Reach the Rock

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Reach the Rock
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VHS cover
Directed by William Ryan
Produced by John Hughes
Written by John Hughes
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Music by John McEntire
Cinematography John J. Campbell
Edited by Gerald B. Greenberg
Production
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Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
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  • October 16, 1998 (1998-10-16) (United States)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $4,960

Reach the Rock is a 1998 American comedy drama film directed by William Ryan and starring William Sadler and Alessandro Nivola. It was the last film to be written and produced by John Hughes before his death.

Premise

A small-town troublemaker (Alessandro Nivola), directionless and alienated, ends up spending a night in a jail cell, where he and the police chief (William Sadler) engage in a battle of wills and wit.

Cast

Production

Writer/producer John Hughes originally offered the Reach the Rock script to director Chris Columbus at the same time he offered him Home Alone. Columbus opted to direct the latter.[4]

The soundtrack featured a compilation of Chicago-based post-rock artists, among them Tortoise and associated acts Bundy K. Brown, The Sea and Cake and John McEntire. It was released on Hefty Records, a label owned and operated by John Hughes III, the son of John Hughes. The film gets its title from a song by the band Havana 3am.

References

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