Die Hard (1988 film)

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1988 action film American film Christmas film thriller film

Die Hard (1988 film) is a landmark 1980s action movie starring Bruce Willis as NYPD officer John McClane, who battles terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper and helped redefine the modern action genre.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	1988 action film ⓘ American film ⓘ Christmas film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial	Roderick Thorp ⓘ
basedOn	Nothing Lasts Forever ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossUSD	140000000 ⓘ
budgetUSD	28000000 ⓘ
character	Hans Gruber ⓘ Holly Gennaro McClane ⓘ John McClane ⓘ Karl ⓘ Sgt. Al Powell ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Jan de Bont ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	John McTiernan ⓘ
distributor	20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy	Frank J. Urioste ⓘ John F. Link ⓘ
filmSeries	Die Hard (film series) ⓘ
followedBy	Die Hard 2 ⓘ
genre	Christmas ⓘ action ⓘ thriller ⓘ
musicBy	Michael Kamen ⓘ
narrativeFocus	hostage situation in skyscraper ⓘ
notableFor	introducing John McClane character ⓘ redefining modern action genre ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	Charles Gordon ⓘ Joel Silver ⓘ Lawrence Gordon ⓘ
productionCompany	Gordon Company ⓘ Silver Pictures ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	NYPD officer ⓘ
ratingMPAA	R ⓘ
releaseDate	1988-07-15 ⓘ
releaseYear	1988 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	132 ⓘ
screenwriter	J.E.B. Stuart ⓘ surface form: Jeb Stuart Steven E. de Souza ⓘ
setInLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ Nakatomi Plaza ⓘ
settingTimePeriod	Christmas Eve ⓘ
starring	Alan Rickman ⓘ Alexander Godunov ⓘ Bonnie Bedelia ⓘ Bruce Willis ⓘ Reginald VelJohnson ⓘ
villainAffiliation	German terrorists posing as thieves ⓘ

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