Die Hard

Do you know what makes for a great Christmas movie to watch with the whole family? Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman trying to kill each other in a deadly game of cat and mouse. When John McClane arrives in Los Angeles to visit his family for his holidays, he gets more than he bargained for when German terrorist Hans Gruber takes control of the Nakatomi Plaza. From there, John must sneak through every ventilation shaft available to outsmart Gruber and reduce his wife Holly. Die Hard remains one of the greatest action movies of all time and just watching the only explosion scene in the entire movie is enough to see why.

Production

Directed by John McTiernan

Produced by Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver

Screenplay by Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza

Based on Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp

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

Music by Michael Kamen

Cinematography by Jan de Bont

Edited by Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link

Production companies: Gordon Company, Silver Pictures

Distribution & Stats

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Release date: July 15, 1988

Running time: 132 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $25 million–$35 million

Box office: $139.8 million–$141.5 million