Die hard

Resource Information

The work Die hard represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Salt Lake County Library Services. 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 ; produced by Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver ; directed by John McTiernan ; screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza

Contributor

• Bochner, Hart
• Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946-
• Stuart, Jeb
• Gordon, Lawrence
• Willis, Bruce, 1955-
• De Souza, Steve
• Silver, Joel
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Gleason, Paul, 1944-2006
• Atherton, William
• Thorp, Roderick
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• McTiernan, John
• Silver Pictures
• Rickman, Alan
• Gordon Company
• Veljohnson, Reginald, 1952-
• Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995

Actor

• Bochner, Hart
• Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946-
• Willis, Bruce, 1955-
• Gleason, Paul, 1944-2006
• Atherton, William
• Rickman, Alan
• Veljohnson, Reginald, 1952-
• Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995

Screenwriter

• Stuart, Jeb
• De Souza, Steve

Director

• McTiernan, John

Producer

• Gordon, Lawrence
• Silver, Joel

Subject

• Film adaptations
• DVDs, French
• Die Hard films
• DVDs, Spanish
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama | Video recordings
• Wide-screen DVDs
• Feature films -- 1981-1990 -- Video recordings
• Police -- Feature
• Terrorism -- Drama | Video recordings
• Detectives -- Drama | Video recordings
• Hostages -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama | Video recordings
• McClane, John (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Video recordings
• Thriller -- Feature
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Adventure -- Feature
• Terrorists -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama | Video recordings

Genre

• Thriller
• Police
• Adventure
• Die Hard films
• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Video recordings

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• fre
• 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

Cataloging source

IHI

Characteristic

videorecording

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
• PN1997

LC item number

• .N6222 2007
• .D54 2007

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

132

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action