Die Hard (1988)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Released: 7/15/1988
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: John McTiernan
Writer: Steven E. de Souza, Jeb Stuart
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov
Domestic Gross: $83,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $140,800,000
Synopsis: Bruce Willi stars as New York City Detective John McClane, newly arrived in Los Angeles to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia). But as Mclane waits for his wife's office party to break up, terrorist take control of the building. While the terrorist leader, Hans gruber (Alexander Godunov) round up hostages, McClane slips away unnoticed. Armed with only a service revolver and his cunning, McClane launches his own one-man war. A crackling thriller from beginning to end, Die Hard explodes with heart-stopping suspense.