Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

John McTiernan

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

19 May 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | 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 | New York | Harlem | Subway | 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

Also Known As:

Die Hard 3
Die Hard New York (USA) (working title)
Simon Says (USA) (working title)
йПЕОЙХИ нПЕЬЕЙ 3 (Russia) [ru]
Die Hard - Mega Hard (Denmark) [da]
Die Hard: A Vingança (Portugal) [pt]
Die hard - Az élet mindig drága (Hungary) [hu]
Die hard - duri a morire (Italy) [it]
Die hard - koston enkeli (Finland) [fi]
Die hard i New York (Norway) [no]
Die hard: Hämningslöst (Sweden) [sv]
Duro de Matar - A Vingança (Brazil) [pt]
Duro de matar 3 - La venganza (Argentina) [es]
Glass Trap 3 (Poland) [pl]
Jungla de cristal. La venganza (Spain) [es]
Marche ou crève - vengeance définitive (Canada: French title) [fr]
Poly skliros gia na pethanei: I ekdikisi (Greece) [el]
Stirb langsam - Jetzt erst recht (Germany) [de]
Szklana pulapka 3 (Poland) [pl]
Umri muski sa osvetom (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Serbian title) [sr]
Umri pokoncno brez oklevanja (Slovenia) [sl]
Une journée en enfer (France) [fr]
Une journée en enfer - Die Hard 3 (France) [fr]
Zor ölüm 3 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

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 | 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:

The studio told screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh to remove the scenes with McClane walking around Harlem wearing a sign that says, "I hate niggers." They allowed him to keep the scene when he threatened to take the script to another studio.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Zeus enters Yankee Stadium, the Stadium was empty and the grounds crew was out taking care of the field. In reality, Zeus would not be allowed inside the stadium. You are only allowed inside baseball stadiums several hours prior to a game.

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 Analog Hero in a Digital World: Making of 'Live Free or Die Hard' (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Summer in the City

John McClane is back and NYC is blowing up!

Someone's got a thing for John McClane. Bombs are going off around New York and if McClane doesn't do what Simon says, more things will go boom. Along for the ride with the always watchable Bruce Willis is Samuel L. Jackson, a electronics store owner who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. These two are off all over Manhattan figuring out Simon's little riddles. Jeremy Irons is perfectly cast as the intelligent Simon. He's shrewd, charming and knows how to get a job done. Back in the director's chair is John McTiernan, overseeing the mayhem. The action sequences are bigger, louder and wilder than before. Car chases, shoot outs, and a really neat sequence involving a ship, a bridge and a truck highlight this action lovers delight. So, buckle up, turn up the sound and get ready for a hell of a ride. New York is about to go boom!