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( Catalog Number 890585 )
(THX) (2.40:1) (3 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Die Hard
1988 - 132 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
One of the greatest action movies of the late 1980s, DIE HARD ushered in a new standard for the genre. With the dissolution of the Cold War, both the stereotypical Russian threat (represented in movies such as TOP GUN and RED DAWN) and the destructive egoist (as seen in OCTOPUSSY) became less fearful. With DIE HARD, director John McTiernan introduced Hollywood to a new type of villain: the terrorist entrepreneur. Alan Rickman stars as Hans Gruber, a relentless businessman whose lethal tactics achieve his goals. Unlike most '80s film villains who committed globally dangerous acts for liberty, genocide, or megalomania, DIE HARD's Gruber uses guns, explosives, and cunning to storm the Takagi Corporation's Christmas party and heist millions of dollars from the company. In addition, DIE HARD also saw the development of the clumsy or bad luck hero with John McClane (Bruce Willis), a man in the wrong place at the wrong time who chooses to intervene. Action fans would see this misfit hero archetype again in UNDER SIEGE (Steven Segal) and THE PHANTOM MENACE (Jar Jar Binks). Although DIE HARD contains many action movie cliches (one-liners, pyrotechnics), it also broke new ground in its genre.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
It's Christmas time in L.A., and there's an employee party in progress on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building. The revelry comes to a violent end when the partygoers are taken hostage by a group of terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who plan to steal the $600 million locked in Nakatomi's high-tech safe. In truth, Gruber and his henchmen are only pretending to be politically motivated to throw the authorities off track; also in truth, Gruber has no intention of allowing anyone to get out of the building alive. Meanwhile, New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) has come to LA to visit his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), who happens to be one of the hostages. Disregarding the orders of the authorities surrounding the building, McClane, who fears nothing (except heights), takes on the villains, armed with one handgun and plenty of chutzpah. Until Die Hard came along, Bruce Willis was merely that wisecracking guy on Moonlighting. After the film's profits started rolling in, Willis found himself one of the highest-paid and most sought-after leading men in Hollywood. --- Hal Erickson

John McTiernan's Die Hard introduced a type of character that hadn't been seen much in big-budget action films of the 1980s: the working class hero. Apart from Sylvester Stallone's first Rambo movie and some of the cruder, decidedly low-budget martial-arts movies starring Chuck Norris, there wasn't a precedent for Bruce Willis's gruff John McClane. In contrast to its predecessors, Die Hard was such a high-profile production that Willis was suddenly elevated to the status of cultural icon, not unlike Sean Connery and his alter ego James Bond. Willis and McTiernan can take credit for bringing back the kind of distinctly American, masculine swagger John Wayne used to bring to his roles, albeit with a dirtier lexicon of catch-phrases than Wayne ever would've used on camera. The director and his crew of special effects experts could also take credit for a series of explosions that rivaled the fire-power and energy expended in Wayne's The Hellfighters, Back To Bataan, The Sands of Iwo Jima, Chisum, and The Longest Day. --- Bruce Eder

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Cast for Die Hard

Bruce Willis - John McClane
Alan Rickman - Hans Gruber
Bonnie Bedelia - Holly Gennero McClane
Alexander Godunov - Karl
Reginald VelJohnson - Sgt. Al Powell
William Atherton - Thornburg
Paul Gleason - Dwayne T. Robinson
De'Voreaux White - Argyle
Hart Bochner - Ellis
James Shigeta - Takagi
Robert Davi - Big Johnson
Grand L. Bush - Little Johnson
Clarence Gilyard, Jr. - Theo
Fred Lerner - Guard
Robert Lesser - Businessman
Al Leong - Uli
Bill Margolin - Producer
Bill Marcus - City Engineer
Tony Peck - Young Cop
Richard Parker - Man
Kym Malin - Hostage
Michele Laybourn - Girl in Window
Wilhelm von Homburg - James
David Ursin - Harvey Johnson
Mary Ellen Trainor - Gail Wallens
Kip Waldo - Convenience Store Clerk
Andreas Wisniewski - Tony
Joey Plewa - Alexander
Tracy Reiner - Thornburg's Assistant
Shelley Pogoda - Dispatcher
Dustyn Taylor - Ginny
Gary Roberts - Heinrich
Bruce P. Schultz - Cameraman
Carmine Zozzora - Rivers
Betty Carvalho - Paulina
Lorenzo Caccialanza - Marco
Hans Buhringer - Fritz
George Christy - Hasseldorf
Rick Cicetti - Guard
Terri Lynn Doss - Girl at Airport
Cheryl Baker - Woman
Selma Archerd - Hostage
Rebecca Broussard - Hostage
P. Randall Bowers - Kissing Man
Scot Bennett - Hostage
Gerard Bonn - Kristoff
Matt Landers - Capt. Mitchell
Diana James - Supervisor
Shanna Higgins - Hostage
Dennis Hayden - Eddie
Noah Land - John Jr.
Bob A. Jennings - Cameraman
David Katz - Soundman
Bruno Doyon - Franco
Kate Finlayson - Hostage
Rick Ducommun - City Worker
Stella Hall - Stewardess
Jon E. Greene - Boy at Airport
Taylor Fry - Lucy McClane
Mark Goldstein - Station Manager

Crew for Die Hard

John McTiernan - Director
Lawrence Gordon - Producer
Joel Silver - Producer
Steven E. de Souza - Screenwriter
Jeb Stuart - Screenwriter
Roderick Thorp - Book Author
Jan de Bont - Cinematographer
Michael Kamen - Composer (Music Score)
John F. Link - Editor
Frank J. Urioste - Editor
Jackson de Govia - Production Designer
John R. Jensen - Art Director
Beau Marks - Associate Producer / Second Unit Director
Charles Gordon - Executive Producer
E.C. Chen - Set Designer
Roland Hill - Set Designer
Phillip Leonard - Set Designer
Marilyn Vance - Costume Designer
Al Overton - Sound/Sound Designer
Scott Eddo - Makeup
Al di Sarro - Special Effects
Richard Edlund - Special Effects
Benjamin Rosenberg - First Assistant Director
Art Fransen - Consultant/advisor
Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts
Jackie Burch - Casting
Charlie Picerni - Stunts Coordinator

Awards for Die Hard

Best Editing (nom) Frank J. Urioste 1988 Academy
Best Editing (nom) John F. Link 1988 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Richard Overton 1988 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Don Bassman 1988 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Al Overton 1988 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Kevin F. Cleary 1988 Academy
Best Sound Effects (nom) Stephen Flick 1988 Academy
Best Sound Effects (nom) Richard Shorr 1988 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) Boates, Brent 1988 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) Al di Sarro 1988 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) Morris, Thaine 1988 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) Richard Edlund 1988 Academy

Feature Details

Title: Die Hard
Feature Release Date: 1988
Genre: Action
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 132 Minutes
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.40:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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Catalog Number: 890585
UPC: 086162890567
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: Fox Video

Sides: 3
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Certification: THX
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 890585-N
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Bruce Willis in...

Die Hard

( Catalog Number 890585 )
(THX) (2.40:1) (3 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
There is a DTS Version for Better Sound
Trailers for Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990)
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Die Hard
1988 - 132 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
One of the greatest action movies of the late 1980s, DIE HARD ushered in a new standard for the genre. With the dissolution of the Cold War, both the stereotypical Russian threat (represented in movies such as TOP GUN and RED DAWN) and the destructive egoist (as seen in OCTOPUSSY) became less fearful. With DIE HARD, director John McTiernan introduced Hollywood to a new type of villain: the terrorist entrepreneur. Alan Rickman stars as Hans Gruber, a relentless businessman whose lethal tactics achieve his goals. Unlike most '80s film villains who committed globally dangerous acts for liberty, genocide, or megalomania, DIE HARD's Gruber uses guns, explosives, and cunning to storm the Takagi Corporation's Christmas party and heist millions of dollars from the company. In addition, DIE HARD also saw the development of the clumsy or bad luck hero with John McClane (Bruce Willis), a man in the wrong place at the wrong time who chooses to intervene. Action fans would see this misfit hero archetype again in UNDER SIEGE (Steven Segal) and THE PHANTOM MENACE (Jar Jar Binks). Although DIE HARD contains many action movie cliches (one-liners, pyrotechnics), it also broke new ground in its genre.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
It's Christmas time in L.A., and there's an employee party in progress on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building. The revelry comes to a violent end when the partygoers are taken hostage by a group of terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who plan to steal the $600 million locked in Nakatomi's high-tech safe. In truth, Gruber and his henchmen are only pretending to be politically motivated to throw the authorities off track; also in truth, Gruber has no intention of allowing anyone to get out of the building alive. Meanwhile, New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) has come to LA to visit his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), who happens to be one of the hostages. Disregarding the orders of the authorities surrounding the building, McClane, who fears nothing (except heights), takes on the villains, armed with one handgun and plenty of chutzpah. Until Die Hard came along, Bruce Willis was merely that wisecracking guy on Moonlighting. After the film's profits started rolling in, Willis found himself one of the highest-paid and most sought-after leading men in Hollywood. --- Hal Erickson

John McTiernan's Die Hard introduced a type of character that hadn't been seen much in big-budget action films of the 1980s: the working class hero. Apart from Sylvester Stallone's first Rambo movie and some of the cruder, decidedly low-budget martial-arts movies starring Chuck Norris, there wasn't a precedent for Bruce Willis's gruff John McClane. In contrast to its predecessors, Die Hard was such a high-profile production that Willis was suddenly elevated to the status of cultural icon, not unlike Sean Connery and his alter ego James Bond. Willis and McTiernan can take credit for bringing back the kind of distinctly American, masculine swagger John Wayne used to bring to his roles, albeit with a dirtier lexicon of catch-phrases than Wayne ever would've used on camera. The director and his crew of special effects experts could also take credit for a series of explosions that rivaled the fire-power and energy expended in Wayne's The Hellfighters, Back To Bataan, The Sands of Iwo Jima, Chisum, and The Longest Day. --- Bruce Eder

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Cast for Die Hard

Bruce Willis - John McClane
Alan Rickman - Hans Gruber
Bonnie Bedelia - Holly Gennero McClane
Alexander Godunov - Karl
Reginald VelJohnson - Sgt. Al Powell
William Atherton - Thornburg
Paul Gleason - Dwayne T. Robinson
De'Voreaux White - Argyle
Hart Bochner - Ellis
James Shigeta - Takagi
Robert Davi - Big Johnson
Grand L. Bush - Little Johnson
Clarence Gilyard, Jr. - Theo
Fred Lerner - Guard
Robert Lesser - Businessman
Al Leong - Uli
Bill Margolin - Producer
Bill Marcus - City Engineer
Tony Peck - Young Cop
Richard Parker - Man
Kym Malin - Hostage
Michele Laybourn - Girl in Window
Wilhelm von Homburg - James
David Ursin - Harvey Johnson
Mary Ellen Trainor - Gail Wallens
Kip Waldo - Convenience Store Clerk
Andreas Wisniewski - Tony
Joey Plewa - Alexander
Tracy Reiner - Thornburg's Assistant
Shelley Pogoda - Dispatcher
Dustyn Taylor - Ginny
Gary Roberts - Heinrich
Bruce P. Schultz - Cameraman
Carmine Zozzora - Rivers
Betty Carvalho - Paulina
Lorenzo Caccialanza - Marco
Hans Buhringer - Fritz
George Christy - Hasseldorf
Rick Cicetti - Guard
Terri Lynn Doss - Girl at Airport
Cheryl Baker - Woman
Selma Archerd - Hostage
Rebecca Broussard - Hostage
P. Randall Bowers - Kissing Man
Scot Bennett - Hostage
Gerard Bonn - Kristoff
Matt Landers - Capt. Mitchell
Diana James - Supervisor
Shanna Higgins - Hostage
Dennis Hayden - Eddie
Noah Land - John Jr.
Bob A. Jennings - Cameraman
David Katz - Soundman
Bruno Doyon - Franco
Kate Finlayson - Hostage
Rick Ducommun - City Worker
Stella Hall - Stewardess
Jon E. Greene - Boy at Airport
Taylor Fry - Lucy McClane
Mark Goldstein - Station Manager

Crew for Die Hard

John McTiernan - Director
Lawrence Gordon - Producer
Joel Silver - Producer
Steven E. de Souza - Screenwriter
Jeb Stuart - Screenwriter
Roderick Thorp - Book Author
Jan de Bont - Cinematographer
Michael Kamen - Composer (Music Score)
John F. Link - Editor
Frank J. Urioste - Editor
Jackson de Govia - Production Designer
John R. Jensen - Art Director
Beau Marks - Associate Producer / Second Unit Director
Charles Gordon - Executive Producer
E.C. Chen - Set Designer
Roland Hill - Set Designer
Phillip Leonard - Set Designer
Marilyn Vance - Costume Designer
Al Overton - Sound/Sound Designer
Scott Eddo - Makeup
Al di Sarro - Special Effects
Richard Edlund - Special Effects
Benjamin Rosenberg - First Assistant Director
Art Fransen - Consultant/advisor
Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts
Jackie Burch - Casting
Charlie Picerni - Stunts Coordinator

Awards for Die Hard

Best Editing (nom) Frank J. Urioste 1988 Academy
Best Editing (nom) John F. Link 1988 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Richard Overton 1988 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Don Bassman 1988 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Al Overton 1988 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Kevin F. Cleary 1988 Academy
Best Sound Effects (nom) Stephen Flick 1988 Academy
Best Sound Effects (nom) Richard Shorr 1988 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) Boates, Brent 1988 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) Al di Sarro 1988 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) Morris, Thaine 1988 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) Richard Edlund 1988 Academy

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