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Classic
Film Rating: 9/10
Release Date:
3rd February 1989
Director:
John McTiernan
Main Characters:
John McClane (Bruce Willis)
Holly Gennero McClane (Bonnie Bedelia)
Sgt. Al Powell (Reginald VelJohnson)
Karl (Alexander Godunov)
Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman)
Harry Ellis (Hart Bochner)
Plot:
John McClane (a New York cop) is at a Christmas party when the building he is in
(the Nakatomi Plaza Hotel) is taken over by terrorists. He must face the terrorists and save the hostages, whilst looking
smooth and saying cool things.
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Trivia
The film was based on a novel called Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick
Thorp.
Richard Gere was considered for the part of John McClane.
The line "Yippee-ki-yay, m***********r!" appears in all 4 films.
The three other Die Hard films are called Die Hard 2 (1990), Die Hard: With a Vengeance
(1995) and Die Hard 4.0 (UK).
Awards
It was nominated for 4 Oscars, including Best Sound and Visual Effects, Best
Film Editing and Best Sound.
It won the BMI Film Music Award in 1989
It was also won a Blue Ribbon Award, a Hochi Film Award, a Kinema Junpo Award
and a Golden Reel Award.
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