The Rock (1996)
The Rock is a 1996 action film from director Michael Bay. The story revolves around a chemist named Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) and John Mason (Sean Connery), an ex-con who escaped from Alcatraz, who are tasked to lead a counterstrike to protect San Francisco from a lethal nerve gas attack.
The Rock
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Release Date
- June 7, 1996
- Studio(s)
- Disney
- Distributor(s)
- Disney
- Cast
- John C. McGinley , Sean Connery , David Morse , Nicolas Cage , Michael Biehn , William Forsythe , Vanessa Marcil , Ed Harris , Tony Todd , John Spencer
- Writers
- Mark Rosner , David Weisberg , Douglas Cook
- Runtime
- 136 minutes
- Budget
- $75 million
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