The Rock
“Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.”
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
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Cast
74 people
Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason
Known for
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Nicolas Cage
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
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The Croods
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Ed Harris
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
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Westworld
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John Spencer
FBI Director James Womack
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The West Wing
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David Morse
Major Tom Baxter
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The Green Mile
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William Forsythe
Special Agent Ernest Paxton
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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
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Michael Biehn
Commander Charles Anderson
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The Terminator
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Vanessa Marcil
Carla Pestalozzi
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Las Vegas
Beverly Hills, 90210
John C. McGinley
Marine Captain Hendrix
Known for
Point Break
Scrubs
Gregory Sporleder
Captain Frye
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Being John Malkovich
The Crazies
Tony Todd
Captain Darrow
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Sergeant Crisp
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Michael Bay Director · Jonathan Hensleigh Screenplay David Weisberg Screenplay
Worldwide gross $335M · Budget $75M · United States release June 7, 1996
Box office
Budget
$75,000,000
Worldwide gross
$335,062,621
Gross vs. budget
4.5×
Production
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Production
Hollywood Pictures
Production
Buena Vista Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · June 7, 1996
Theatrical
United States · June 7, 1996
Theatrical
Australia
June 21, 1996 · Theatrical
Belgium
July 24, 1996 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 11, 1996 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 8, 1996 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 12, 1996 · Theatrical
Estonia
August 16, 1996 · Theatrical
Finland
June 27, 1996 · Theatrical
France
July 31, 1996 · Theatrical
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
November 13, 2025 · TV · Paris Première
January 7, 2026 · TV · 6ter
Germany
July 11, 1996 · Theatrical
Greece
September 14, 1996 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
August 22, 1996 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 21, 1996 · Theatrical
Italy
August 30, 1996 · Theatrical
Japan
September 14, 1996 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 27, 1996 · Theatrical
October 15, 2002 · Physical · DVD
November 1, 2002 · TV · Yorin
June 8, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
July 5, 1996 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 12, 1996 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 13, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
August 8, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 5, 1996 · Theatrical
January 1, 1997 · Physical · VHS; The release date in January is not known.
June 13, 2001 · Physical · DVD
October 3, 2007 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
June 21, 1996 · Theatrical
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