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Title:

Die hard [videorecording] / 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.

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2007.

Description:

1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

New York City detective John McClane is in Los Angeles to spend the holidays with his estranged wife Holly. While McClane waits for Holly's office party to end, terrorists take control of the building. As their sinister leader, Hans Gruber, and his savage henchman round up hostages, McClane gets ready to blast a few rounds of his own and launch a one-man war.

Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R.

System details:

DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 5.1 DTS, Dolby Digital surround, dual layer, NTSC, THX digitally mastered.

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia.

Credits:

Director of photography, Jan De Bont ; film editors, Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link ; music, Michael Kamen ; production designer, Jackson DeGovia ; visual effects producer, Richard Edlund.

Language:

English (5.1 Dolby surround, 5.1 DTS, Dolby surround) or dubbed French (Dolby surround) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Subjects:

Terrorism -- Drama.

Terrorists -- Drama.

Hostages -- Drama.

Detective and mystery plays.

Heroes -- Drama.

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Action and adventure films.

Police films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

McTiernan, John.

Stuart, Jeb.

De Souza, Steve.

Gordon, Lawrence. 1936-

Silver, Joel.

Willis, Bruce, 1955-

Rickman, Alan.

Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995.

Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946-

Thorp, Roderick. Hard.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Gordon Company.

Silver Pictures.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Other title:

Title on set container: Die hard collection

Bruce Willis Die hard collection

Notes:

Title from container and disc sleeve.

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; branching version with the extended power shutdown scene cut back in.

Other Number:

156978446

Control Number:

1237534

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5

# Available:

4

Current Holds:

0

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1

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