The Rock turns 30 today, and the urban legends about the film are wild.
Connery is an older Bond in The Rock. Fun theory which I like, but the Connery had a cabin built and stayed on Alcatraz story is bull... he slept at the Hyatt Regency.
Chem weapons were “verified” by the military. Nope, the opposite happened.
Nic Cage “banned from action movies” before making The Rock. No, but there was real scepticism, so he chased roles to prove himself.
It was written solely by three people. Not really. It was massively overhauled by Tarantino, Aaron Sorkin, even Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (the writer's of porridge) were pulled in to punch up Connery’s lines.
“An actor nearly died”. Wrong again. During the SF balcony stunt, horrified locals called the cops thinking an actual murder was happening in the hotel.
What is true is that it’s one of the best action films of the 90s.
And Connery’s last line here (and “An act of looneyshe”) is perfect.
A Few Good Men (1992) Jack only worked on this movie for 10 days and absolutely nailed it.
Incredibly, his Colonel Nathan R. Jessup appears in just three scenes consisting of 20 minutes of the 2 hours and 20 minute running time.
A fantastic performance.