Die hard

Resource Information

The work Die hard represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Die hard

Statement of responsibility

20th Century Fox ; 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

Contributor

• Silver, Joel
• Gordon Company
• Silver Pictures
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Atherton, William
• Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946-
• Bochner, Hart
• Bont, Jan de
• De Souza, Steve
• Gleason, Paul, 1939-2006
• Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995
• Gordon, Lawrence, 1936-
• Kamen, Michael
• Link, John F., II
• McTiernan, John
• Rickman, Alan
• Stuart, Jeb
• Thorp, Roderick
• Urioste, Frank
• Veljohnson, Reginald, 1952-
• Willis, Bruce, 1955-

Actor

• Rickman, Alan
• Bochner, Hart
• Gleason, Paul, 1939-2006
• Veljohnson, Reginald, 1952-
• Willis, Bruce, 1955-
• Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995
• Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946-
• Atherton, William

Director of photography

• Bont, Jan de

Editor of moving image work

• Link, John F., II
• Urioste, Frank

Film director

• McTiernan, John

Film distributor

• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Film producer

• Silver, Joel
• Gordon, Lawrence, 1936-

Production company

• Silver Pictures
• Gordon Company

Screenwriter

• Stuart, Jeb
• De Souza, Steve

Subject

• hostages
• thieves
• Police films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Hostages
• Hostages -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama
• McClane, John (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Police -- Feature
• Terrorism -- Drama
• Terrorists -- California | Los Angeles
• Terrorists -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Thieves
• Thorp, Roderick -- Film adaptations
• Thriller -- Feature
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• detectives
• Action and adventure films
• Action and adventure films
• Adventure -- Feature
• Christmas -- Drama
• Detectives
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations

Genre

• Film adaptations
• Police
• Thriller
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Adventure
• Feature films
• Action and adventure films
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

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

Member of

• Die hard (Motion picture)
• Spotlight series (Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment)

Awards note

Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 2017.

Cataloging source

IHI

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photographpy, Jan De Bont ; film editors, Frank J. Urioste and John F. Link ; music by Michael Kamen

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

Soundtrack in English or French with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned in English

LC call number

• PS3570.H67
• PN1995.9.D4
• PN1997

LC item number

• N6222 2013
• D54 2013
• .D5411 2013

NLM call number

FE AC 1988 D544

PerformerNote

Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald Veljohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, Hart Bochner

Runtime

132

Series statement

Spotlight series

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action