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Where was Die Hard filmed?

1988 film, directed by John McTiernan.

  • Fox Plaza

The story is set in Los Angeles, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Los Angeles; Nakatomi Plaza; Los Angeles International Airport
Filmed in
Fox Plaza
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About Die Hard

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Released
1988
Director
John McTiernan
Cast
Alexander GodunovBonnie BedeliaReginald VelJohnsonWilliam AthertonPaul GleasonAl LeongClarence GilyardRobert DaviJames Shigeta
Genre
ActionAction ThrillerChristmasHeist
Based on
Nothing Lasts Forever
Awards
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film

On Christmas Eve, New York City Police Department (NYPD) Detective John McClane arrives in Los Angeles, hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly, at a party held by her employer, the Nakatomi Corporation.

Gruber is posing as a terrorist to steal the $640 million in untraceable bearer bonds in the building's vault.

Realizing Powell is about to leave, having found nothing amiss, McClane drops a terrorist's corpse onto his car.

Famous lines from Die Hard

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • You won't hurt me.Tony Vreski
  • Oh, yeah? Why not?John McClane
  • How does he know so much about?Karl Vreski
  • Drop it, dickhead. It's the police.John McClane
  • See if a black-and-white can drive by.Second LAPD Operator

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