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The rock / Hollywood Pictures ; produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer ; screenplay by David Weisberg, Douglass S. Cook and Mark Rosner ; directed by Michael Bay. - Widescreen ed. - Burbank, CA : Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment, [1996] - 1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. Special feature: Original theatrical teaser trailer.

Director of photography, John Schwartzman; production designer, Michael White; editor, Richard Francis-Bruce; music, Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer. Director of photography, John Schwartzman; production designer, Michael White; editor, Richard Francis-Bruce; music, Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer.

Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe.

An FBI chemical weapons expert joins forces with a former British spy to rescue the hostages held on Alcatraz island by a group of Marines who have missiles loaded with poison gas.

MPAA rating: R.


DVD; region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation, Dolby Digital surround, NTSC.


For private home use only.


English or French tracks, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

ISBN: 1558907270 9781558907270

Standard No.: 717951000040

Publisher. No.: 13077 Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment

Source: 13077 Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California--Drama.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion pictures, French.
Chemical weapons--Drama.
Hostages--California--San Francisco--Drama.
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Drama.
Hostages--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.