Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)

Director:

John McTiernan

Writers (WGA):

Jonathan Hensleigh (written by)
Roderick Thorp (certain original characters)

Release Date:

19 May 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Think fast. Look alive. Die hard.

Plot:

John McClane and a store owner must play a bomber's deadly game as they race around New York while trying to stop him.

Plot Keywords:

Bomb | Subway Station | Gold | Subway | Police

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	John McClane
Jeremy Irons	...	Simon Gruber
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Zeus Carver
Graham Greene	...	Joe Lambert
Colleen Camp	...	Connie Kowalski
Larry Bryggman	...	Insp. Walter Cobb
Anthony Peck	...	Ricky Walsh
Nicholas Wyman	...	Mathias Targo (as Nick Wyman)
Sam Phillips	...	Katya
Kevin Chamberlin	...	Charles Weiss
Sharon Washington	...	Officer Jane
Stephen Pearlman	...	Dr. Fred Schiller
Michael Alexander Jackson	...	Dexter
Aldis Hodge	...	Raymond
Mischa Hausserman	...	Mischa

Also Known As:

Die Hard 3
Die Hard New York (USA) (working title)
Simon Says (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and pervasive strong language.

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Romanian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | USA:R (certificate #33828) | Finland:K-15 (DVD version) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Malaysia:18SG (DVD) | Malaysia:(Banned) (theatrical) | Brazil:14 | South Africa:16LV | France:U | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Canada:18A | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (cut)

Filming Locations:

72nd Street, Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

Trivia:

During its Pay Per View run in 1996, a bonus featurette followed the presentation of the movie which included footage of some scenes with additional dialogue such as the scene in the Federal Reserve Bank where Felix Little asks "You're in the flower business, Mr. Vanderflug?" and added is Simon replying "It's Vanderfluge, it rhymes with tulip." explaining why Felix pronounces the name correctly from that point on. This featurette is not included in the Special Edition DVD.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt taxi driver, not McClane.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Inspector Cobb: Alan, Bomb Squad, Special Services, State Police and the F.B.I. Lt. Jurgensen, you, Plummer, I want you to go to St. John's Emergency in case we got any walk-ins from the street. Kramer, get the City Engineer. I got to find out our damage report.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

This Die Hard is the fastest moving of the trilogy.

I like this one about as much as I like the first one. The first one had a better plot and was more tense, but this one moves at a very fast rate and it seems like it is over before it begins. A vast improvement over part two, this movie once again finds McClane in the middle of an emergency situation. This time, unlike part two, though it is very reasonable that he is involved as Irons character is the brother of the lead villain of the first Die Hard. Throw in a very funny Samuel L Jacksoncharacter and you have the makings of a great film action wise andcomedy wise too. This one centers around a mad bomber, threatening to blow up several places including a school if officer McClane does not play the game. McClane must do whatever the bomber says and boy does the bomber do a lot to get our hero down. Great action is a given as our hero desperately must try to find the bombs. Multiple car scenes a cool scene on a boat, and loads and loads of gold thrown in for an exciting ride. Irons is great as the villain, as was Rickman in the first one. Truly this is one fast moving ride that will keep you well entertained throughout.