Die Hard

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. Die Hard is a 1988 American English-language Action Thriller motion picture starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald Veljohnson, Paul Gleason and T.j. Jones. The movie is based on Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. Die Hard was Produced by Joel Silver and Lawrence Gordon. Die Hard is written by Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart and Steven E De Souza and it is directed by John Mctiernan. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Die Hard was released on 20th July 1988 and takes a screen time of 132 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Die Hard was made on a budget of $28 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $141 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. Cinematography was done by Jan de Bont and editing by Frank J. Urioste and John F. Link. The music was composed by Michael Kamen.