The Rock (1996)
Directed by Michael Bay · Cinematography by John Schwartzman
R136 min61 frames
ActionAdventureThriller
Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
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What is The Rock about?
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
The Rock is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, and written by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook and Mark Rosner. It stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, with supporting roles played by Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, David Morse, and John Spencer. The plot follows a former SAS captain (Connery) and an FBI chemist (Cage), who attempt to disarm missiles from a rogue group of Force Recon Marines who have taken control of the former prison on Alcatraz Island.
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What does the cinematography of The Rock look like?
Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of The Rock leans on medium shots (31% of the sample) and wide compositions (30%). Cinematographer John Schwartzman keeps 51% of it in low-key light. Night and dusk account for 57% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of The Rock?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Rock (1996) are #2d2f2f, #0e1111, #4a4c4a, #0a1629, #8c8f8d, #d3d3ce — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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