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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 f...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Hollywood Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Connery, Sean, Cage, Nicolas, 1965-, Harris, Ed, 1950-, Biehn, Michael, 1956-, Forsythe, William, 1949-, Bay, Michael, 1964-, Glennie-Smith, Nick, Zimmer, Hans, Weisberg, David
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Published:	[Burbank, Calif.] : Criterion Collection, [2001]
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 108.
Subjects:	Terrorists > Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films. Action and adventure films. Thrillers (Motion pictures)

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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.
Item Description:	Title from container. Originally released as motion picture in 1996. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format:	DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby digital.
Audience:	Rated R.
Production Credits:	Director, Michael Bay ; screenplay by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, and Mark Rosner ; music by Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer.
ISBN:	0788827960 9780788827969