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 | Drama | 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 | Subway Station | Police | Gold

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
Edwin Hodge	...	Dexter's Friend
Robert Sedgwick	...	Rolf (as Rob Sedgwick)
Tony Halme	...	Roman
Bill Christ	...	Ivan
Anthony Thomas	...	Gang Member #1
Glenn Herman	...	Gang Member #2
Kent Faulcon	...	Gang Member #3
Akili Prince	...	Gang Member #4
Ardie Fuqua	...	Gang Member #5
Mike Jefferson	...	Gang Member #6
Andre Ware	...	Gang Member #7 (as Frank Andre Ware)
Michael Lee Merrins	...	Van Driver
Birdie M. Hale	...	Harlem Woman
Daryl Edwards	...	Livery Driver
Barbara Hipkiss	...	Phone Woman
Aasif Mandvi	...	Arab Cabbie
William Kux	...	Businessman in Taxi (as Bill Kux)
Scott Nicholson	...	Transit Cop
Ralph Buckley	...	Businessman at Station
Charles Dumas	...	FBI Agent Andy Cross
Michael Cristofer	...	Bill Jarvis, from Another Organization
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney	...	Wanda Shepard
J.R. Horne	...	Sgt. John Turley
Michael Tadross	...	Greek Deli Proprietor
Elvis Duran	...	Radio D.J.
John McTiernan Sr.	...	Fisherman
Greg A. Skoric	...	Kurt
Sven Toorvald	...	Karl
Todd A. Langenfeld	...	Berndt
Timothy Adams	...	Gunther
John C. Vennema	...	Felix Little
Gerrit Vooren	...	Nils
Willis Sparks	...	Klaus
Tony Travis	...	Marshal #1
Danny Dutton	...	Marshal #2
James Saito	...	Korean Proprietor
Patrick Borriello	...	Kid #1
Víctor Rojas	...	Kid #2
Jeffrey Dreisbach	...	Yuppie Stockbroker
Joe Zaloom	...	Jerry Parks
John Doman	...	Foreman
Patricia Mauceri	...	Miss Thomas
Franchelle Stewart Dorn	...	Principal Martinez
Kharisma	...	Little Tina
Gerry Becker	...	Larry Griffith
Richard Council	...	Otto
John Robert Tillotson	...	Broker #2
Ray Aranha	...	Janitor (as Ray Arahna)
Phil Theis	...	Erik
Flip	...	Subway Man
Dory Binyon	...	Reporter
David Vitt	...	Kid at Gas Station
John Hoyt	...	Federal Reserve Guard #1 (as John Glenn Hoyt)
Bray Poor	...	Federal Reserve Guard #2
David P. Martin	...	Federal Reserve Guard #3
Shari-Lyn Safir	...	Secretary
Ivan Skoric	...	Villain A
Faisal Hassan	...	FBI Agent
Richard Russell Ramos	...	FBI Chief
Richard V. Allen	...	Chief Allen
Angela Amato	...	Cop #1
Shirley J. Hatcher	...	Cop #2
James Patrick Whalen Sr.	...	Fat Larry Lumis
Paul Simon	...	Man in Precinct
Carl Brewer	...	Helicopter Villain
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Altes	...	Gang Member #9 (uncredited)
Tony Brubaker	...	Man at Subway Station (uncredited)
Vernon Campbell	...	Large Gang Member (uncredited)
Dick Cheney	...	Police Official (uncredited)
Dick Durock	...	Man at Subway Station (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper	...	Woman at Subway Station (uncredited)
Anibal O. Lleras	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Michael Luggio	...	Teacher (uncredited)
Alan Rickman	...	Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don Vasicek	...	(uncredited)
Don Wallace	...	Gang Member #8 (uncredited)

Directed by
John McTiernan

Writing credits (WGA)
Jonathan Hensleigh		(written by)
Roderick Thorp		(certain original characters)

Produced by
Buzz Feitshans	....	executive producer
Robert Lawrence	....	executive producer
Robert H. Lemer	....	associate producer
John McTiernan	....	producer
Michael Tadross	....	producer
Andrew G. Vajna	....	executive producer
David Willis	....	co-producer
Carmine Zozzora	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Michael Kamen

Cinematography by
Peter Menzies Jr.		(director of photography) (as Peter Menzies)

Film Editing by
John Wright

Casting by
Pat McCorkle

Production Design by
Jackson De Govia		(as Jackson DeGovia)

Art Direction by
John R. Jensen
Woods Mackintosh

Set Decoration by
Leslie Bloom

Costume Design by
Joseph G. Aulisi

Makeup Department
Christina Bartolucci	....	makeup artist: Mr. Willis (as Cristina Bartolucci)
Verne Caruso	....	key hair stylist
Annie M. DeMille	....	hair stylist
Linda DeVetta	....	hair stylist: Mr. Irons (as Linda deVetta)
Linda DeVetta	....	makeup artist: Mr. Irons (as Linda deVetta)
Audree Futterman	....	hair stylist: Bruce Willis
Edward D.M. Jackson Jr.	....	makeup artist
Carol Meikle	....	hair stylist: Bruce Willis
Marilyn Peoples	....	key makeup artist
Pamela Priest	....	hair stylist: South Carolina
Cecilia Verardi	....	makeup artist: South Carolina

Production Management
George Manasse	....	unit production manager
Justin Moritt	....	production supervisor
John Stark	....	unit production manager
Michael Tadross	....	unit production manager
Charles Zalben	....	unit production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe Burns	....	second assistant director
T. Sean Ferguson	....	first assistant director: second unit
Susan E. Fiore	....	second second assistant director (as Susan Fiore)
Carl Goldstein	....	first assistant director
Terry Leonard	....	second unit director (as Terry J. Leonard)
Brian A. York	....	DGA trainee: second unit
Nicholas Wolfert	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Beverly Ballzigler	....	construction clerk: South Carolina
Robert Barnett	....	stand-by painter
Roland Brooks	....	paint supervisor
Kyung W. Chang	....	set designer
David Cooney	....	storyboard artist
Warren Drummond	....	storyboard artist: second unit
Anthony Dunne	....	construction coordinator: New York
Bruce J. Gfeller	....	construction coordinator: South Carolina (as Bruce Gfeller)
Richard Hebrank	....	key construction grip (as Rich Hebrank)
Bryan Lee	....	foreman: South Carolina
W. Scott Mason	....	foreman: South Carolina (as Scott Mason)
Kevin McCarthy	....	lead man (as Kevin B. McCarthy)
William F. McLaughlin	....	property assistant
Debbie Nolan	....	propmaker
John J. Passanante	....	stand-by painter: South Carolina
Ralph Peterson	....	general foreman: South Carolina
David Q. Quick	....	property assistant (as David Quick)
Carla Raij	....	assistant construction estimator
Mike Riley	....	labor foreman: South Carolina
Peter Rogness	....	assistant art director
Peter Rogness	....	set designer
Philip Saccio Jr.	....	property master: second unit (as Phil Saccio Jr.)
David B. Sharp	....	art director: South Carolina (as David Sharp)
Bob Shaw	....	set designer
Tommy 'Tom' Tomlinson	....	property master
Benjamin Whitehouse	....	construction accountant (as Benj Whitehouse)
Don Zappia	....	construction best boy grip
Sean Bernard	....	painter (uncredited)
John Blanchard	....	carpenter (uncredited)
John B. Clarey III	....	set construction (uncredited)
Daniel Dietrich	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Tim Eckel	....	set designer (uncredited)
Frank M. Fleming	....	lead man: South Carolina (uncredited)
George Harding III	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Lillian Heyward	....	signwriter foreman (uncredited)
Lindanne Lewis	....	set painter (uncredited)
Eric Luling	....	set dresser (uncredited)
John Peter Melendez	....	set dresser (uncredited)
John W. Morgan	....	plaster foreman (uncredited)
Scott P. Murphy	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
James Passanante	....	paint supervisor: South Carolina (uncredited)
Rosalie Russino	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Richard Salinas	....	set dresser (reshoot) (uncredited)
Michael Scarola	....	construction grip (uncredited)
Steve A. Stephenson	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Amy Taylor	....	painter (uncredited)
Michael A. Wells	....	construction foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bob Beemer	....	supervising rerecording mixer
Michael J. Benavente	....	sound editor
Joseph A. Brennan	....	re-recording engineer
Alan Bromberg	....	foley editor (as Allan Bromberg)
Mike Chock	....	sound editor
Matt Colleran	....	dubbing recordist
Ezra Dweck	....	sound effects recordist
Bryan Fowler	....	dubbing re-recordist
Rick Freeman	....	sound editor
Don Givens	....	foley recordist
Avram D. Gold	....	adr supervisor (as Avram Gold)
Mark Harris	....	dubbing re-recordist
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Daniel J. Leahy	....	rerecording mixer (as Daniel Leahy)
Patricio A. Libenson	....	sound editor (as Patricio Libenson)
Dennis Maitland	....	sound mixer (as Dennis Maitland Sr.)
Dennis Maitland II	....	sound boom
Kim Maitland	....	sound recordist
Mark A. Mangini	....	sound designer (as Mark Mangini)
Mark A. Mangini	....	sound supervisor (as Mark Mangini)
Michael Minkler	....	supervising rerecording mixer
Oscar Mitt	....	assistant sound editor
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist (as Chris Moriana)
Andrew Patterson	....	adr editor
Sonny Pettijohn	....	assistant sound editor
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist (as Eric 'Buzzy' Potter)
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Alexandra Root	....	assistant sound editor
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound editor (as Geoffrey Rubay)
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley editor
George Simpson	....	sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
David A. Whittaker	....	sound editor (as David Whittaker)
Paul J. Zydel	....	adr mixer (as Paul Zydel)
Donna Barrett	....	cable person (uncredited)
David Hewitt	....	audio truck engineer (uncredited)
Brooke Satrazemis	....	cable person (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Reva Alexander	....	special effects production assistant
Connie Brink	....	special effects coordinator (as Conrad F. Brink)
Phil Cory	....	special effects coordinator
Richard Cory	....	special effects
Dick Cross	....	special effects supervisor (as Richard Cross)
Gary Cruise	....	special effects
Al Griswold	....	special effects (as Albert Griswold)
Karyn Huston	....	special effects office coordinator
Harold McConnell Jr.	....	special effects
William H. Schirmer	....	special effects supervisor
Carla M. Schorr	....	special effects estimator
Paul Stewart	....	special effects
Ray Svedin	....	special effects
Michael A. Tice	....	special effects technician
Douglas Calli	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Terry Chapman	....	special effects (uncredited)
Mark Koivu	....	special effects engineer (uncredited)
Mitchell Medford	....	fabricator (uncredited)
Vincent Montefusco	....	special effects: 2nd unit-pyro consult/pt (uncredited)
Edward T. Reiff Jr.	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Martin Simon	....	pyrotechnician: reshoots (uncredited)
Bill Traynor	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Monica Anderson	....	effects editor: SPI
Scott E. Anderson	....	visual effects supervisor
Pam Auditore	....	digital animator: Mass Illusion
Judith Bell	....	digital artist: Pacific
Ron Brinkmann	....	computer graphics supervisor: SPI
Eric Calderon	....	motion control assistant: New York, Mass Illusion
Mageara Cameron	....	visual effects coordinator (as Margeara Cameron)
Don Canfield	....	motion control camera operator South Carolina, Mass Illusion
Alex Carone	....	production assistant: Mass Illusion
Jon Craig	....	assistant model shop supervisor: South Carolina
Art David	....	digital animator: Mass Illusion
Amy G. Davis	....	digital animator: Mass Illusion
Heather Davis	....	digital artist: SPI
Tim Douglas	....	digital artist: SPI
David Drzewiecki	....	effects director of photography: SPI
Leo Fernekes	....	motion control rigger: New York, Mass Illusion
Shoshana Fishbein	....	digital animator: Mass Illusion
Lisa Foster	....	digital artist: SPI
Julia Frey	....	visual effects producer: SPI
Joe Gareri	....	executive producer: Pacific
Allen Gonzales	....	digital matte work: Buena Vista
Joel Hynek	....	visual effects consultant: Mass Illusion
Lisa Kelly	....	digital effects coordinator: Pacific
Stephen Kennedy	....	digital artist: SPI (as Steve Kennedy)
Scott Kilburn	....	digital artist: SPI
Susan MacLeod	....	visual effects manager: Mass Illusion
M. Scott McKee	....	digital artist: SPI
Carrie Owens	....	assistant visual effects producer: Mass Illusion
Suzanne Pastor	....	production supervisor: SPI (as Suzzanne Pastor)
Diane Pearlman	....	visual effects producer: Mass Illusion
Winston Quitasol	....	digital compositor: Buena Vista
Kris Robinson	....	visual effects accountant: South Carolina
Olivier Sarda	....	digital artist: Pacific
Wally Schaab	....	special projects supervisor: Buena Vista
Jennifer Lee Scheer	....	digital effects coordinator: Pacific
David B. Sharp	....	visual effects art director
Nina Sloan	....	live action visual effects producer: New York, Mass Illusion
Carolyn Soper	....	visual effects producer: Buena Vista
David Sosalla	....	digital effects producer: Pacific
Serge Sretschinsky	....	digital visual effects supervisor
Serge Sretschinsky	....	software designer: Mass Illusion
John E. Sullivan	....	director of photography: Mass Illusion
John E. Sullivan	....	visual effects supervisor
Tim Teramoto	....	technical assistant: SPI
Kristen D. Trattner	....	digital artist: SPI
Bill Villareal	....	digital effects supervisor: Pacific
Peter Warner	....	digital artist: SPI
Luigi Warren	....	software engineer: SPI
Dennis Webb	....	film recording supervisor: SPI
Boyd Wold	....	motion control camera operator New York, Mass Illusion
Jennifer Wollan	....	visual effects editor: Mass Illusion
Juliette Yager	....	visual effects editor: Buena Vista
Lisa Yu	....	digital artist: Pacific
Erin Flynn	....	visual effects production assistant (uncredited)
Peter Gornstein	....	digital department assistant (uncredited)

Stunts
Danny Aiello III	....	stunts
Bobby Aldridge	....	stunts (as Bob Aldridge)
Bill Anagnos	....	stunts
Dana D. Bertolette	....	stunts
Matt Birman	....	stunts
Tony Lee Boggs	....	stunts (as Tony Boggs)
Brad Bovee	....	stunts
Chris Branham	....	stunts
Tony Brubaker	....	stunts
Peter Bucossi	....	stunts
Brian Burrows	....	stunts
Hal Burton	....	stunts
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts
John Cenatiempo	....	stunts
R.J. Chambers	....	stunts
David D. Darling	....	stunts (as David Darling)
Gary Dionne	....	stunts
Dick Durock	....	stunts
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts
Kurtis Epper	....	stunts
Frank Ferrara	....	stunts (as Frank Ferrara Sr.)
Ralph Ferrara	....	stunts
Dale Frye	....	stunts
Teri Garland	....	stunts
Steve Geray	....	stunts
Andree Gibbs	....	stunts
Debbie Greg	....	stunts
Bonnie Hock	....	stunts
Candy Hoskins	....	stunts
Shawn Howell	....	stunts
Terry Jackson	....	co-stunt coordinator
Terry Jackson	....	stunt double: Bruce Willis
Dean Jeffries	....	stunts
Keii Johnston	....	stunts
Malosi Leonard	....	stunts
Matt Leonard	....	stunts (as Matthew Leonard)
Terry Leonard	....	stunt coordinator (as Terry J. Leonard)
Jimmy Lewis Jr.	....	stunts (as Jim Lewis Jr.)
Dwayne McGee	....	stunts
Bobby McLaughlin	....	stunts (as Bobby T. McLauglin)
Bob Minor	....	stunts
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	stunts
Janet Paparazzo	....	stunts
Jeff Ramsey	....	stunts
Kerry Rossall	....	stunts
Michael Russo	....	stunts
John-Clay Scott	....	stunts
Walter Scott	....	stunts (as Walt Scott)
Gwynn Turnbull	....	stunts
Jeff Ward	....	stunts
Kym Washington	....	stunts
Richard Washington	....	stunts
William Washington	....	stunts
Deborah Watkins	....	stunts
Jim Wilkey	....	stunts
Gerard G. Williams	....	stunts
Danny Wong	....	stunts
Harry Wowchuk	....	stunts
Ray Abbott	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunts (uncredited)
Frank Ferrara Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gene Harrison	....	stunts (uncredited)
Cal Johnson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michael R. Long	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Meier	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ron Michaels	....	stunts (uncredited)
Brian Joseph Moore	....	stunt dive unit: Escondito (uncredited)
Myke Schwartz	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gregg Smrz	....	stunts (uncredited)
Shelby Swatek	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kerry Wallum	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Anderson	....	best boy electric (as Thomas M. Anderson)
Donald M. Angst	....	electrician
Arthur Blum	....	dolly grip
Ralph Brandofino	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Keith Bunting	....	grip
Denver John Collins	....	camera operator: second unit
Dan Cornwall	....	electrician
Craig DiBona	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Michael Finnerty	....	rigging key grip
Richie Ford	....	rigging gaffer
Jamie Gallagher	....	electrician
Dennis J. Lootens	....	rigging gaffer (as Dennis Joseph Lootens)
Matt Miller	....	rigging key grip
Richard Mosier	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Gary Muller	....	camera operator: second unit
Kevin Murphy	....	gaffer
Harrison Palmer	....	electrician
Ronald Plant	....	rigging key grip
Robert Presley	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Andrew Priestley	....	second assistant camera
Tom Priestley Jr.	....	director of photography: second unit
Scott Rathner	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Paul Wachter	....	best boy grip (as Paul Eric Wachter)
Barry Wetcher	....	still photographer
Tony Whitman	....	key grip
Eric Bartsch	....	second key grip (uncredited)
Jeffree Bloomer	....	electrician (uncredited)
David Canestro	....	best boy grip (uncredited)
Keith Davis	....	electrician (uncredited)
Michael Dhonau	....	grip (uncredited)
David Ellis	....	electrician (uncredited)
Buzz Feitshans IV	....	additional photographer (uncredited)
Buzz Feitshans IV	....	underwater photographer (uncredited)
Jerry Holway	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)
Todd Hotaling	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Rory Robert Knepp	....	first assistant camera: underwater unit (uncredited)
Richard H. Kryder	....	rigging electrician: re-shoots (uncredited)
Deborah Lipman	....	second assistant camera: additional unit (uncredited)
Kevin McKenna	....	video assist operator (uncredited)
Chris Rosen	....	electrician (uncredited)
Harold Skinner	....	electrician (uncredited)
Bob Williams	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Riccardo Bertoni	....	extras casting
Fleet Emerson	....	casting associate
Fleet Emerson	....	extras casting
Karen Gilman	....	casting assistant
Barbara Hipkiss	....	casting associate
Margaret Mullins	....	extras casting: South Carolina
Jeff Wickline	....	casting assistant
Jeff Wickline	....	extras casting: South Carolina
Melissa Biggs	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Susan Gish	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Len Hunt	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Cathy Pritchard	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Adkins	....	wardrobe supervisor
Lisa Emerson	....	additional wardrobe: South Carolina
Suzanne McCabe	....	assistant costume designer
Robert Musco	....	wardrobe supervisor
Lori Stilson	....	wardrobe: Mr. Willis
Missy West	....	additional wardrobe: South Carolina
Patrick Chevillot	....	assistant costume designer (uncredited)
Dorothy Masters	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
John Scott Cook	....	apprentice editor
Barbara Dunning	....	first assistant editor
Mark Herman	....	assistant editor
Kelly Irvine	....	lightworks assistant
Jeffrey L. Jamison	....	apprentice editor
Dennis McNeill	....	color timer (as Denny McNeill)
Colleen Sharp	....	assistant editor
Emily Wallin	....	lightworks assistant
Cort Wright	....	apprentice editor
Steve Bartlett	....	post-production (uncredited)

Music Department
Christopher Brooks	....	supervising music editor
Eric Harryman	....	music supervisor
Joel Iwataki	....	music mixer
Joel Iwataki	....	music recordist
Barry Levine	....	music supervisor
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music mixer (as Steve McLaughlin)
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music recordist (as Steve McLaughlin)
Eric Reasoner	....	music editor
David Sabee	....	orchestra contractor
Bruce Babcock	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Bruce Babcock	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Puff	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Gino Lucci	....	picture car coordinator
Ralph Lucci	....	picture car coordinator: second unit
Michael Luckeroth	....	transportation captain: Baltimore
Bob O'Neill	....	transportation co-captain
Columbo Saggese	....	picture cars east
Chris Summerell	....	shotmaker driver
D.R. Toney	....	transportation co-captain
James Patrick Whalen Jr.	....	transportation captain
Richard Curry	....	driver: Mr. Willis (uncredited)
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver (uncredited)
Greg Koronowicz	....	picture cars (uncredited)
Gerald Titus	....	driver (uncredited)
Robert Van Apeldoorn	....	transportation: South Carolina (uncredited)

Other crew
Sandra Mitchum Ballard	....	assistant production accountant: South Carolina
Eric R. Bellamy	....	assistant accountant
Brian Berkowitz	....	production assistant
David Bilson	....	pilot
B.J. Bjorkman	....	script supervisor: second unit
Joan G. Bostwick	....	production assistant (as Joan Bostwick)
Jane Bulmer	....	assistant: Andy Vajna
John W. Burn	....	marine coordinator: South Carolina
Francesco Caparotta	....	production assistant
Melissa Carter	....	production assistant: South Carolina (as Melissa J.T. Carter)
Christie Chaplin	....	production secretary: South Carolina
Lorrie J. Cole	....	production secretary: South Carolina
Scott Colomby	....	additional adr voice
Amy Comstock	....	auditor: Mass Illusion
Dino De Laurentiis	....	assistant: Buzz Feitshans
Kim Delgado	....	adr loop group
David Dreishpoon	....	craft service
Stephen J. Eads	....	assistant: Bruce Willis
Linda Videtti Figueiredo	....	assistant: John Mctiernan
David 'Flip' Filippi	....	production assistant
Jay Floyd	....	production assistant: Mass Illusion
Sarah Frank	....	production assistant
Kenneth Frith	....	set security
Julie Fusco	....	production assistant
Michael Gartland	....	pilot
John B. Griffin	....	location manager: South Carolina
Kenneth A. Hansen	....	location auditor
Georgia Hausserman	....	aviatrix (as Georgia Holzmann)
Mischa Hausserman	....	aerial coordinator
Mischa Hausserman	....	dialogue coach
Sandy Herbert	....	set medic: South Carolina
Dawn Higginbotham	....	set production assistant: New York
Jerome Holmes	....	assistant: Jeremy Irons
Keith Jernquist	....	projectionist
Randy Jurgenson	....	technical advisor
Louis Katz	....	set doctor (as Dr. Louis Katz)
Robert F. Kocourek	....	production accountant
Avi Korein	....	security: Mr. Willis
Julie Kuehndorf	....	unit publicist
Terry Ladin	....	production coordinator
Steve Lionetti	....	assistant: Buzz Feitshans
Melissa Logan	....	accounting production assistant
M.J. Magbanua	....	production secretary
Richard Mancuso	....	payroll
Douglas Martines	....	video
Ann Meceda	....	assistant: Andy Vajna
Jamie Miller	....	production assistant: Mass Illusion
Anne Mitchum	....	accounting assistant
A. Lee Morris	....	production assistant
Jim Norris	....	production assistant: South Carolina
Kimberly O'Quinn	....	location assistant: South Carolina
Ron B. Pierno	....	assistant: Michael Tadross
Michael Pitt	....	production assistant
Shirley Proctor	....	analyst: South Carolina
Andrea Rapke	....	production assistant
Dana Rebeiro	....	production assistant
Gregory Routt	....	location scout
Robin F. Samson	....	location scout
Jackie Short	....	assistant accountant
Peter Sobich Jr.	....	assistant production coordinator
Peter Soldo	....	set production assistant
Robin Squibb	....	script supervisor
Geoff Suddleson	....	production assistant
Blanche Sypher	....	craft service: South Carolina
Pamela Thur	....	location manager
Mark Van Holstein	....	location scout
Joe Violante	....	dailies advisor
Katreniah L. Washington	....	production secretary
Louise Weber	....	assistant: Bruce Willis
Lee Whitney	....	production assistant
Tripp Wier	....	production assistant
Shawn Wilson	....	accounting production assistant
Dolores K. Wood	....	production assistant: South Carolina (as Delores Wood)
Eric Yellin	....	production assistant
Joanna Zorick	....	data input
Anil Baral	....	production assistant: New York City (uncredited)
Denise A. Beale	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Terry Collis	....	production executive (uncredited)
Alex Corven Caronia	....	assistant location manager: second unit (uncredited)
David Fencl	....	armorer (uncredited)
Bruce Goldman	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Alan Jacques	....	projectionist (uncredited)
Christopher Kuder	....	assistant toolman (uncredited)
Lev Mailer	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Kory O'Donnell	....	production coordinator: re-shoots (uncredited)
Nelson Pereyra	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Todo Segalla	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Jon Shaw	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Phil Silver	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Joseph Stephans	....	location assistant: New York second unit (uncredited)
Rick Washburn	....	weapons coordinator: New York second unit (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Cinergi Pictures Entertainment
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Cinergi Pictures Entertainment (1995) (Non-USA) (all media) (through BVI)
• Laurenfilm (1995) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (1995) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (2-disc special edition)
• Cecchi Gori Group (1995) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (1995) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Fox Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Fox Video (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Encore Entertainment (1997) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Fox Network (1997) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Fox Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1995) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1995) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (1999) (Germany) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2002) (Germany) (DVD) (2-disc special edition)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2000) (France) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Mass. Illusions (visual effects) (as Mass Illusion)
• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) (additional visual effects)
• Buena Vista Visual Effects (additional visual effects)
• Pacific Title Digital (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Intralink Film Graphic Design  main titles design
• Lucasfilm THX / TAP Theater Alignment Program  
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Nina Saxon Film Design  end title design
• On Tour Productions  transportation services
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• RCA Victor  soundtrack
• Remote Recording Services  remote audio recording (as Remote Recording)
• Something's Cooking  catering
• Sylvia Fay Casting  extras casting
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting
• Symphony Seattle  music performed by
• The Casting Network  extras casting: south carolina
• Todd-AO Studios (West)  rerecorded at
• Tomkats Catering  caterer: south carolina (as Tomkats)

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:

Originally titled "Simon Says" (where Zeus was scripted as a woman) and was considered as the third sequel to Lethal Weapon (1987).

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The dump tricks are supposedly heading north on the FDR drive; however, Simon's truck approaches a sign that says "Cadman Plaza West". This is a sign on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in Brooklyn, across the river from the FDR drive.

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:

Referenced in Saw (2004)

Soundtrack:

Summer in the City

Great entry into a great series

Someone calling himself Simon detonates several bombs in the centre of New York City. He then sets a series of dangerous tasks for Officer John McClane to achieve or he will detonate more. McClane sets out to meet the demands of the terrorists with bystander Zeus Carver in tow.

This is the third in the Die Hard series and it makes an immediate improvement on the second by bringing back the original director John McTiernan. Here the film doesn't try to repeat the formula of the first film (terrorists/wife/rescue) but instead takes on a whole new plot while still tying it into the first film. The second movie tried to repeat the first film's plot but set in an airport, here the different angle makes this feel a lot fresher and feel like a movie in itself. The tie-in to the first film is clever and not too much of a stretch of the imagination - happily this is not the reason for the action itself - instead the terrorist's main aim is the gold held in vaults in the Federal Reserve on Wall Street, but the game with McClane is a special treat.

McTiernan was great in the first film, making everything feel tense and claustrophobic. Here he has the whole of NYC to run across and the camera shows this new found freedom. In action scenes the camera swings wildly round and zooms into focus on the action. During scenes set in offices etc containing a lot of dialogue the camera slowly prowls round like it's dieing to rush off to the next action scene. It's the opposite to the style in the first film and again makes this feels different enough to be a film in it's own right.

Usually film series can get a lot of baggage (watch Lethal Weapon 4 for proof), but here all the repeat characters are dropped, even McClane's wife only features as a voice on the phone. And that works well here and the only characters that are brought back here are McClane (of course) and Hans Gruber (in a flashback). This frees the film up to basically go where it wants without having to squeeze in old characters the way the second film did. However it links the films by having Simon Gruber taking supposed revenge for the death of his brother. The fresh active feel to this movie really gives it life and lifts the series out of the hole that the second film had threatened to put it.

The chemistry between Willis and Jackson is great and lends a lot of comedy to the film, there's lot of racial humour between the two and Jackson is more than the "black sidekick" that exists in many films. Irons continues the fine tradition of English actors playing Hollywood villains and is good for the most. His ticks and stutters stop him being anywhere near as good as Rickman was in the original role but he's still good. Willis gets good support from the likes of Graham Greene, Larry Bryggman and Colleen Camp as fellow cops but really him and Jackson carry the show.

Some of the scenes are a little forced and the plot doesn't always join together easily (a scene where Willis is fired out of a water pipe just as Jackson happens to drive by is a little too convenient) but many iffy bits can be overlooked if you focus on the action. The most effective thing that returns from the first film is the musical score. In the first film the score used variations on Christmas music to dramatic effect, here the score uses music well to add tension and comedy in a different way. It's difficult to put into words but this effect was missing from the second film.

The film has a hatful of nice twists towards the end and the only problem is that the conclusion in Canada doesn't feel like it fits in (the original ending was changed following the Okalahoma bombing) but this is a minor problem in a film that is a great addition to the action packed Die Hard series.