Die hard 2 / 20th Century Fox ; a Gordon Company/Silver Pictures production ; screenplay by Steven E. de Souza and Doug Richardson ; produced by Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, Charles Gordon ; directed by Renny Harlin.

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On a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capitol, terrorists seize a major international airport to rescue a drug lord from justice. John McClane, an off-duty cop, battles not only the terrorists, but incompetent airport police, the commander of the army's anti-terrorist squad and a deadly snowstorm...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Gordon Company
Silver Pictures
Other Authors: Harlin, Renny (Director)
De Souza, Steve (Screenwriter)
Richardson, Doug (Screenwriter)
Gordon, Lawrence, 1936- (Producer)
Silver, Joel (Producer)
Gordon, Charles, 1947-2020 (Producer)
Willis, Bruce, 1955- (Actor)
Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946- (Actor)
Atherton, William (Actor)
Nero, Franco (Actor)
Sadler, William, 1950- (Actor)
Amos, John, 1939- (Actor)
Veljohnson, Reginald, 1952- (Actor)
Franz, Dennis (Actor)
Kamen, Michael (composer (expression))
Wager, Walter, 1924-2004
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English; dubbed also into French with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [1999]
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
MacClane, John (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Terrorism > Drama.
Terrorists > Drama.
Hostages > Drama.
Airports > Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Dulles International Airport > Drama.
Wager, Walter, > 1924-2004 > Film adaptations.
Action and adventure films.
Police films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Action and adventure films.
Police films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
Physical Description:1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Die hard two.
Die harder.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
On a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capitol, terrorists seize a major international airport to rescue a drug lord from justice. John McClane, an off-duty cop, battles not only the terrorists, but incompetent airport police, the commander of the army's anti-terrorist squad and a deadly snowstorm. McClane's wife Bonnie is trapped on one of the planes circling somewhere overhead, desperately low on fuel.
Note:Based on the novel 58 minutes by Walter Wager.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990.
Special features include information about cast, featurette and original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:9W8 D0001252 VideoDVD
Credits:Director of photography, Oliver Wood ; editors, Stuart Baird, Robert A. Ferretti ; music, Michael Kamen.
System Details:DVD, NTSC; widescreen aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Cast:
Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald Veljohnson, Franco Nero, William Sadler, John Amos, Dennis Franz.