Die hard / Twentieth Century Fox ; 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.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Die hard (Motion picture) Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Gordon Company Silver Pictures Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors:	Thorp, Roderick McTiernan, John Willis, Bruce, 1955- Rickman, Alan Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995 Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946- Veljohnson, Reginald, 1952- Atherton, William Gleason, Paul, 1939-2006 Bochner, Hart Shigeta, James Doyon, Bruno Wisniewski, Andreas, 1959- Gilyard, Clarence, Jr., 1955-2022 White, De'Voreaux Kamen, Michael Gordon, Charles, 1947-2020 Stuart, Jeb De Souza, Steve Gordon, Lawrence, 1936- Silver, Joel
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	DVD: English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Surround Dolby Digital, French Surround Dolby Digital, with subtitles in English SDH or Spanish. Blu-ray: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Surround Dolby Digital, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; subtitles: English SDH or Spanish.
Published:	Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2013, ©1988.
Edition:	[Second-disc set].
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Thorp, Roderick > Film adaptations. Thorp, Roderick. McClane, John (Fictitious character) > Drama. Detective and mystery plays. Terrorists > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Hostages > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Detectives. Hostages. McClane, John (Fictitious character) Terrorists. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Drama. California > Los Angeles. Action and adventure films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Action and adventure films. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD Blu-ray Disc

Description
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.
Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. Based on the novel "Nothing lasts forever" by Roderick Thorp. DVD special features: 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. Blu-ray special features: 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; 'The News Casts' featurette; Interactive still gallery; Interactive articles from Cinefex and American Cinematographer; Full-length screenplay; trailers & TV spots. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CY6 D0146374 Blu-ray Video & VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: R.
Credits:	Music by Michael Kamen.
System Details:	DVD; widescreen 2.35:1, dual layer. Closed-captioned. Blu-ray: widescreen 2.3 5:1, AVC @ 28 MBPS, 50GB Dual Layer. Closed-captioned. Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
Cast:	Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald Veljohnson, William Atherton, Paul Geason, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Bruno Doyon, Andreas Wisniewski, Clarence Gilyard, De'Voreaux White.