Reach the Rock

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Reach the Rock
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Ryan
Written byJohn Hughes
Produced byJohn Hughes
StarringWilliam Sadler
Alessandro Nivola
Bruce Norris
Brooke Langton
Distributed byGramercy Pictures
Release date
  • October 16, 1998 (1998-10-16) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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 written and produced by John Hughes.

Synopsis

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

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 Reach the Rock screenwriter John Hughes. The film gets its title from a song, by the band Havana 3am.

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 38% based on reviews from 8 critics.[1]

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