Die hard

Resource Information

The work Die hard represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library. 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

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

Subject

• Films for the hearing impaired
• Adventure -- Feature
• Adventure films
• California -- Los Angeles
• Detective and mystery plays
• Detective and mystery plays
• Detective and mystery plays
• Detective and mystery plays
• Detectives -- Drama
• Detectives -- Drama
• Die Hard films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Action and adventure films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Heroes and heroines -- Drama
• Heroes and heroines -- Drama
• Hostages
• Hostages -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Hostages -- Drama
• Hostages -- Drama
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama
• Police -- Feature
• Policía -- Teatro
• Rehenes -- Teatro
• Suspense films
• Terrorismo -- Teatro
• Terrorists
• Terrorists -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Terrorists -- Drama
• Terrorists -- Drama
• Thriller -- Feature
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Adventure
• Adventure films
• Detective and mystery plays
• Die Hard films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Police
• Suspense films
• Teatro
• Thriller
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Action and adventure films

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

Member of

• Spotlight series (Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment)

Cataloging source

TDS

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Jan De Bont ; film editors, Frank J. Urioste and John F. Link ; music by Michael Kamen

Dewey number

791.43/72

Language note

Soundtrack in English or French with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; open captioned in English

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.D54 2007

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

132

Series statement

Spotlight series

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action