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The Rock is an action film that is set in the San Francisco Bay Area and Alcatraz Island. The film stars Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery, and Ed Harris.
Quentin Tarantino, Jonathan Hensleigh, and Aaron Sorkin were all uncredited writers for the film.
21 More TriviaDr. Stanley GoodspeedHey man, you just fucked up your Ferrari.
20 More QuotesIt's not mine.
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Plot Summary
Decorated General, Francis X. Hummel ( Harris), decides to take a stand against the government's mistreatment of the families of soldiers killed in action by stealing a dozen rockets armed with VX gas, each capable of killing 80,000 people with a deadly bio-hazardous gas, and commandeering Alcatraz (aka The Rock), placing the entirety of the San Francisco Bay area in danger. He demands that 100 million dollars be distributed amongst the families of the many men that have died during covert ops under his command within the next 48 hours or he will fire the rockets. The government takes a firm stand that they will not negotiate, and instead turns to Dr. Stanley Goodspeed ( Cage), an expert in bio weapons, and John Patrick Mason, an SAS agent who is reputed as the only man to ever escape Alcatraz. Along with a team of mercenaries they are sent to the island to disarm the rockets and save the hostages.
Additional Plot Details
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed has just been engaged, as he is informed that his Catholic girlfriend Carla ( Vanessa Marcil) is pregnant at the beginning of the film. He does not know the gravity of the situation when he is called down to San Francisco, so his girlfriend follows, raising the personal stakes for Goodspeed when he discovers what is really going on. Goodspeed does not have any real combat experience as he spends most of his time in the lab, but under the tutelage of John Mason, he learns pretty quickly. On a similar note, John Mason's estranged daughter lives in the Bay area, putting some personal pressure on him as well. He has spent decades of his life in prison as his native England will not acknowledge his existence due to the covert nature of his operations in the United States. It is believed that he knows the whereabouts of a microfilm that contains numerous political secrets, including the true identity of the assassins behind the death of John F. Kennedy. True or not, Mason is still an extremely sharp field agent and proves most useful in this tense situation.
| blog | My 5 Favorite Films of All Time | Delta_Assault |
| review | Nothing more than 100% entertainment (which is fine, by the way) (3 out of 5) | ZanzibarBreeze |
| review | The Rock (2 out of 5) | Adrenaline |
| news | The Screening Room: The Rock! | Alex |
| forum | The Screening Room: The Rock! | Alex |
| review | The Rock rocks. (5 out of 5) | Delta_Assault |
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| Name | The Rock |
| US Release | June 7, 1996 |
| UK Release | June 21, 1996 |
| AUS Release | July 25, 1996 |
| Runtime | 136 |
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Domestic $134,069,511 Foreign +$200,993,110 - = total worldwide gross $335,062,621
- - a reported budget of $75,000,000
- = a 346.8% net profit of $260,062,621
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Domestic $134,069,511 Foreign +200,993,110 - = total worldwide gross $335,062,621
- - a reported budget of $75,000,000
- = a 346.8% net profit of $260,062,621
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