The Rock Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

IMDb

Released Date

June 7, 1996

Distributor

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Genre

Action

Rating

Budget

$75,000,000

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$134,069,511 + $200,993,110 = $335,062,621

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Vanessa Marcil, Ed Harris, Steve Harris, John C. McGinley, John Spencer, Michael Biehn, David Morse, William Forsythe

Nicolas Cage

as FBI Special Agent Dr. Stanley

1930-2020

Sean Connery

as Captain John Patrick Mason

Vanessa Marcil

as Carla Pestalozzi

Ed Harris

as Brigadier General Francis X.

Steve Harris

as Private McCoy

John C. McGinley

as Captain Hendrix

1946-2005

John Spencer

as FBI Director James Womack

Michael Biehn

as Commander Anderson

David Morse

as Major Tom Baxter

William Forsythe

as FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Er

About The Rock

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.

About

A chemist and a former British spy set out to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical warfare on Alcatraz Island and into San Francisco. The film was nominated for an Academy Award.

Trivia

Sean Connery had his own cabin on Alcatraz while filming. Some of the Navy SEALs in the movie are actual Navy SEALs.