The rock

Simpson, Don, 1945-1996 (Producer). Bruckheimer, Jerry. (Producer). Bay, Michael, 1964- (Director). Weisberg, David. (Screenwriter). Cook, Douglas S. (Screenwriter). Rosner, Mark. (Screenwriter). Connery, Sean. (Actor). Cage, Nicolas, 1965- (Actor). Harris, Ed, 1950- (Actor). Glennie-Smith, Nick. (Composer). Zimmer, Hans. (Composer). Hollywood Pictures (Added Author). Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, David Morse, John Spencer, John C. McGinley, Tony Todd. (Cast).

Summary: A retired US Marine general (Ed Harris) seizes a stockpile of chemical weapons and takes over Alcatraz with 81 tourists as hostages. His demand: restitution to families of soldiers who died in covert operations. A Navy SEAL team with support from an FBI chemical warfare expert (Nicolas Cage) and a former Alcatraz escapee (Sean Connery) assemble to penetrate the terrorists' defenses on the island and neutralize the threat before time runs \out.

Item details

ISBN: 0788827960
ISBN: 9780788827969
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Burbank, CA] : Criterion Collection, c2001.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally released as motion picture in 1996. Special features include audio commentary, production secrets, publicity and promotion, stills archive, outtakes, secrets of Alcatraz, Jerry Bruckheimer interview.
Formatted Contents Note:	disc one. The movie -- disc two. The vault.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, John Schwartzman ; editor, Richard Francis-Bruce ; music by Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer.
Participant or Performer Note:	Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, David Morse, John Spencer, John C. McGinley, Tony Todd.
Target Audience Note:	Rated R.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1, stereo., 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
Language Note:	English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.