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Die hard [videorecording] / 20th Century Fox ; a Gordon Company/Silver Pictures production ; produced by Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver ; directed by John McTiernan ; screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza.

Atherton, William, (actor.). Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946- (actor.). Bochner, Hart, (actor.). De Souza, Steve, (screenwriter.). Gleason, Paul, 1939-2006 (actor.). Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995 (actor.). Gordon, Lawrence, 1936- (film producer.). McTiernan, John, (film director.). Rickman, Alan, (actor.). Silver, Joel, (film producer.). Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 (screenwriter.). Veljohnson, Reginald, 1952- (actor.). Willis, Bruce, 1955- (actor.). Thorp, Roderick. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Nothing lasts forever. (Added Author). Gordon Company, (production company.). Silver Pictures, (production company.). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, (film distributor.). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. (Added Author). Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald Veljohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, Hart Bochner. (Cast).

Summary:

New York detective John McClane has just arrived in Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his family. As he waits for his estranged wife's office Christmas party to break up, German terrorists occupy the building, and McClane wages a one-man war to stop them.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (132 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel "Nothing lasts forever" by Roderick Thorp.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
Special features include: Commentary by director John McTiernan and production designer Jackson DeGovia; scene-specific commentary by special effects supervisor Richard Edlund; subtitle commentary by various cast and crew; branching version with the extended power shutdown scene cut back in.
Formatted Contents Note:
[Disc 1]: Die hard / Twentieth Century Fox presents a Gordon Company/Silver Pictures production ; a John McTiernan film ; screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. De Souza ; produced by Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver ; directed by John McTiernan (132 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Jan De Bont ; film editors, Frank J. Urioste and John F. Link ; music by Michael Kamen.
Participant or Performer Note:
Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald Veljohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, Hart Bochner.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, region 1, Dolby Digital.
Language Note:
Soundtrack in English or French with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned in English.
Subject: Thorp, Roderick > Film adaptations.
Detective and mystery plays.
Hostages > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
McClane, John (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Terrorism > Drama.
Terrorists > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Drama.
Genre: Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 43 of 45 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

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