The rock

Author

Michael Bay

Call Number

• DVD ACTION (CEN, EAS, OSH)

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, David Morse, John Spencer, John C. McGinley, Tony Todd, Bokeem Woodbine.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2001]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, language and sexual content.

Summary

A highly-decorated, retired U.S. Marine general seizes a stockpile of chemical weapons and takes over Alcatraz, with 81 tourists as hostages on the San Francisco Bay isle. His demand: Restitution to families of soldiers who died in covert operations. The response: An elite Navy SEAL team, with support from an FBI chemical warfare expert and a former Alcatraz escapee, is assembled to penetrate the terrorists' defenses on the island and neutralize the threat before time runs out.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as motion picture in 1996.

Special features: New widescreen digital transfer, approved by director Michael Bay and enhanced for 16x9 televisions ; audio commentary by Michael Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, actors Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, and technical advisor Harry Humphries ; video interview with Jerry Bruckheimer ; analysis of the dive sequence's special effects, by Hoyt Yeatman of Dream Quest Images ; Movie Magic episode on the film's special effects ; Dos and don'ts of Hollywood gunplay, with Harry Humphries and Marshall Teague ; excerpts from Secrets of Alcatraz, a documentary by A la Carte Communications ; storyboards, production design drawings, and production stills ; theatrical trailer and TV spots ; outtakes selected by Michael Bay ; The Rock world premiere on Alcatraz.