Movie Summary
EDIT- Director:
- John McTiernan
- Released:
- 1988
- Rating:
- R
John McClane is visiting Los Angeles to reconnect with his estranged wife and children on Christmas Eve. Just as McClane arrives at his wife's Christmas party, a band of terrorists, led by Hans Gruber take the building hostage. An unprepared and shoe-less McClane has to take to the air vents and back corridors of Nakitomi Plaza to stop the terrorists and save his wife. He's not alone, he'll have the help of Sergeant Al Powell, an LA desk Cop who's just trying to get home to his wife.
Metacritic Score
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Variety
As high tech, rock hard and souped up as an action film can be.
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The New York Times
Has to be the most excessive film around. It piles every known element of the action genre onto the flimsy story. [15 July 1988]
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
On a technical level, there's a lot to be said for Die Hard. It's when we get to some of the unnecessary adornments of the script that the movie shoots itself in the foot.
 Bruce Willis |
Officer John McClane |
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 Alan Rickman |
Hans Gruber |
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 Reginald VelJohnson |
Sgt. Al Powell |
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 Paul Gleason |
Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson |
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 Bonnie Bedelia |
Holly Gennaro McClane |
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 Alexander Godunov |
Karl |
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Production Budget - $28,000,000
Domestic Gross - $83,008,852 (7th)
Worldwide Gross - $140,767,956 (9th)
Domestic Adjusted for 2013 - $164,805,896
Worldwide Adjusted for 2013 - $279,480,905 -
Other Production Companies:
Silver Pictures
Gordon Company -
Filming Locations:
Fox Plaza, Century City, Los Angeles
Century Fox Studios -
Taglines:
1. 40 Storeys. Twelve Terrorists. One Cop.
2. Suspense, Excitement, Adventure, On every level! -
Music:
Singin' in the Rain
By Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
Winter Wonderland
By Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
Christmas in Hollis
By Joseph Simmons / Darryl McDaniels / Jason Mizeli
Performed by Run-DMC
Skeletons
Written and Performed by Stevie Wonder
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow
By Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
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Academy Awards Nominations:
1. Editing
2. Visual Effects
3. Sound
4. Sound Editing
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Themes
life vs. death, illegal activities, weapons expert, for men, epic battles
