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Nicolas Cage’s performance in Michael Bay’s 1996 Blockbuster The Rock is like a classic string-of-pearls molecular configuration: elegant, but also really unstable.





Vital stats:Studio: Hollywood PicturesOpened: June 7, 1996Opening weekend gross: $25,069,525Director: Michael BayStars: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed HarrisFollow us on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/VHYESpod/">Facebook</a>!Original theme music by <a target="_blank" href="https://soundcloud.com/phildimotsis">Phil Dimotsis.</a><iframe scrolling="no" data-image-dimensions="854x480" allowfullscreen="" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RA-txZPC1KU?wmode=opaque&amp;enablejsapi=1" width="854" data-embed="true" frameborder="0" height="480">
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Ep. 19 - The Cable Guy

Each week on VH YES!, we revisit a top-grossing film from that week in the '90s to discuss what’s changed about our viewing experience and what hasn’t.