Rock and a Hard Place (film)

2017 documentary film

Rock and a Hard Place

Poster for the film

Genre| Documentary
Directed by|

Matthew O'Neill
Jon Alpert

Music by| Paper Tiger
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of episodes| 1
Production
Producer| Susan Carney
Cinematography| Jon Alpert
Matthew O'Neill
Editor| David Meneses
Running time| 81 minutes
Production companies| 44 Blue Productions
Downtown Community Television Center
Original release
Network| HBO
Release| March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)

Rock and a Hard Place is a documentary film produced by and featuring Dwayne Johnson about youth prison boot camps in Miami, Florida, premiered by HBO in March 2017. It was directed and co-produced by Oscar-nominated filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill.[1][2][3][4]

## References

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1. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (2016-01-06). "'Rock and A Hard Place': Dwayne Johnson Producing Youth Prison Documentary for HBO". Variety. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
2. ^ "Tough love and even tougher questions in Dwayne Johnson's criminal rehab doc 'Rock and a Hard Place'". Los Angeles Times. 2017-03-26. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
3. ^ Dvorkin, Ashley (2017-03-27). "'Rock and a Hard Place' on HBO gives inside look at boot camp". Fox News. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
4. ^ "Miami's young criminals face Boot Camp — plus HBO cameras and "The Rock"". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2017-03-29.

## External links

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