DVD

The rock / Hollywood Pictures presents a Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer production ; a Michael Bay film.

Connery, Sean. (Added Author). Cage, Nicolas, 1965- (Added Author). Harris, Ed, 1950- (Added Author). Bay, Michael, 1964- (Added Author). Glennie-Smith, Nick. (Added Author). Weisberg, David. (Added Author). Zimmer, Hans, 1957- (Added Author). Hollywood Pictures. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0788827960
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen version.
Publisher: [Burbank, Calif.] : The Criterion Collection, [2001]
Copyright: ℗2001

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as motion picture in 1996.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1: The movie. -- Disc 2: The vault: Analysis of the dive sequence by Hoyt Yeatman of Dream Quest Images ; "Movie Magic" episode on the film's special effects ; Outtakes selected by Michael Bay ; Production stills ; Storyboards ; Production design drawings ; Do's and don'ts of Hollywood gunplay with Harry Humphries and Marshall Teague ; Interview with Jerry Bruckheimer ; Excerpts from "Secrets of Alcatraz" documentary ; "The Rock" world premiere on Alcatraz.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Michael Bay ; screenplay by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, and Mark Rosner ; music by Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe.
Target Audience Note:	Rated R.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.