
William Forsythe
Special Agent Ernest Paxton
Michael Biehn
Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil
Carla Pestalozzi
John C. McGinley
Marine Captain Hendrix
Gregory Sporleder
Captain Frye
Tony Todd
Captain Darrow
Bokeem Woodbine
Sergeant Crisp
Jim Maniaci
Private Scarpetti
Greg Collins
Private Gamble
Brendan Kelly
Private Cox
Production
Company
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Company
Hollywood Pictures
Company
Buena Vista Pictures
Producer
Don Simpson
Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer
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