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The Rock (1996) -- A group of U.S. marines, under command of a renegade general, take over Alcatraz and threat San Francisco Bay with biological weapons. A chemical weapons specialist and the only man to have ever escaped from the Rock are the only ones who can prevent chao
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User Rating:
7.2/10   101,467 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
David Weisberg (story) &
Douglas Cook (story) ...
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Release Date:
7 June 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in. more
Plot:
A group of U.S. marines, under command of a renegade general, take over Alcatraz and threat San Francisco Bay with biological weapons. A chemical weapons specialist and the only man to have ever escaped from the Rock are the only ones who can prevent chaos. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 6 nominations more
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An absolute classic more (368 total)

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Also Known As:
La roca (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
The Rock - Fels der Entscheidung (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Скала (Russia) [ru]
A Rocha (Brazil) [pt]
A szikla (Hungary) [hu]
Alcatraz (Slovenia) [sl]
Fortareata (Romania) [ro]
Kaya (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Le rocher (Canada: French title) [fr]
O Rochedo (Portugal) [pt]
O vrahos (Greece) [el]
Rock (France) [fr]
Skála (Czech Republic) [cs]
Skala (Slovakia) [sk]
The Rock (Denmark) [da]
The Rock - Entscheidung auf Alcatraz (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
The Rock - Paluu helvettiin (Finland) [fi]
Twierdza (Poland) [pl]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, language and a sex scene.
Runtime:
136 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The line "I'll take pleasure in guttin' you, boy" is a reference to the Clint Eastwood film Escape from Alcatraz (1979). Frank Morris (Eastwood) is constantly referred to as "boy" by the prison librarian, English (Paul Benjamin), in the same drawn-out manner. more
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Factual errors: When the tram crushes the Ferrari, the alloy wheels that come apart from the car are not Ferrari alloys (showing this is another mock up car and not a real Ferrari). These mock alloys can also be seen resting on the ground when Goodspeed turns to observe the crushed Ferrari. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
General Hummel: Congressman Weaver and esteemed members of the Special Armed Services Committee, I come before you to protest a grave injustice... It has to stop.
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Soundtrack:
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) more

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84 out of 107 people found the following comment useful.
An absolute classic, 31 January 2005
10/10
Author: charlie-303 from United Kingdom

What can I say other than Connery at his best as usual? It's good to see Hollywood remembers the best. It's also good to see an American film portray us little Brits in such high regard.

When else would you see a 60+ year old retired SAS agent who's been wrongfully banged up for 30 years and kept away from his daughter, break back into Alcatraz (after successfully breaking out all those years ago), take out an entire SEAL team almost empty handed, save 81 hostages held at gun point and a city of 5 Million held ransom with 15 deadly poisonous VX gas rockets?? Generally excellent acting by Ed Harris as you could expect and an almost convincing performance by Nicolas Cage.

...and thats just the half of it.

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