| Description |
2 videodiscs (DVD) (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 108.
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| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as motion picture in 1996. |
| Credits |
Director, Michael Bay ; screenplay by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, and Mark Rosner ; music by Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer. |
| Cast |
Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe. |
| Summary |
A retired US Marine general (Ed Harris) seizes a stockpile of chemical weapons and takes over Alcatraz with 81 tourists as hostages. His demand: restitution to families of soldiers who died in covert operations. A Navy SEAL team with support from an FBI chemical warfare expert (Nicolas Cage) and a former Alcatraz escapee (Sean Connery) assemble to penetrate the terrorists' defenses on the island and neutralize the threat before time runs out. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Terrorists -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Films for the hearing impaired -- Videodiscs.
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Feature films -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Added Author |
Connery, Sean.
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Cage, Nicolas, 1965-
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Harris, Ed, 1950-
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Bay, Michael, 1964-
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Glennie-Smith, Nick.
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Zimmer, Hans.
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Weisberg, David.
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Hollywood Pictures.
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Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0788827960 |
| Standard No. |
786936150421 |
| Music No. |
2223600 The Criterion Collection |
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