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McClane embracing Holly after Gruber falls to his death was shot four times because Bruce Willis kep [...]	D
Clint Eastwood, Frank Sinatra, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Richard Gere, Harrison Ford, Sylvester Sta [...]	D
The helicopter flying around the building near the end of the film took six months of preparation, a [...]	D
During the scene when Sgt. Powell is in the lobby the football match being played on TV is between S [...]	D
According to Hans Buhringer (Fritz), Alan Rickman did an excellent German accent and meticulously re [...]	D
The character of John McClane had not been fully realized until almost half way through production w [...]	D
Linda Hamilton, Glenn Close, Geena Davis, Debra Winger, Meryl Streep, Michelle Pfeiffer, Goldie Hawn [...]	D
In Spain, the title was translated into "Crystal Jungle." In French, it was "PiÃ¨ge de cristal". I [...]	D
Jack Lemmon lobbied hard for the role of John McClane but producers said he was just too darn old.	D
The main character in the book "Nothing Lasts Forever", on which the movie is based, carries a Brown [...]	D
In the spring of 1987, producer Joel Silver and director John McTiernan attended a performance of th [...]	D
At the suggestion of director John McTiernan, Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode to Joy (Ninth Symphony, Fou [...]	D
The film ends with the song, "Let it Snow". The first sequel takes place almost entirely in the snow [...]	D
"It was important to set up this character, because he is the one victim of this story really," stat [...]	D
Richard Gere was considered for the role of John McClane, but turned it down. He later worked with B [...]	D
This film is unusual for action movies of the period in that the hero and villain never get into a f [...]	D
When first released, the Norwegian title for the movie was "Operasjon Skyskraper", which translate t [...]	D
According to John McTiernan, just the armored trucked knocking over the railing in front of Fox Towe [...]	D
The Nakatomi Plaza's vault is supposed to hold, among other pieces of art, the Edgar Degas painting [...]	D
The LAPD officer who gives medical attention to Sergeant Powell, following his car being shot up, is [...]	D
After John has put the chain around Karl's neck and sent him crashing into the wall he sits down wit [...]	D
The movie title in Portugal is "Assalto ao Arranha-CÃ©us" which translates into "Skyscraper Heist"	D
The bridge shown in Takagi's office is a work of Frank Lloyd Wright for the Bay Area in 1949.	D
The Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian translation of the title is "Umri Muski" ("Die Like a True Man"; l [...]	D
Richard Gere, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood, [...]	D
In 2007, Bruce Willis donated John McClane's undershirt to the Smithsonian Museum.	D
In an article for the 30th anniversary of the film, Bonnie Bedelia stated that the first thing she t [...]	D
EASTER EGG: On Disc 2 of the 2-Disc DVD (the Special Features Disc), from the first selection of the [...]	D
After seeing the movie Dragster: vivere a 300 all'ora (1983), Bruce Willis loved Bonnie Bedelia's pe [...]	D
This movie, set during Christmas time in Los Angeles, has the lead thief named Hans Gruber. The Chri [...]	D
The music cue when Powell shoots Karl at the end of the film was actually an unused track from James [...]	D
Besides being only a TV star at the time and barely being considered for the role of John McClane, B [...]	D
Bruce Willis wasn't very popular when the film launched which is why his face was partially obscured [...]	D
The costume department had 17 undershirts in various stages of degradation on hand for Bruce Willis.	D
Much of the script was improvised due to the constant screenplay tweaks that were being made during [...]	D
Alan Rickman nearly passed up the role of Hans Gruber, which ended up being his first film role. He [...]	D
In the novel which this film is based upon, 'Nothing Lasts Forever' the hero, Joe Leland, kills the [...]	D
The addresses and phone numbers depicted on the LAPD dispatch's computer for the Nakatomi plaza mana [...]	D
Many believe Uli only said one line in the movie ("Move it!!! Come on!") to the hostages, but he als [...]	D
Each film in the Die Hard series contains a key scene involving an elevator.	D
When Powell circles the Nakatomi parking lot, McClane looks on, saying "Who's driving this car, Stev [...]	D
Clint Eastwood originally owned the rights to the novel "Nothing Lasts Forever" on which the film is [...]	D
After Hans shoots Takagi, Karl hands a dollar bill to a surprised looking Theo. This was an act impr [...]	D
The fireball in the elevator shaft was shot with real pyrotechnics using a miniature shaft; the came [...]	D
When McClane is speaking with Gruber, who is impersonating Bill Clay, there is an office directory b [...]	D
Roger Ebert was one of the few critics to give this a negative review. The main reason he did this w [...]	D
When the police dispatcher tells Sergeant Powell to investigate the Nakatomi building, she tells him [...]	D
The film started shooting with an incomplete script, as the ending had not been finalized by the tim [...]	D
Bruce Willis improvised the "Hi, honey" at the end of the film when Hans is holding Holly hostage.	D
After the recent success of Arma letale (1987), producer Joel Silver approached Richard Donner to di [...]	D
John McTiernan turned the script down several times. He felt it was a nasty piece of work, especiall [...]	D
Bruce Willis suffered permanent hearing loss while 'shooting', no pun intended, a scene in the Nakat [...]	D
Hans Gruber references Rambo's name when talking to McClane the first time on the radio and finding [...]	D
Karl makes the first kill and is the last one to be killed.	D
Bruce Willis took the role of John McClane after it had been turned down by Robert De Niro. Willis h [...]	D
During the scene where Hans Gruber is offered a cigarette by John McClane, he holds the cigarette as [...]	D
The German that the terrorists speak is sometimes grammatically incorrect. In the German version of [...]	D
That really is Bruce Willis riding on top of the elevator.	D
Al Leong (Uli) improvised the scene where he's eating a Crunch bar and a Mars Bar a few moments befo [...]	D
William Atherton claims he himself came up with Thornburg's line, "Tell me you got that."	D
Near the end of the film, Hans Gruber mocks John McClane by saying that the conflict wouldn't end li [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...]	D
Bruce Willis was mainly known for playing a comedic role on Moonlighting (1985) at the time, so when [...]	D
The body count is 18 in this film compared to 164 in 58 minuti per morire - Die Harder (1990).	D
Four of the actors who were considered to be John McClane later appeared in the Expendables films wh [...]	D
Charles Bronson was considered for the role of John McClane but he was under contract with The Canno [...]	D
Bruce Willis' exhaustion from his schedule (he was also shooting Moonlighting (1985)) forced Steven [...]	D
The shot panning down from the top of Nakatomi Plaza's destroyed roof to the action on the ground wa [...]	D
The couple hooking up in the beginning are still together in the end.	D
On the Blu-ray Disc commentary, production designer Jackson De Govia notes the company name on the t [...]	D
To properly expose the city lights as seen through the building's windows, the lighting levels on th [...]	D
In a 1963 episode of Combat! (1962), Hans Gruber is the name of Combat!: The Sniper (1963). He was p [...]	D
Clarence Gilyard Jr. and Grand L. Bush, actors in this perennial Christmas action favorite, are both [...]	D
The second movie that Alexander Godunov starred in that ends with Ludwig van Beethoven's "Ode to Joy [...]	D
The music being played at the corporate gathering at the beginning of the film is from the first mov [...]	D
In the scene where Argyle knocks out Theo, De'voreaux White actually punched Clarence Gilyard Jr. in [...]	D
"See if there's a black and white that can do a drive-by," a line delivered by the female dispatcher [...]	D
Only a couple of the actors who played the German terrorists were actually German and only a couple [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
In the script, John McClane is a "tough-as-nails New York cop" , but John McTiernan and Bruce Willis [...]	D
Another frequently-seen weapon in the film is the Heckler & Koch HK94s chopped and converted to look [...]	D
Reginald VelJohnson was not the first choice to play Sgt Al Powell. Gene Hackman turn down the role.	D
There is no such thing as the "Helsinki Syndrome". What Dr. Hasseldorf describes is actually the "St [...]	D
For Franco's (Bruno Doyon) death scene when he is shot in the kneecaps and falls through the glass, [...]	D
John McTiernan had tried to previously shoot Predator (1987) in anamorphic lenses but was turned dow [...]	D
Due to the tourist interest in the Fox Plaza building in Los Angeles, people are now forbidden from [...]	D
While making this film, cinematographer Jan de Bont got trapped in a elevator. This later gave him t [...]	D
A "code 2" police call means it is an urgent call. One does not just "swing by" to check it out, as [...]	D
The character name of Hans Gruber has also been portrayed by Robert Maaser in The Match - La grande [...]	D
Was selected for preservation in the National film registry by the Library of Congress in 2017 for b [...]	D
Bruce Willis said Cybill Shepherd's pregnancy during the fourth season of Moonlighting (1985) forced [...]	D
For Fritz's death scene, Hans Buhringer wasn't called in that day of filming, as the filmmakers were [...]	D
The centerfold that John McClane sees and ultimately uses as a point of reference while navigating h [...]	D
Alan Rickman had been an accomplished TV and theater star but had never been a part of a film before [...]	D
The Hungarian title is "Give your life expensive", the title of the sequel is "Your life is even mor [...]	D
John McTiernan brought Jan de Bont in as cinematographer because of his work with Paul Verhoeven. Mc [...]	D
The scene where Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman meet up was unrehearsed to create a greater feeling of [...]	D
The character of Hans Gruber is rumored to be based on author Roderick Thorp's father, a known tyran [...]	D
For the shot where Hans Gruber falls from the top of the building, Alan Rickman was really dropped 4 [...]	D
Originally, in Jeb Stuart's script, the character of John McClane was supposed to be yet another 198 [...]	D
The entire Nakatomi building was supposed to be managed by a supercomputer and the scenes where McCl [...]	D
Hart Bochner, who plays Harry Ellis, is the son of actor Lloyd Bochner, who co-starred with Frank Si [...]	D
The original release poster for the film did not feature Bruce Willis' likeness, just the building ( [...]	D
The fictional Nakatomi Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Studios, so the studio could use on [...]	D
Jeb Stuart was given the task of adapting Roderick Thorp's book "Nothing Lasts Forever," and had som [...]	D
Though Heinrich is supposedly German, the cigarettes John McClane picks up in his pockets are French [...]	D
In the "Making of" featurette for Die Hard - Duri a morire (1995), Reginald VelJohnson said that aft [...]	D
Paul Verhoeven declined the opportunity to direct this film. He directed Atto di forza (1990) which [...]	D
Al Pacino was considered for the role of John McClane, but turned it down.	D
Sam Neill turned down the role of Hans Gruber.	D
Don Johnson and Richard Dean Anderson, both established action stars in television, were considered [...]	D
Kirstie Alley was considered for the role of Holly Gennaro-McClane. But the producer of Cin cin (198 [...]	D
It is often said that Bruce Willis's lines during the scene when he pulls the glass out of his feet [...]	D
Although Run-D.M.C.'s "Christmas in Hollis" appears in the movie, it was not included on the Michael [...]	D
In the original script, as in the original novel, the action took place over three days. But John Mc [...]	D
The movie's iconic line: "Yippie-Ki-Yay, Motherfucker!" almost came out differently. According to va [...]	D
In Finnish the movie title is "Die Hard -vain kuolleen ruumini yli" (literally translated: only over [...]	D
There has been a lot of talk about a deleted scene, in which Argyle (the limo driver) veered into th [...]	D
The opening scene is actually filmed on an airplane that is being towed around in circles.	D
The line "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!" is used in the other four Die Hard movies: 58 minuti per mor [...]	D
The scene where McClane falls down a shaft was a mistake by the stuntman, who was supposed to grab t [...]	D
At 131 minutes this is the longest Die Hard movie.	D
Back when the film was going to be a direct adaption of Roderick Thorp's novel Nothing Lasts Forever [...]	D
In a 2014 article at Grantland that named Bruce Willis as the holder of the "Action Hero Championshi [...]	D
Jackson De Govia's favorite moment is near the end when the elevator explodes for no discernible rea [...]	D
When the bomb in the elevator shaft blows out the side of the building, the effect was accomplished [...]	D
The original script called for terrorists to hijack the building, and for a super-hero cop to stop t [...]	D
The Fox Plaza is represented three-dimensionally in Google Earth in "3D Buildings" mode.	D
Mary Ellen Trainor reprises her role of news reporter Gail Wallens in Verdetto finale (1991), also p [...]	D
Rick Ducommun, who plays the worker in man hole who radios to shut the power down also played the ma [...]	D
Hans Gruber was also the name of an adversary in Il nostro agente Flint (1966) with James Coburn.	D
The thieves' plan to escape in an ambulance was taken from The Spirit (1987), which co-screenwriter [...]	D
On-screen body count: 21. These include (in order) both Nakatomi security guards, Takagi, Tony, Hein [...]	D
In the German version the names and backgrounds of the German-born terrorists were changed into Engl [...]	D
Of the thirteen members of Hans Gruber's gang, only Theo and Kristoff survive. They are also the onl [...]	D
Michael Madsen was considered for the role of John McClane.	D
The office interiors were designed to resemble Fallingwater, a house designed by architect Frank Llo [...]	D
In the making-of featurette, director John McTiernan revealed that a majority of the exterior shots [...]	D
Hart Bochner's line "Hans... Bubby!" was ad-libbed. Alan Rickman's quizzical reaction was genuine.	D
After the release of the film, movie studio executives were keen to copy the movie's formula of one [...]	D
Bruce Willis observed in an interview that many of the real police officers he met with to help prep [...]	D
On Alan Rickman's first day of shooting, he filmed the scene where Hans Gruber first runs into John [...]	D
The main divide on the eternal question of whether this film is a Christmas movie or not from the fi [...]	D
The scene in which Gruber and McClane meet was inserted into the script after Alan Rickman (Hans Gru [...]	D
There are two references to the Japanese naval attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The first [...]	D
When John McClane runs through the glass shards in his 'bare' feet after Hans has his men shoot out [...]	D
The firearms used in the film are, as in most action films, real firearms modified to function with [...]	D
Pacific Courier, the name and logo on the side of the truck carrying the terrorists, means "messenge [...]	D
When Ellis meets with Gruber, Karl can be seen pouring Ellis a glass of Coca-Cola. This is most like [...]	D
The thirtieth floor of the Nakatomi building, the floor where the party is being held, particularly [...]	D
A painted backing wrapped around the 34th floor set to create outside L.A. It was 380 feet long and [...]	D
Deputy Chief Robinson says that John McClane (Bruce Willis) "could be a fucking bartender for all we [...]	D
Bruce Willis admits he still gets squeamish whenever he sees the part where his character pulls glas [...]	D
Bruce Willis's favorite role has always been John McClane.	D
The teddy bear John McClane carries on the plane in the opening scenes is the same one Jack Ryan car [...]	D
Paul Gleason and producer Joel Silver have both worked with the late writer-director John Hughes. Hu [...]	D
John McTiernan did not want the villains to be terrorists, considering them too mean. He chose to av [...]	D
When the film was released on the big screen in New Zealand, it was given the R16 rating. The rating [...]	D
When McClane and Takagi first meet, Takagi tells John McClane, "Pearl Harbor didn't work out, so we [...]	D
There are two FBI Agent Johnsons and a Harvey Johnson who were characters in the film. This is an in [...]	D
Also known as one of the top beloved Christmas movies of all time.	D
The scene where John McClane tries to smash the window with a chair in order to get the attention of [...]	D
Fox Plaza, which serves as Nakatomi Plaza, can be seen in an earlier state of construction in Bruce [...]	D
Ironically, Bruce Willis, sneered at for being an all-American hero by the head German terrorist, is [...]	D
When asked how he's doing while repairing his bleeding feet, John McClane responds with: "All things [...]	D
Diana James who played the dispatch supervisor in the film appeared in 58 minuti per morire - Die Ha [...]	D
Powell's revolver is the Smith & Wesson Model 15 which was the standard sidearm of the LAPD from 197 [...]	D
The bags carried by the terrorists are Pro Shooters Range Bags made by Eagle Industries. They are we [...]	D
Several people involved with this movie have also worked on the Ghostbusters movies. William Atherto [...]	D
In an early scene, Ellis encourages Holly to show John "the watch", a Rolex that was given to her. L [...]	D
The main differences between the book and the movie are that in the book, the main character Joe Lel [...]	D
As in the film, Reginald VelJohnson didn't meet Bruce Willis until the end of the movie.	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
The late Carl Schenkel was first attached to direct because of his work on Out of order - Fuori serv [...]	D
When talking to Powell on CB, McClane tells him, "They have missiles, automatic weapons and enough p [...]	D
The building has ties to the nighttime plaza scene from 1999: conquista della Terra (1972). Century [...]	D
Tom Berenger turned down the role of John McClane.	D
When McClane meets Hans for the first time was improvised. Alan Rickman does his best American accen [...]	D
The Nakotomi logo was designed by Jackson De Govia, and the first concept was a little too swastika- [...]	D
Why Nakatomi holds bearer bonds has been a debated issue with the bonds in question having been issu [...]	D
In an interview on Entertainment Tonight: Iconic TV Dads Week - Day 2 (2022) of Entertainment Tonigh [...]	D
One of the more unusual weapons (for the time) that Karl uses in the film is an Austrian made Steyr [...]	D
Bruce Willis eventually worked with some of the actors who were considered for his role as John McCl [...]	D
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore tied the knot at the Golden Nugget hotel in Las Vegas during this shoot, [...]	D
Fox Plaza, the building used in the movie, was the last major project to come from the firm of noted [...]	D
Before reporter Richard Thornburg hears Sergeant Powell's call for backup over the radio, he is disc [...]	D
George Takei wanted to play Takagi, and John McTiernan really wanted to cast him, but Takei's agent [...]	D
Nick Nolte was the first one to turn down the lead.	D
Of the thirteen thieves, only five of them are German: Hans, Karl, Tony, James, and Alexander.	D
The sequence where McClane jumps off the building using a fire hose, which then comes off the wall c [...]	D
John McTiernan was never fully satisfied with Alan Rickman's American accent in the scenes where Han [...]	D
Bruce Willis received a then-unheard of $5 million fee, which was approved by Fox President Rupert M [...]	D
On the director's commentary track, John McTiernan stated that Betty Carvalho was actually an Italia [...]	D
Robert Davi played a villain and Grand L. Bush played an ally in a Timothy Dalton outing as James Bo [...]	D
The Roderick Thorp book "Nothing Lasts Forever," which serves as the basis for this movie, was a seq [...]	D
John McTiernan had Grand L. Bush as FBI Agent Johnson (an African American) say the line, "No relati [...]	D
Director John McTiernan found it necessary to cut away from Hans Gruber's face whenever he fired a g [...]	D
John Travolta was considered for the role of John McClane. But 20th Century Fox wouldn't allow it, b [...]	D
"Bruce is most endearing when he's being a smart-a*s. That's the essence of his stardom is somebody' [...]	D
The news network KFLW is a fictional network, the FLW stands for Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous archit [...]	D
In the German dub for the film, the terrorists are all given English names.	D
20th Century Fox formally admitted that this film is a Christmas movie after stating that, "it's the [...]	D

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