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The Rock (1996)

R | | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 7 June 1996 (USA)
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A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... John Patrick Mason
... Stanley Goodspeed
... General Francis X. Hummel
... F.B.I. Director Womack
... Major Tom Baxter
... Ernest Paxton
... Commander Anderson
... Carla Pestalozzi
... Marine Captain Hendrix (as John C. Mc Ginley)
... Captain Frye
... Captain Darrow
... Sergeant Crisp
Jim Maniaci ... Private Scarpetti
... Private Gamble
... Private Cox
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Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington D.C., is a biochemist who works for the FBI. Soon after his fiancée Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from FBI director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with 81 tourists, by marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara Hummel on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but Stanley needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside. That man is former British intelligence agent John Patrick ... Written by Todd Baldridge

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two word title | time bomb | alcatraz | general | fbi | See All (241) »

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America is Rocking! See more »

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Action | Adventure | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, language and a sex scene | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

7 June 1996 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

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Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$25,069,525, 9 June 1996

Gross USA:

$134,069,511

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$335,062,621
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2.39 : 1
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Trivia

Goodspeed only swears twice in the film when he kills the last two villains. Throughout the rest of the film, his language is tame, saying words like "gosh" and "friggin", while other characters get the profanity laden lines. See more »

Goofs

The number of F-18s headed toward Alcatraz varies between four, five and six. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
General Hummel: Congressman Weaver and esteemed members of the Special Armed Services Committee, I come before you to protest a grave injustice... It has to stop.
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Referenced in Cum to Live (2001) See more »

Soundtracks

Rocket Man
Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Performed by Elton John
Courtesy of Mercury Records, Ltd.
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why does Frye say, "Let's be all we can be"? Isn't that an Army slogan?
Q: What were all the medals for that Hummel wore in the cemetary at the beginning of the movie?
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Too watchable, only the music gets tiresome
5 July 2004 | by – See all my reviews

Fantastically made. Undoubtedly one of the best action films in the last 20 years, Bruckheimer had a fantastic effect on this as his oh so loud impact fashioned this movie into what it is, quite possibly one of the finest in its' genre. Connery puts in a sturdy performance as does Cage but the show is stolen by the one and only Edd harris. His commanding performance carried the movie through small snippets where boredom may have set in, his emotion in the delivery of his lines left nothing to be desired and the role seemed so fitting for such a man, although his height was comic in comparison with the other marines.

All round great film with good acting with just the right amount of comic relief when it was most required. thumbs up fellas
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