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The Rock (1996)
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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John Patrick Mason -
Stanley Goodspeed -
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F.B.I. Director Womack -
Major Tom Baxter -
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Carla Pestalozzi -
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Private Cox
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Director:
Michael BayWriters:
David Weisberg (story), Douglas Cook (story), David Weisberg (screenplay), Douglas Cook (screenplay), Mark Rosner (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
In the scene in the interrogation room where FBI agent Stanley Goodspeed introduces himself to John Mason (Sir Sean Connery), John replies "But of course you are". This was exactly the same line he used when he met Plenty O'Toole in the casino scene in the Bond... ...
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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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(at around 1h 5 mins) When Mason is with the troops in the basement of Alcatraz, he states that he studied the timing of the boiler that he must roll through. The question has often been asked why he wouldn't then just be able to open the door during his original escape. However, when Alcatraz was functional, the door may well have been guarded or locked from the other side.
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Genres
Action | Adventure | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
7 June 1996Language
English
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USABox Office
Budget:
$75,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£5,604,935 (UK) (19 July 1996)
Gross:
$134,069,511 (USA)
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