Die Hard

Die Hard
Credits
Title:	Die Hard
Genres:	Action
Directed by:	John McTiernan
Written by:	Jeb Stuart; Steven E. de Souza
Produced by:	Charles Gordon; Lawrence Gordon; Joel Silver
Music by:	Michael Kamen
Cinematography:	Jan De Bont
Edited by:	John F. Link; Frank J. Urioste
Production
Distributed by:	Gordon Company Silver Pictures Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Released:	July 20th, 1988
Rating:	R
Running time:	132 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Die Hard is an American feature film of the action genre. It was directed by John McTiernan with a screenplay written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It was produced by the Gordon Company and Silver Pictures and distributed through Twentieth Century Fox. It was released theatrically in the United States on July 20th, 1988. Die Hard stars Bruce Willis as New York City police detective John McClane, who flies out to Los Angeles, California to reconnect with his estranged wife, Holly Gennaro (played by Bonnie Bedelia) over the Christmas holiday. He meets with Holly at her company's office party at Nakatomi Plaza, but as luck turns out, a group of German "terrorists" led by Hans Gruber take control of the building, and the party guests are taken hostage. John McClane has to systematically take down all of the hostages while coordinating his efforts with an LAPD cop named Al Powell via walkie talkie.

Cast

Actor	Role
Bruce Willis	John McClane
Bonnie Bedelia	Holly Gennaro McClane
Reginald VelJohnson	Sergeant Al Powell
Paul Gleason	Dwayne T. Robinson
De'voreaux White	Argyle
William Atherton	Thornburg
Hart Bochner	Ellis
James Shigeta	Takagi
Alan Rickman	Hans Gruber
Alexander Godunov	Karl
Bruno Doyon	Franco
Andreas Wisniewski	Tony
Clarence Gilyard, Jr.	Theo
Joey Plewa	Alexander
Lorenzo Caccialanza	Marco
Gerard Bonn	Kristoff
Dennis Hayden	Eddie
Al Leong	Uli
Gary Roberts	Heinrich
Hans Buhringer	Fritz
Wilhelm von Homburg	James
Robert Davi	Big Johnson
Grand L. Bush	Little Johnson
Bill Marcus	City engineer
Rick Ducommun	City worker
Matt Landers	Captain Mitchell
Carmine Zozzora	Rivers

Fun Facts

• The tagline to this film is "High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages and declared war. One man has managed to escape. An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got."

• Actors Bruce Willis and De'voreaux White reprised their respective roles of John McClane and Argyle for a humorous commercial for DieHard batteries called "DieHard is Back" in 2020.

• The character of Jake Peralta, played by Andy Samberg from the television comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a huge fan of Die Hard, and references it often in the show. The 2015 holiday-centric episode, "Yippie Kayak", pays homage to the film. The character of Doyle mistakenly bastardizes John McClane's famous line from Die Hard by shouting "Yippie kayak other buckets!"

Recommendations

1980s action films

Above the Law Bloodsport Commando Die Hard First Blood Invasion U.S.A.

Kickboxer Missing in Action Rambo: First Blood Part 2 Red Heat Raw Deal Tango & Cash

Bruce Willis films

Armageddon Death Becomes Her Die Hard Fifth Element, The Glass Hudson Hawk

Planet Terror Pulp Fiction Red Red 2 Sixth Sense, The Unbreakable

External Links

• Die Hard at IMDB
• Die Hard at Trakt TV
• Die Hard at Wikipedia
• Die Hard at Letterboxd.com
• Die Hard at Themoviedb.org

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