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Title:

Die hard / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; a Gordon Company/Silver Pictures production ; screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. De Souza ; produced by Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver ; directed by John McTiernan.

Edition:

[30th anniversary edition].

Publisher:

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Thorp, Roderick--Film adaptations.
McClane, John (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Terrorists--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Hostages--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Drama.
Terrorism--Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

McTiernan, John, film director.
Stuart, Jeb, screenwriter.
De Souza, Steve, screenwriter.
Gordon, Lawrence, 1936- film producer.
Silver, Joel, film producer.
Willis, Bruce, 1955- actor.
Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946- actor.
Veljohnson, Reginald, 1952- actor.
Gleason, Paul, 1939-2006, actor.
Bont, Jan de, director of photography.
Urioste, Frank, editor of moving image work.
Link, John F., editor of moving image work.
Kamen, Michael, composer (expression)
Jan De Bont ; editors, Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link ; music, Michael Kamen.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Thorp, Roderick. Nothing lasts forever.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company.
Gordon Company, production company.
Silver Pictures, production company.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher.

Other Titles:

Container of (work): Die hard (Motion picture)
Container of (expression): Die hard (Motion picture). French.
Container of (expression): Die hard (Motion picture). Spanish.

Notes:

Title from sell sheet. Wide screen (2.35:1). Based on the novel by Roderick Thorp. Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. 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. Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald Veljohnson, Paul Gleason, William Atherton, Hart Bochner.

Summary:

John McClane, a New York cop who flies to L.A. on Christmas Eve to visit his wife at a party in her company₂s lavish high-rise. Plans change once a group of terrorists, led by Hans Gruber, seize the building and take everyone hostage. McClane slips away and becomes the only chance anyone has.

UPC:

024543564638

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)