Rock and a Hard Place (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

[edit]

^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (2016-01-06). "'Rock and A Hard Place': Dwayne Johnson Producing Youth Prison Documentary for HBO". Variety. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
^ "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.
^ Dvorkin, Ashley (2017-03-27). "'Rock and a Hard Place' on HBO gives inside look at boot camp". Fox News. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
^ "Miami's young criminals face Boot Camp — plus HBO cameras and "The Rock"". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2017-03-29.

External links

[edit]

Rock and a Hard Place at IMDb

HBO documentaries

Former

1990s	Skinheads USA: Soldiers of the Race War (1993) Shock Video (1993) One Survivor Remembers (1995) Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995–2023) Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt? (1996) Paradise Lost (1996) Without Pity: A Film About Abilities (1996) 4 Little Girls (1997) City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal (1998) Private Dicks: Men Exposed (1999)
2000s	Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000) The Iceman Confesses (2001) Just, Melvin: Just Evil (2001) Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen (2001) American Standoff (2002) Jim Brown: All-American (2002) Born Rich (2003) Capturing the Friedmans (2003) Thinking XXX (2004) Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team (2005) All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise (2006) When the Levees Broke (2006) Autism: The Musical (2007) Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi (2007) I Am an Animal (2007) Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) Cat Dancers (2008) The One Percent (2008) Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) Boy Interrupted (2009) By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009) China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009) Good Hair (2009) The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (2009) The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009) One Minute to Nine (2009) Reporter (2009) The Trials of Ted Haggard (2009) 12th & Delaware (2010) The Battle for Marjah (2010) A Small Act (2010)
2010s	Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip (2011) His Way (2011) Love Crimes of Kabul (2011) The Loving Story (2011) There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011) 41 (2012) Crossfire Hurricane (2012) Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012) Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2012) 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus (2013) An Apology to Elephants (2013) Casting By (2013) Fall to Grace (2013) Gideon's Army (2013) Life According to Sam (2013) Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden (2013) Six by Sondheim (2013) Valentine Road (2013) Vice (2013–2018) Banksy Does New York (2014) Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (2014) The Case Against 8 (2014) Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (2014) Love Child (2014) Private Violence (2014) Saving My Tomorrow (2014) 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets (2015) Citizenfour (2015) The Diplomat (2015) Everything Is Copy (2015) A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015) Going Clear (2015) How to Dance in Ohio (2015) J. Cole: Road to Homecoming (2015) The Jinx (2015) Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015) Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop (2015) Abortion: Stories Women Tell (2016) Brillo Box (3 ¢ Off) (2016) Class Divide (2016) Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution (2016) Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper (2016) The Trans List (2016) Unlocking the Cage (2016) Baltimore Rising (2017) Becoming Warren Buffett (2017) Beware the Slenderman (2017) Bright Lights (2017) Cries from Syria (2017) The Defiant Ones (2017) Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) (2017) If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017) J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only (2017) Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017) The Newspaperman (2017) Rock and a Hard Place (2017) Solitary: Inside Red Onion State Prison (2017) Spielberg (2017) Traffic Stop (2017) Arthur Miller: Writer (2018) Atomic Homefront (2018) Axios (2018–2021) Believer (2018) The Final Year (2018) King in the Wilderness (2018) May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers (2018) The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm (2018) The Price of Everything (2018) Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018) Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age (2018) The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018) At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal (2019) Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2019) The Case Against Adnan Syed (2019) I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth V. Michelle Carter (2019) Ice on Fire (2019) The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) Leaving Neverland (2019) Running with Beto (2019) United Skates (2019) What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019) The Apollo (2019) Wig (2019)
2020s	After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News (2020) McMillions (2020) Autism: The Sequel (2020) Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020) Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn (2020) How To with John Wilson (2020–2023) I'll Be Gone in the Dark (2020) Welcome to Chechnya (2020) Showbiz Kids (2020) Stockton on My Mind (2020) The Weight of Gold (2020) The Swamp (2020) Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (2020) Agents of Chaos (2020) Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth (2020) Siempre, Luis (2020) The Perfect Weapon (2020) 537 Votes (2020) The Soul of America (2020) Burning Ojai: Our Fire Story (2020) Transhood (2020) Crazy, Not Insane (2020) The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper (2020) Baby God (2020) The Vow (2020–2022) 40 Years a Prisoner (2020) Alabama Snake (2020) The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (2020) The Art of Political Murder (2020) Tiger (2021) Fake Famous (2021) Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021) Painting with John (2021–2023) The Lady and the Dale (2021) Covid Diaries NYC (2021) Allen v. Farrow (2021) The Day Sports Stood Still (2021) Tina (2021) The Last Cruise (2021) Q: Into the Storm (2021) Exterminate All the Brutes (2021) Our Towns (2021) Pray, Obey, Kill (2021) The Crime of the Century (2021) Revolution Rent (2021) The Legend of the Underground (2021) Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021) Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes (2021) Back on the Record with Bob Costas (2021–2022) Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (2021) In the Same Breath (2021) Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump (2021) NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½ (2021) Level Playing Field (2021) Nuclear Family (2021) Four Hours at the Capitol (2021) Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story (2021) A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021) Simple as Water (2021) Jagged (2021) Black and Missing (2021) DMX: Don't Try to Understand (2021) Life of Crime 1984-2020 (2021) Adrienne (2021) Listening to Kenny G (2021) The Forever Prisoner (2021) The Slow Hustle (2021) Mr. Saturday Night (2021) Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) The Murders at Starved Rock (2021) Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss (2021) Reopening Night (2021) Insecure: The End (2021) The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021) Terry Bradshaw: Going Deep (2022) Icahn: The Restless Billionaire (2022) Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022) Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall (2022) Phoenix Rising (2022) How to Survive a Pandemic (2022) When We Were Bullies (2022) Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off (2022) The Invisible Pilot (2022) Spring Awakening: Those You've Known (2022) George Carlin's American Dream (2022) The Janes (2022) Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2022) Endangered (2022) Mind Over Murder (2022) We Met in Virtual Reality (2022) Edge of the Earth (2022) The Princess (2022) Katrina Babies (2022) Escape From Kabul (2022) Hostages (2022) 38 at the Garden (2022) Mama's Boy (2022) Year One: A Political Odyssey (2022) A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting (2022) Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022) Master of Light (2022) Camilo: El Primer Tour De Mi Vida (2022) 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022) The Howard Stern Interview: Bruce Springsteen (2022) My So-Called High School Rank (2022) Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo (2022) Pelosi in the House (2022) Shaq (2022) Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo (2022) Branson (2022) Sex Diaries (2022) This Place Rules (2022) Game Theory with Bomani Jones (2022) All That Breathes (2023) All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2023) Jason Isbell: Running with Our Eyes Closed (2023) Moonage Daydream (2023) 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed (2023) Angel City (2023) Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023) Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023) Burden of Proof (2023) How Do You Measure a Year? (2023) The Stroll (2023) Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music (2023) Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023) The Golden Boy (2023) Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (2023) After the Bite (2023) BS High (2023) Telemarketers (2023) Savior Complex (2023) The Insurrectionist Next Door (2023) Navajo Police: Class 57 (2023) You Were My First Boyfriend (2023) Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023) Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning (2023) Time Bomb Y2K (2023) Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2024) God Save Texas (2024) A Revolution on Canvas (2024) The Truth vs. Alex Jones (2024) The Synanon Fix (2024) Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. (2024) MoviePass, MovieCrash (2024) Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play. (2024) Quad Gods (2024) Faye (2024) Ren Faire (2024) Wild Wild Space (2024) Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024) Chimp Crazy (2024) Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)

Current and upcoming

Current	Hard Knocks (since 2001) The Shop (since 2018) 100 Foot Wave (since 2021) Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (since 2024)
Upcoming	Breath of Fire (2024) The Larry David Story (TBA) Untitled Paul Reubens documentary (TBA) Seen & Heard (TBA) Eyes on the Prize docuseries (TBA) Untitled Ohio State University abuse scandal documentary (TBA)

This article related to a made-for-TV documentary film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.