The Rock is a 1996 English-language Action Adventure film written by David Weisberg, Douglas Cook and Mark Rosner. The movie is directed by Michael Bay and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. In the film, the Pentagon assigns a team comprising an FBI chemist and a former SAS captain with a team of SEALs to break into Alcatraz, where a rogue general and a rogue group of Marines have seized all the tourists on the island and have threatened to launch rockets filled with nerve gas upon San Francisco unless the U.S. government pays $100 million to the next-of-kin of 83 men who were killed on missions that the general led and that the Pentagon denied. The rock stars Sean Connery in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, John Spencer and David Morse. The screenplay is written by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook and Mark Rosner. The music was composed by Nick Glennie-smith along with Hans Zimmer. Cinematography was done by John Schwartzman and editing by Richard Francis-Bruce. The film has a running time of 136 minutes. It was released on 7th June 1996. The Film was successful at box office. The Rock was made on a budget of $75 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $335 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. In the film, the Pentagon assigns a team comprising an FBI chemist and a former SAS captain with a team of SEALs to break into Alcatraz, where a rogue general and a rogue group of Marines have seized all the tourists on the island and have threatened to launch rockets filled with nerve gas upon San Francisco unless the U.S. government pays $100 million to the next-of-kin of 83 men who were killed on missions that the general led and that the Pentagon denied.