Part Two Of My Review Of The Kick Ass Action Thriller, Die Hard With A Vengeance(1995) Starring Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp, Larry Bryggman, And Anthony Peck. Directed By John McTiernan.
Trivia
# Although he wasn't hired for the film, Alan Rickman is still credited as playing Hans Gruber (in McClane's flashback).
# During its Pay Per View run in 1996, a bonus featurette followed the presentation of the movie which included footage of some scenes with additional dialogue such as the scene in the Federal Reserve Bank where Felix Little asks "You're in the flower business, Mr. Vanderflug?" and added is Simon replying "It's Vanderfluge, it rhymes with tulip." explaining why Felix pronounces the name correctly from that point on. This featurette is not included in the Special Edition DVD.
# The park on top of the Wall Street station in the film was a vacant lot that was made into a park for the film. It was turned back into a vacant lot after filming was completed.
# When Simon, posing as the city engineer, meets Ricky Walsh, you can see a blurry but visible red sign on the building in the background. This is the Home Insurance Company building and that company purchased the red cover so that it would be seen in the movie as they felt that the original bronze signage would not be visible.
# Laurence Fishburne was the original choice to play Zeus Carver, but turned down the part. When he reconsidered the decision, Samuel L. Jackson was already cast.
# In the DVD commentary, Jonathan Hensleigh says that the first hour of the film is his original "Simon Says" script word for word. He only changed the characters from the script, so that it would actually feel a part of the "Die Hard" series.
# The film was shot under the working title "Die Hard: New York."
# Samuel L. Jackson's look in the film was Jackson's idea after he'd done extensive research on his character by studying books on Malcolm X.
# Jonathan Hensleigh was actually detained by the FBI after completing the script for the film because he knew extensive information about the Federal Gold Reserve in Downtown Manhattan. Hensleigh stated that he got all the information from an article written in the New York Times.
# Sam Phillips, in real life a pop singer, was invited to test for the role based upon a photo from one of her CD covers.
# The bridge from which McClane and Zeus jump to the container ship in the harbor is the Cooper River Bridge that connects Charleston and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. A new bridge opened in July 2005, and the two pre-existing bridges that have long been a symbol of Charleston will be removed. Much of the film was shot in the Charleston area, including the subway station which was built on a stage in Mount Pleasant. The Cooper River Bridge scenes were set on an unnamed bridge near Bridgeport, CT, on Long Island Sound.
# As in the previous Die Hard (1988), the German spoken in this movie is mostly grammatically incorrect. A few lines are so wrong that they have to be considered gibberish (most notably the exchange of the fake cops, who are given the briefcase bomb by Zeus (Samuel L. Jackson)). In the German release, however, all of the lines that were German in the original movie are grammatically correct, fitting the context and some of the terrorists even have an East German accent.
# The Russian title for "Die Hard" in the first 3 movies is, "A Hard Nut to Crack".
# The R2 DVD was originally released with a TV-like edit with all swearing removed and key scenes like the elevator gunfight cut out. The DVDs were all recalled then released as the original edit.
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ijakings 1 year ago
@ijakings And u r and idiot who can't speak proper language. Shut the fuck up.
OcpCommunications 1 year ago