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* AllStarCast: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, William Forysthe, Tony Todd, David Morse and Michael Biehn.
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* FakeAmerican: Creator/StuartWilson as U.S. Army General Al Kramer.
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* AllStarCast: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, William Forysthe, Tony Todd, David Morse and Michael Biehn.
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* TropeNamer: SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou, via a Website/SomethingAwful Photoshop Phriday feature.
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* {{Irony}}: The movie was filmed on location, and had catering. As Bay said, people were eating steak and lobster in rooms "where men were taken to their lowest existence."
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* This film has the unusual, highly unfortunate legacy of [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/08/it-was-such-obvious-bullshit-the-rock-writer-shocked-film-may-have-inspired-false-wmd-intelligence?CMP=twt_gu having been the basis of false reports]] that convinced the United Kingdom to enter the Iraq War. Documents given to UsefulNotes/TonyBlair described chemical weapons being made by Saddam's regime, stored in identical fashion to the ones in the film (glass beads containing neon-green gas). [=MI6=] was alarmingly careless in vetting the report, and failed to make their doubts of it clear until it was too late. This proved a particular source of consternation to the film's cowriter, David Weisberg, who had, after doing his homework on chemical weapons, [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary completely fabricated the appearance and storage methods of the film's nerve agents for the sake of visual interest]]. He knew full well that no sane military would make chemical weapons [[SicklyGreenGlow bright neon green]] or [[NoOSHACompliance store them in highly fragile glass spheres]], and any actual chemical weapons expert should have immediately dismissed the report as a joke.
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** Bay, who was still early in his Hollywood career (having only made ''Film/BadBoys'' less than a year prior), had to deal with overbearing ExecutiveMeddling from Disney executives who were overseeing production. That changed when Creator/SeanConnery accompanied Bay to a board meeting and threatened to leave unless Bay was allowed to make the film his way. And since the film was being shot on location at Alcatraz Island and could not close it down for filming, Bay had to plan filming around the many tours hosted there.
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** Bay, who was still early in his Hollywood career (having only made ''Film/BadBoys'' ''Film/BadBoys1995'' less than a year prior), had to deal with overbearing ExecutiveMeddling from Disney executives who were overseeing production. That changed when Creator/SeanConnery accompanied Bay to a board meeting and threatened to leave unless Bay was allowed to make the film his way. And since the film was being shot on location at Alcatraz Island and could not close it down for filming, Bay had to plan filming around the many tours hosted there.
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** In a recent Interview, Michael Bay had planned a sequel, where Goodspeed would've gone on the hunted by the Government since he was carrying the Microfilm with the Government's darkest secrets, Carla would or would not be with him. Goodspeed's only hope would've been John Mason to help him.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/SeanConnery said yes to the film because he wanted to work with Creator/NicolasCage.
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* PlayingAgainstType: William Forsythe usually plays villains, but portrays a ReasonableAuthorityFigure in the film.
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** Creator/NicolasCage said yes to the film because people thought he was too quirky to be an action star and he wanted to prove them wrong.
** Creator/WilliamForsythe usually plays villains, but portrays a ReasonableAuthorityFigure in the film.
** Creator/NicolasCage said yes to the film because people thought he was too quirky to be an action star and he wanted to prove them wrong.
** Creator/WilliamForsythe usually plays villains, but portrays a ReasonableAuthorityFigure in the film.
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** Kicked off Creator/NicolasCage's "Beige Volvo" trilogy. And then of course Creator/SeanConnery's lines about being a [[Film/JamesBond British agent]]. Creator/RogerEbert described the latter as "an in-joke the entire world gets."
** And [[Film/TheAbyss this isn't the first film where]] [[Film/NavySeals Michael Biehn plays the leader of a Navy SEAL team.]]
** Creator/WilliamForsythe says that he knows all about the cloak and dagger stories, when he is talking to Womack about J. Edgar Hoover. Forsythe was in ''Cloak & Dagger'' (1984).
** Kicked off Creator/NicolasCage's "Beige Volvo" trilogy. And then of course Creator/SeanConnery's lines about being a [[Film/JamesBond British agent]]. Creator/RogerEbert described the latter as "an in-joke the entire world gets."
** And [[Film/TheAbyss this isn't the first film where]] [[Film/NavySeals Michael Biehn plays the leader of a Navy SEAL team.]]
** Creator/WilliamForsythe says that he knows all about the cloak and dagger stories, when he is talking to Womack about J. Edgar Hoover. Forsythe was in ''Cloak & Dagger'' (1984).
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. Much of the movie actually was shot on location in San Francisco and at Alcatraz Prison on Alcatraz Island. Since the prison is a designated national park, they couldn't close it for production, so they needed to accommodate the tourists there.
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* CastingGag: Creator/SeanConnery as a former British agent.
* TroubledProduction: The film launched the blockbuster career of Creator/MichaelBay and remains one of his most critically respected films, but is notorious for its behind-the-scenes headaches.
** It was a film that, along with ''Film/TheCableGuy'', became the [[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-21-ca-6461-story.html center of controversy]] as the Writers Guild of America went into arbitration over the many writers that had touched the script. The final agreement left several writers on ''The Rock'' uncredited, including Jonathan Hensleigh (who had done a number of rewrites) and script doctors like Creator/QuentinTarantino and Creator/AaronSorkin. Bay called the arbitration process "a sham" in an open letter, particularly for leaving Hensleigh uncredited.
** Bay, who was still early in his Hollywood career (having only made ''Film/BadBoys'' less than a year prior), had to deal with overbearing ExecutiveMeddling from Disney executives who were overseeing production. That changed when Creator/SeanConnery accompanied Bay to a board meeting and threatened to leave unless Bay was allowed to make the film his way. And since the film was being shot on location at Alcatraz Island and could not close it down for filming, Bay had to plan filming around the many tours hosted there.
** There were also stresses between long-time production duo Creator/JerryBruckheimer and Don Simpson. Simpson was one of Hollywood's most infamous party animals and had fallen further into drug use and controversy, most notably when a doctor that Simpson hired as a "rehab specialist" was found dead of a drug overdose in Simpson's estate. Bruckheimer felt his partner was too erratic and unfocused to work with any longer and terminated their partnership in December 1995, though both agreed to see the film through. Simpson himself died of a drug overdose a month later, some five months before the release date. The film would be dedicated to his memory.
** It was a film that, along with ''Film/TheCableGuy'', became the [[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-21-ca-6461-story.html center of controversy]] as the Writers Guild of America went into arbitration over the many writers that had touched the script. The final agreement left several writers on ''The Rock'' uncredited, including Jonathan Hensleigh (who had done a number of rewrites) and script doctors like Creator/QuentinTarantino and Creator/AaronSorkin. Bay called the arbitration process "a sham" in an open letter, particularly for leaving Hensleigh uncredited.
** Bay, who was still early in his Hollywood career (having only made ''Film/BadBoys'' less than a year prior), had to deal with overbearing ExecutiveMeddling from Disney executives who were overseeing production. That changed when Creator/SeanConnery accompanied Bay to a board meeting and threatened to leave unless Bay was allowed to make the film his way. And since the film was being shot on location at Alcatraz Island and could not close it down for filming, Bay had to plan filming around the many tours hosted there.
** There were also stresses between long-time production duo Creator/JerryBruckheimer and Don Simpson. Simpson was one of Hollywood's most infamous party animals and had fallen further into drug use and controversy, most notably when a doctor that Simpson hired as a "rehab specialist" was found dead of a drug overdose in Simpson's estate. Bruckheimer felt his partner was too erratic and unfocused to work with any longer and terminated their partnership in December 1995, though both agreed to see the film through. Simpson himself died of a drug overdose a month later, some five months before the release date. The film would be dedicated to his memory.
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** Creator/TonyScott was originally supposed to direct but turned it down to direct ''The Fan''.
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** Creator/TonyScott was originally supposed to direct but turned it down to direct ''The Fan''.''Film/TheFan''.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: [[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47475564 Almost 20 years after the movie was made]], researchers had discovered hidden tunnels and even buildings dating back to the Civil War similar to those seen in the film.
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* TropeNamer: SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou, via a Website/SomethingAwful Photoshop Phriday feature.
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** William Forsythe says that he knows all about the cloak and dagger stories, when he is talking to Womack about J. Edgar Hoover. Forsythe was in ''Cloak & Dagger'' (1984).
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** William Forsythe Creator/WilliamForsythe says that he knows all about the cloak and dagger stories, when he is talking to Womack about J. Edgar Hoover. Forsythe was in ''Cloak & Dagger'' (1984).
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* ThoseTwoActors: Creator/EdHarris and Creator/MichaelBiehn had both appeared in ''Film/TheAbyss'', where they also opposed each other.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: John C. [=McGinley=] ([[Series/{{Scrubs}} Dr. Cox]]), and Raymond Cruz ([[Series/BreakingBad Tuco Salamanca]]) have minor roles as Hummel's [[{{Mook}} Marines]]
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* RetroactiveRecognition: John C. [=McGinley=] ([[Series/{{Scrubs}} Dr. Cox]]), and Raymond Cruz ([[Series/BreakingBad Tuco Salamanca]]) have minor roles as Hummel's [[{{Mook}} Marines]]
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* ActorInspiredElement: It was Creator/NicolasCage's idea that his character would not swear; his euphemisms include "gee whiz."
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* ActorInspiredElement: It was Creator/NicolasCage's idea that his character would not swear; his euphemisms include "gee whiz."whiz", "a-hole", and "Zeus's butthole".
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** And [[Film/TheAbyss this isn't the first film where Michael Biehn plays the leader of a Navy SEAL team.]]
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* {{Blooper}}: In the [[spoiler:MexicanStandoff scene, Darrow's pistol keeps changing from left hand to right hand.]]
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** Creator/WilliamForsythe says that he knows all about the cloak and dagger stories, when he is talking to Womack about J. Edgar Hoover. Forsythe was in ''Cloak & Dagger'' (1984).
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* CastTheExpert: Some of the Navy SEALs in the film were played by real Navy SEALS.
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/AaronSorkin was an uncredited script doctor for the screenplay.
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* MissingTrailerScene: In the trailer, several shots appear to show Goodspeed firing an M-4 assault rifle. While Goodspeed does acquire an M-4 during the course of the film, he never actually fires it.
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** Kicked off Creator/NicolasCage's "Beige Volvo" trilogy. And then of course Connery's lines about being a [[Film/JamesBond British agent]]. Roger Ebert described the latter as "an in-joke the entire world gets."
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** Kicked off Creator/NicolasCage's "Beige Volvo" trilogy. And then of course Connery's Creator/SeanConnery's lines about being a [[Film/JamesBond British agent]]. Roger Ebert Creator/RogerEbert described the latter as "an in-joke the entire world gets."
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* CastTheExpert: Some of the Navy SEALs in the film were played by real Navy SEALS.
* CastingGag: Creator/SeanConnery as a former British agent.
* ActorInspiredElement: It was Creator/NicolasCage's idea that his character would not swear; his euphemisms include "gee whiz."
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* InMemoriam: The film was dedicated to Don Simpson, who died during production.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was offered the Mason role, but at the time the script was only eighty pages "with a lot of handwriting and scribbles, and it didn't seem fully baked". In a Reddit AMA, he stated he regrets not taking the role.
** Creator/TonyScott was originally supposed to direct but turned it down to direct ''The Fan''.
** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was offered the Mason role, but at the time the script was only eighty pages "with a lot of handwriting and scribbles, and it didn't seem fully baked". In a Reddit AMA, he stated he regrets not taking the role.
** Creator/TonyScott was originally supposed to direct but turned it down to direct ''The Fan''.
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* CriterionCollection: No, really. With an essay from Creator/RogerEbert no less! [[https://www.criterion.com/films/649-the-rock Check it out.]]
