Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
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
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
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)
Jackie Burch
Casting
Frank J. Urioste
Editor
Jeb Stuart
Screenplay
Philip Leonard
Set Decoration
Michael Kamen
Original Music Composer
Roderick Thorp
Novel
Jan de Bont
Director of Photography
John R. Jensen
Art Direction
Lawrence Gordon
Producer
Steven E. de Souza
Screenplay
Beau Marks
Producer / Unit Production Manager
John McTiernan
Director
Marilyn Vance
Costume Design
Charles Gordon
Executive Producer
John F. Link
Editor
Jackson De Govia
Production Design
Joel Silver
Producer
Wes Dawn
Makeup Artist
Michael Scott
Camera Operator
E.C. Chen
Set Designer
M. Todd Henry
Camera Operator
Stephen Hunter Flick
Sound Effects Editor
Barbara Siebert
Set Costumer
Vanessa Theme Ament
Foley
Don J. Bassman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Voght
Set Costumer
Ken H. Rosen
Location Manager
William J. Durrell Jr.
Assistant Art Director
Bruce J. Gfeller
Construction Coordinator
David W. Gray
Dolby Consultant
Myra Hill
Transportation Coordinator
Hank Salerno
ADR & Dubbing
Josée Normand
Hairstylist
David E. Stone
Sound Effects Editor
Stanley R. Webber
Picture Car Coordinator
Ed Ayer
Gaffer
Barry Francis Delaney
Costume Supervisor
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Virgil Mirano
Still Photographer
Robin Harlan
Foley
Michael Ferris
Camera Operator
Scott H. Eddo
Makeup Department Head
Craig Edgar
Assistant Art Director
Richard Overton
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Edlund
Visual Effects Producer
Dennis Michelson
Visual Effects Editor
Joel Marx
Location Manager
Roland E. Hill Jr.
Set Designer
Catherine Shorr
Sound Effects Editor
Al Di Sarro
Special Effects Coordinator
Brent Boates
Visual Effects Art Director
Ferne Cassel
Casting Associate
Jim Kail
Makeup Artist
James Nordberg
Transportation Captain
Paul Abascal
Hairstylist
Tim Sisson
Picture Car Coordinator
Lloyd Levin
Associate Producer
Kenny Endoso
Stunts
Matthew Yuricich
Visual Effects
Dick Ziker
Stunts
Glenn R. Wilder
Stunts
Kevin F. Cleary
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ron Bartlett
Foley
George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Media.
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
Genres
Wiki.
Die Hard is a 1988 American action thriller 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 New York City police detective John McClane (Willis) who is caught up in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife.
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 thematic concerns, including vengeance, masculinity, gender roles, and American anxieties over foreign influences. 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". 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. Due to its Christmas Eve setting, Die Hard is also often named one of the best Christmas films, although its status as a Christmas film is disputed.