Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard (1988)



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Cast & Crew.

Bruce Willis
John McClane

Alan Rickman
Hans Gruber

Alexander Godunov
Karl

Bonnie Bedelia
Holly Gennaro McClane

Reginald VelJohnson
Al Powell

Paul Gleason
Dwayne Robinson

De'voreaux White
Argyle

William Atherton
Richard Thornburg

Hart Bochner
Harry Ellis

James Shigeta
Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi

Bruno Doyon
Franco

Andreas Wisniewski
Tony

Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Theo

Joey Plewa
Alexander

Lorenzo Caccialanza
Marco

Dennis Hayden
Eddie

Larry Gordon
Producer

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
Walt

Matt Landers
Captain Mitchell

Carmine Zozzora
Rivers

Dustyn Taylor
Ginny

George Christy
Dr. Hasseldorf

Anthony Peck
Young Cop

Cheryl Baker
Woman

Richard Parker
Man

David Ursin
Harvey Johnson

Mary Ellen Trainor
Gail Wallens

Harri James
Police Supervisor

Shelley Pogoda
Dispatcher

Selma Archerd
Hostage

Scot Bennett
Hostage

Rebecca Broussard
Hostage

Kate Finlayson
Hostage

Shanna Higgins
Hostage

Kym Malin
Hostage

Taylor Fry
Lucy McClane

Noah Land
John McClane Jr.

Betty Carvalho
Paulina

Kip Waldo
Convenience Store Clerk

Mark Goldstein
Station Manager

Tracy Reiner
Thornburg's Assistant

Rick Cicetti
Guard

Fred Lerner
Guard

Bill Margolin
Producer

Bob Jennings
Cameraman

Bruce P. Schultz
Cameraman

David Katz
Soundman

Robert Lesser
Businessman

Stella Hall
Stewardess

Terri Lynn Doss
Girl at Airport

Jon E. Greene
Boy at Airport

P. Randall Bowers
Kissing Man

Michele Laybourn
Girl in Window

Charlie Picerni
Dwayne Robinson's Driver (uncredited) / Stunt Coordinator

Conrad Hurtt
SWAT (uncredited)

Terry Ray
SWAT (uncredited)

Eric Kay
Fireman (uncredited)

Gérard Bonn
Kristoff

Lawrence Gordon
Producer

John F. Link
Editor

Jackson De Govia
Production Design

Marilyn Vance
Costume Design

John R. Jensen
Art Direction

Steven E. de Souza
Screenplay

Michael Kamen
Original Music Composer

Beau Marks
Producer / Unit Production Manager

Charles Gordon
Executive Producer

Jan de Bont
Director of Photography

Roderick Thorp
Novel

Joel Silver
Producer

Frank J. Urioste
Editor

Jeb Stuart
Screenplay

Jackie Burch
Casting

Philip Leonard
Set Decoration

John McTiernan
Director

Janet Brady
Stunts

Catherine Shorr
Sound Effects Editor

Al Di Sarro
Special Effects Coordinator

Dennis Michelson
Visual Effects Editor

Peter Sorel
Still Photographer

Michael Scott
Camera Operator

Roland E. Hill Jr.
Set Designer

Richard Edlund
Visual Effects Producer

Josée Normand
Hairstylist

M. Todd Henry
Camera Operator

Virgil Mirano
Still Photographer

Ed Ayer
Gaffer

Barry Francis Delaney
Costume Supervisor

Barbara Siebert
Set Costumer

Stanley R. Webber
Picture Car Coordinator

William J. Durrell Jr.
Assistant Art Director

Robin Harlan
Foley

Bruce J. Gfeller
Construction Coordinator

Hank Salerno
ADR & Dubbing

Michael Voght
Set Costumer

Myra Hill
Transportation Coordinator

David E. Stone
Sound Effects Editor

Stephen Hunter Flick
Sound Effects Editor

Brent Boates
Visual Effects Art Director

Craig Edgar
Assistant Art Director

Wes Dawn
Makeup Artist

Richard Overton
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Ferris
Camera Operator

Joel Marx
Location Manager

Vanessa Theme Ament
Foley

David W. Gray
Dolby Consultant

Ken H. Rosen
Location Manager

Scott H. Eddo
Makeup Department Head

E.C. Chen
Set Designer

Don J. Bassman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ferne Cassel
Casting Associate

Lloyd Levin
Associate Producer

Paul Abascal
Hairstylist

James Nordberg
Transportation Captain

Jim Kail
Makeup Artist

Tim Sisson
Picture Car Coordinator

Kevin F. Cleary
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kenny Endoso
Stunts

Matthew Yuricich
Visual Effects

Dick Ziker
Stunts

Glenn R. Wilder
Stunts

Ron Bartlett
Foley

George P. Wilbur
Stunts

Peter McKernan
Stunts

Brian Christensen
Stunts

Victor Paul
Stunts

Kurt Bryant
Stunts

Jophery C. Brown
Stunts

Henry Kingi
Stunt Double
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Details.
Release DateJuly 15, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 12m
Content RatingR
Budget$28,000,000
Box Office$140,767,956
Filming LocationsLos Angeles · Fox Plaza, United States
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. It stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia, with Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, and Hart Bochner in supporting roles. Die Hard follows a New York City police detective, John McClane (Willis), who becomes entangled in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife during a Christmas Eve party.
Stuart was hired by 20th Century Fox to adapt Thorp's novel in 1987. His first draft was greenlit immediately, as the studio was eager for a summer blockbuster the following year. The role of McClane was turned down by a host of the decade's most popular actors, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Known mainly for work on television, Willis was paid $5 million for his involvement, placing him among Hollywood's highest-paid actors. The deal was seen as a poor investment by industry professionals and attracted significant controversy towards the film prior to its release. Filming took place between November 1987 and March 1988, on a $25 million to $35 million budget and almost entirely on location in and around Fox Plaza in Los Angeles.
Expectations for Die Hard were low; some marketing materials omitted Willis's image, ostensibly because the publicity team determined that the setting was as important as McClane. Upon its release in July 1988, initial reviews were mixed: criticism focused on its violence, plot, and Willis's performance, while McTiernan's direction and Rickman's charismatic portrayal of the villain Hans Gruber were praised. Defying predictions, Die Hard grossed approximately $140 million, becoming the year's tenth-highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing action film. Receiving four Academy Award nominations, it elevated Willis to leading-man status and made Rickman a celebrity.
Die Hard has been critically re-evaluated and is now considered one of the greatest action films of all time. It is considered to have revitalized the action genre, largely due to its depiction of McClane as a vulnerable and fallible protagonist, in contrast to the muscle-bound and invincible heroes of other films of the period. Retrospective commentators also identified and analyzed its themes of vengeance, masculinity, gender roles, and American anxieties over foreign influences. Due to its Christmas setting, Die Hard is often named one of the best Christmas films of all time, although its status as a Christmas film is disputed.
The film produced a host of imitators; the term "Die Hard" became a shorthand for plots featuring overwhelming odds in a restricted environment, such as "Die Hard on a bus" in relation to Speed. It created a franchise comprising the sequels Die Hard 2 (1990), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), plus video games, comics, and other merchandise. Deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, Die Hard was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2017.
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