The rock / Hollywood Pictures presents a Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer production ; a Michael Bay film.
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. |
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Subject: | Terrorists > Drama. |
Genre: | Films for the hearing impaired. |
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Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Degenstein.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Degenstein Community Library | DVF ROCK (Text) | 35031301178860 | DVD | Available | - |