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Release Date

July 15, 1988

Runtime

132 minutes

Director

John McTiernan

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New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages -- but him.

Writers

Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza, Roderick Thorp

Franchise

Die Hard

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