The Rock - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Rock"
The Rock (1996)
Timing: 2:17 (137 min)
The Rock - TMDB rating
7.141/10
5141
The Rock - Kinopoisk rating
7.944/10
172198
The Rock - IMDB rating
7.4/10
379000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Executive Producer

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Sean Connery

Sean Connery
Executive Producer
William Stuart
Executive Producer
Louis A. Stroller
Executive Producer

Casting

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Heidi Levitt
Casting
Billy Hopkins
Casting

Editor

Art Direction

Edward T. McAvoy
Art Direction
Mark W. Mansbridge
Art Direction

Costume Design

Bobbie Read
Costume Design

Stunts

Richard E. Butler
Stunts
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Pete Antico
Stunts
Kerry Wallum
Stunts
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Lisa Dempsey
Stunts
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Manny Perry
Stunts
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Fred Lerner
Stunts
Janet Brady
Stunts

Production Design

Michael White
Production Design

Stunt Coordinator

Kenny Bates
Stunt Coordinator

Set Decoration

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Greg P. Russell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kevin O'Connell

Kevin O’Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

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Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
Nick Glennie-Smith
Original Music Composer

Stunt Double

Webster Whinery
Stunt Double
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Edward Conna
Stunt Double
Terry Jackson
Stunt Double
Michael M. Vendrell
Stunt Double
Andrew DePalma
Stunt Double

Director of Photography

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John Schwartzman
Director of Photography

Costume Supervisor

James W. Tyson
Costume Supervisor

Visual Effects Supervisor

Hoyt Yeatman

Hoyt Yeatman
Visual Effects Supervisor

Supervising Sound Editor

George Watters II
Supervising Sound Editor

Script Supervisor

Karen Golden
Script Supervisor
Jeanne Byrd
Script Supervisor

Electrician

John Owens
Electrician

Still Photographer

Frank Masi
Still Photographer

Digital Effects Supervisor

Dan DeLeeuw
Digital Effects Supervisor

Sound Mixer

Keith A. Wester
Sound Mixer

Screenplay

David Weisberg
Screenplay
Douglas S. Cook
Screenplay
Mark Rosner
Screenplay

Grip

Music Editor

Bob Badami
Music Editor
John Finklea
Music Editor

In Memory Of

Modeling

Matsune Suzuki
Modeling

Production Executive

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Todd Garner

Todd Garner
Production Executive

What's left behind the scenes

  • Few people know that Quentin Tarantino was one of the co-writers of the screenplay for this film. However, Quentin insisted that his name not appear in the credits.
  • Sean Connery asked for a small house to be built on Alcatraz. Considering the actor's advanced age and authority, as well as the reluctance to spend a significant amount of time each shooting day getting to the island, the producers accommodated his request.
  • The film is dedicated to producer Don Simpson, who passed away during filming.
  • Some of the 'Navy SEALs' team members were played by actual special forces operatives.
  • The film's operator, John Schwartzman, is a cousin of Nicolas Cage, who played one of the leading roles. Schwartzman's mother, actress Talia Shire, is Cage's aunt.
  • In this film, Michael Biehn played a Marine officer for the third time in his film career, following 'The Abyss' (1989) and 'Navy SEALs' (1990).
  • The photograph depicting General Hammell (Ed Harris) in Vietnam was taken from the film 'Borderline' (1980), in which Harris starred with Charles Bronson.
  • Stanley Anderson, who played the role of the US President, also played the head of state in 'Armageddon' (1998), also created by director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
  • Sean Connery's character, John Mason, requests to be accommodated in a hotel that, coincidentally, is located on Mason Street.
  • While Sean Connery's character is getting a haircut at the hotel, the song "Flying High" plays. The same song is sung by astronauts in the film "Armageddon" (1998).
  • In one scene, Sean Connery says to Nicolas Cage: "Maybe I'm losing my sex appeal?" This is a nod to the Connery phenomenon, where he is still considered a sex symbol despite his age.
  • On the stove in "The Rock" it is written that it was made at the "Bay Foundry," named after the film's director, Michael Bay.
  • Incidentally, the poison VX, which causes a person to die in agonizing pain within seven seconds, actually exists. It appeared in the 1950s as a result of an error: they were trying to create a pesticide but ended up with this. VX is held in large quantities by both the American and Russian militaries.
  • VX gas is 300 times more toxic than phosgene (COCl2), which was used during World War I. It was created in the Experimental Chemical Defence Laboratories, Porton Down, UK, in 1952. Patent applications were filed in 1962 and published only in February 1974. They stated that the substance was ethyl S-2-diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonothiolate. The lethal dose is 10 mg·min/m3 in air or 0.3 mg internally.
  • The Finnish band Children of Bodom borrowed a melody from the soundtrack to this film. It can be heard in the composition "Bodom After Midnight" on the album "Follow The Reaper" (2000).
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger was offered one of the leading roles, but he turned it down because at the time the script was only eighty pages long with a lot of notes, and it looked unfinished. Arnold later stated that he regretted this.
  • According to director Michael Bay, the script was more serious and darker than the finished film. Most of the humorous moments and lines were improvised during filming.
  • In the chase scene, when Mason's Hummer drives through the city and crashes into a water truck, cracks from the impact are clearly visible on the windshield. In the following shots, the cracks on the car's windshield are gone.
  • In the scene where Mason opens the prison cells with a rope braided from mattress scraps, he initially opens the wrong door. However, in the next shot, when he finally manages to hook the rope onto his own lever and open his door, the lever of the cell he mistakenly opened first is found to be raised again.
  • Filming took place in California from October 19, 1995, to January 19, 1996.
  • The film's cinematographer, John Schwartzman, is a cousin of Nicolas Cage, who played one of the main roles.
  • In the chase scene, when Mason drives a Hummer through the city and crashes into a water truck, cracks from the impact are clearly visible on the windshield. In the following shots, the cracks on the car's windshield are gone.
  • The film’s cinematographer, John Schwartzman, is a cousin of Nicolas Cage, who played one of the main roles.
  • In this film, Michael Biehn played a Marine officer for the third time in his film career, following his roles in “The Abyss” (1989) and “Navy SEALs” (1990).
  • The photograph of General Hamell (Ed Harris) taken in Vietnam was taken from the film “Borderline” (1980), in which Harris starred with Charles Bronson.
  • Stanley Anderson, who played the US President, also portrayed the head of state in the film "Armageddon" (1998), also directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
  • While Sean Connery's character gets a haircut in the hotel, the song "Flying on a Jet Plane" plays. The same song is sung by the astronauts in the film "Armageddon" (1998).
  • In one scene, Sean Connery says to Nicolas Cage: "Maybe I'm losing my sex appeal?" This is a nod to Connery's enduring appeal as a sex symbol, despite his age.
  • The furnace in "Alcatraz" is labeled as being made at the "Bay Foundry," named after the film's director, Michael Bay.
  • The Finnish band Children of Bodom borrowed a melody from the film's soundtrack. It can be heard in the song "Bodom After Midnight" on the album "Follow The Reaper" (2000).
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