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Rock (The) (1996)
Alcatraz. Only One Man Has Ever Broken Out. Now Five Million Lives Depend On Two Men Breaking In.Director: Michael Bay
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio Commentary by Michael Bay, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Actors Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris and Technical Advisor Harry Humphries (1997)
DISC TWO
"Production Secrets" 1997 featurettes
- "On the Range with the Navy Seals" (5:53)
- "Dos and Don'ts of Hollywood Gunplay" (8:15)
- "The Rock on Movie Magic" (7:52)
- "Special Effects: The Dive Sequence" (7:45)
"Secrets of Alcatraz" excerpts from 1992 documentary "Secrets of Alcatraz" (14:37)
2001 interview with Jerry Bruckheimer (16:04)
Outtakes (8:49)
Publicity and Promotion:
- Theatrical Trailer (3:08)
- TV Spots (2:36)
- The Rock Premiere on Alcatraz (1:53)
Stills Archive:
- Storyboards: Alcatraz Incursion (41 images)
- Storyboards: Morgue Sequence (38 images)
- Production Design Drawings (27 images)
- Production Stills (120 images) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Theatrical Trailers
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Subtitles:Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Tour the Rock" Trivia Pop-up Facts
"The Rock: Behind the Scenes" 1996 featurette (5:03)
Teaser Trailer (3:08)
Bonus Trailer for "Pearl Harbor" (2:31) -
Subtitles:Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Russian Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Coded regions 2/5.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
"Tour the Rock" Trivia Pop-up Facts
"The Rock: Behind the Scenes" 1996 featurette (5:03)
Teaser Trailer (3:08)
Bonus Trailer for "Pearl Harbor" (2:31)
DISC TWO
"Production Secrets" 1997 featurettes
- "On the Range with the Navy Seals" (5:54)
- "Dos and Don'ts of Hollywood Gunplay" (8:17)
- "The Rock on Movie Magic" (7:55)
- "Special Effects: The Dive Sequence" (7:49)
"Secrets of Alcatraz" excerpts from 1992 documentary "Secrets of Alcatraz" (14:39)
2001 interview with Jerry Bruckheimer (16:06)
Outtakes (8:51)
Publicity and Promotion:
- Theatrical Trailer (3:10)
- TV Spots (2:38)
- The Rock: Premiere on Alcatraz (1:53)
Stills Archive:
- Storyboards: Alcatraz Incursion (41 images)
- Storyboards: Morgue Sequence (38 images)
- Production Design Drawings (27 images)
- Production Stills (120 images) -
Subtitles:Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Russian Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes an 8 page booklet.
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Extras:"Tour the Rock" Trivia Pop-up Facts
"The Rock: Behind the Scenes" 1996 featurette (5:03)
Teaser Trailer (3:08)
Bonus Trailer for "Pearl Harbor" (2:31) -
Subtitles:Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Hungarian Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Region 2/4 encoded.
8-Page liner notes booklet in Dutch. -
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Extras:"Tour the Rock" Trivia Pop-up Facts
"The Rock: Behind the Scenes" 1996 featurette (5:03)
Teaser Trailer (3:08)
Bonus Trailer for "Pearl Harbor" (2:31) -
Subtitles:Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Hungarian Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Region 2/4 encoded.
8-Page liner notes booklet in Italian. -
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Extras:"Tour the Rock" Trivia Pop-up Facts
"The Rock: Behind the Scenes" 1996 featurette (5:03)
Teaser Trailer (3:08)
Bonus Trailer for "Pearl Harbor" (2:31) -
Subtitles:Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Russian Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Coded regions 2/5.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio Commentary by Michael Bay, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Actors Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris and Technical Advisor Harry Humphries (1997)
DISC TWO
"Production Secrets" 1997 featurettes
- "On the Range with the Navy Seals" (5:54)
- "Dos and Don'ts of Hollywood Gunplay" (8:17)
- "The Rock on Movie Magic" (7:55)
- "Special Effects: The Dive Sequence" (7:49)
"Secrets of Alcatraz" excerpts from 1992 documentary "Secrets of Alcatraz" (14:39)
2001 interview with Jerry Bruckheimer (16:06)
Outtakes (8:51)
Publicity and Promotion:
- Theatrical Trailer (3:10)
- TV Spots (2:38)
- The Rock: Premiere on Alcatraz (1:53)
Stills Archive:
- Storyboards: Alcatraz Incursion (41 images)
- Storyboards: Morgue Sequence (38 images)
- Production Design Drawings (27 images)
- Production Stills (120 images) -
Subtitles:Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 6-page fold-out liner notes booklet with production and cast information.
DISC TWO includes optional Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish subtitles.
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Extras:"Tour the Rock" Trivia Pop-up Facts
"The Rock: Behind the Scenes" 1996 featurette (5:03)
Teaser Trailer (3:08)
Bonus Trailer for "Pearl Harbor" (2:31) -
Subtitles:Dutch, English, English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Tour the Rock" Trivia Pop-up Facts
"The Rock: Behind the Scenes" 1996 featurette (5:03)
Teaser Trailer (3:08)
Bonus Trailer for "Pearl Harbor" (2:31) -
Subtitles:Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Hungarian Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
The US Criterion and the UK Collector's Edition have a DTS track and a commentary, with a second disc of extras.
The German and Spanish 2-disc editions have a trivia track and a featurette not found on the above US and UK releases and have the second disc of extras, but lack the commentary and only has Dolby Digital audio.
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (136:26 NTSC)
- R1 Widescreen America- Hollywood Pictures - No cuts (136:26 NTSC)
- R2 Germany- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)
- R2 Deluxe Edition Germany- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)
- R2 Holland- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)
- R2 Italy- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)
- R2 Edición especial Spain- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)
- R2 2 Disc Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)
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R2 Widescreen United Kingdom- Hollywood Pictures - Yes - Film has been cut by 0:15 for UK release:
- Confrontation in the morgue where John Patric Mason (Sean Connery) knife-throwing into a soldier's neck is totally eliminated, along with the line you must never hesitate.
- Connery shooting a guard in the foot is trimmed.
- A 2 second zoom of the above soldier when the generator falls on him after Mason shoots it.
- Connery breaking a guard's neck loses the sound of the breaking.
- The gun battle near the end has been trimmed for blood letting, when Major Tom Baxter (David Morse) gets shot in the stomach and General Francis X.
- Hummel (Ed Harris) receives a hit to his left shoulder (130:42 PAL) - R4 Special Edition Australia- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)
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Comparison added by Craig on 16/07/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 15/05/25UPDATE LOG:
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