Die Hard: Book vs. Movie
John McTiernan’s 1988 film Die Hard is adapted from Roderick Thorp’s 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever. Both center on a lone lawman fighting hostage-takers inside a Los Angeles skyscraper.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Roderick Thorp
- Year
- 1979
- Pages
- 188Buy book
- Series
- Die Hard, book 1
Retired New York detective Joe Leland travels to Los Angeles to visit his estranged daughter at the headquarters of the oil company where she works. When armed terrorists seize the skyscraper during a Christmas party, Leland is trapped above them and wages a solitary fight through the building while the hostages, including his daughter, remain in danger.
- Director
- John McTiernan
- Writer
- Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 2 hr 11 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia
- Genre
- action, action thriller, Christmas, heist
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
New York police officer John McClane arrives in Los Angeles hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly, at her company’s Christmas party. When Hans Gruber and his armed crew seize the skyscraper, McClane escapes detection and fights them floor by floor while the hostages remain trapped inside.
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