Cinema Zone-Die Hard(1988) 2/3

Part Two Of My Review Of The Action Blockbuster, Die Hard(1988) Starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, De'voreaux White, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, And Alexander Goudonov. Directed By John McTiernan.

Trivia

# Bruce Willis received a then unheard of $5 million, a fee that was OK'd by Rupert Murdoch. Bruce and Demi Moore tied the knot at the Golden Nugget hotel in Las Vegas during this shoot, Moore having recently broken her engagement to actor Emilio Estevez. Little Richard presided over the ceremony and former brat packer Ally Sheedy was a bridesmaid.

# Anthony Peck plays 'Young Cop' in this film ("Something about a double-cross"). He later plays the cop 'Ricky Walsh' in the second sequel, Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995).

# Richard Gere was considered for the role of John McClane.

# Don Johnson and Richard Dean Anderson, both established action stars in television, were considered for the role of John McClane.

# The scene where McClane falls down a shaft was a mistake by the stuntman, who was supposed to grab the first vent, as it originally was planned. He slipped and continued to fall, but the shot was used anyway; it was edited together with one where McClane grabs the next vent down as he falls.

# Director Trademark: [John McTiernan] [teddy bear] McClane has a teddy bear for his family. Jack Ryan takes a teddy bear home with him at the end of The Hunt for Red October (1990) (it's the same bear).

# Director John McTiernan found it necessary to smash cut away from Hans Gruber's face whenever he fired a gun, because of Alan Rickman's uncontrollable habit of flinching from the noise and muzzle flash. If you look at Rickman's face when he shoots Takagi, you can see him wincing.

# It is often said that Bruce Willis's lines during the scene when he pulls the glass out of his feet were ad-libbed. Indeed, it is said that upon learning this, Terry Gilliam cast Willis as the lead in Twelve Monkeys (1995). However when comparing the original script, it appears that Willis only veered very slightly from the original written dialog.

# Due to the tourist interest in the Fox Plaza building in L.A., people are now forbidden from taking photos outside the building.

# The building used in the movie was designed by William L. Pereira, and was one of his last projects before his death in 1985.

# The odd looking gun that Karl uses in the film is a Steyr AUG, an Austrian made assault rifle.

# Bruce Willis was the fifth choice for the main character. It originally went to Arnold Schwarzenegger, then Sylvester Stallone, then Burt Reynolds, then Richard Gere before Willis got it.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Die Hard
• Movie Review
• Bruce Willis
• Alan Rickman
• Bonnie Bedelia
• Reginald VelJohnson
• Paul Gleason
• De'voreaux White
• William Atherton
• Hart Bochner
• Alexander Goudonov
• John McTiernan
• 80's
• Action Movie

[bubbaali021]

on the episode of family guy they used a clip from die hard

[OcpCommunications]

Yeah. I Saw That Recently..Brian Was In It Ad Libbing..

[wildmanbeyond]

"Make fist with your toes" to conquer your fear of flying.

[turboranger16]

just awsome reivew ocp never dies!