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Die hard Cover Image DVD

Die hard

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.

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  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    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.

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Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
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