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"Welcome to the party, Pal!" "Now, I have a machine gun." "Yippie-ki-yay."Dieis the Christmas present that continues to give American classic lines, endless scenes to re-looked and a new model of action movies that always have Hollywood types saying that their movie is "likeDiebut in a _____. "It's an incontestable classic that has only gained in esteem in the 1930s (!) Since its release.

But while we think we know the movie inside and out, especially those of us who saw him a few tens of times - the 1988 action classic that shot Bruce Willis at the top From the list A and redefine the genre for decades packs also a few surprises. Scene accidents behind the scenes with odd casting considerations,Die offers strange and surprising facts. To celebrate the iconic liberation of the film three decades ago, here are 25 of them. And for more ways to maximize your knowledge of the movie, see the50 roles of emblematic cinema that have almost went to someone else.

Extrasible whites were used in some scenes to create a better level of realism, but when we were shot too close to Bruce Willis's ear, she led to a permanent hearing loss. When requested byThe GuardianWhat was his usual the most attractive,he said, "Due to an accident on the firstDieI suffer from the partial hearing loss of two-thirds in my left ear and I tend to say, 'Whaaa?' "

You may not think that a classic action would have literary pretensions, butDie is actually based on a book. It would be the 1979 1979 Roderick Thorp 1979 novelNothing lasts eternally, which has most of the elements that made the movie awesome (although the hero is called Joe Leland and the villain is Antonio Rojas) - but does not quite have the same charm of sub-reds. Well, that's if you believeA V. Club'S Ryan Vlastelica, who says about that: "Leland is not a middle-class and middle-aged policeman, but a pension cop that has read safety ... while Leland and McClane Narter Gruber at the Radio, the [Intelligent Aleck] of McClane is a symptom of its being out of its depth, while the more confident leland is more polite. "And for more than trivia Film fun, check the30 shocking facts on your favorite movies.

This surprise aspect in the classic blow of Hans Gruber falling on the side of the Nakatomi tower was not totally work of great action. Although it is ready to take the drop of 25 feet on an airbag below, instead of dropping it to the account of three, as expected, producer Joel Silverdropped him to the account of "one".

At 73 years, when the film was launched and not above all known for its actor chops, the president could have seems to be a strange choice for the role of McClane. But hehad played the same character In an adaptation of Thorpe's previous bookThe detectiveIn 1968. The producers were contractually obliged to offer him the role - but fortunately for everyone, he refused.

Die Destroys a lot of glass - pulling on it, jumping through it, pulling it. Everything said, film production has spent about $ 130,000 on a glass alone. And for faster facts about your favorite action movies, do not miss these50 amazing facts about Tom Cruise.

The building that serves as Nakatomi Plaza in the film is actually Fox Plaza, the 20-year head office.^e Century Fox. The building was under construction during filming, so that the incubble 33^RD and 34^e The floors were where the filming took place. But even thoughDie It was a Fox project, they have always been charged with rental rental fees for the use of space. And for more fascinating facts directly from the upper floor of the famous skyscrapers, learn the40 Fad facts on the highest buildings in the world.

The bear belonged to the director John McTernan and jumped into his film from 1990 as the character of Jack Ryan buysthe same bear For his daughter towards the end of the movie.

You would think to be the basis of one of the big movies of action of all time would provide strong sales, in the long run and while beingNothing lasts eternallyDoes she have a strong business when the film struck, he did not continue to sell. (It did not help that most people had no idea of ​​the film based on a book.) But in 2013, the book was released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the film.

Speaking of literary roots, the decision to dispose of all events takes place in a single night became partially out of John McTernan's Shakespeare appreciation. AsThe independentpoints out: "McTernan has been inspired to change it so that all the action took place during one night after reading the classic of ShakespeareA dream of a summer nightIn this case, ensuring the history in accordance with the classic principles of Aristotle of dramatic unity as indicated in his workPoetic. "And for the genius Hollywood trivia, see the30 Films that will cut your mind.

In addition to its literary roots, the film was also inspired by the 1974 catastrophe filmThe dominant inferno, who played Paul Newman and Steve McQueen exceeding a fire to run the highest building in the world.

Nowadays, few people would become an eye to learn about $ 5 million. But for a relatively unproven cinema actor, it was a serious amount in the 1980s, that the President of the 20th century Leonard Goldberg explained by indicating how important the main actor was - and that they had been refused by lots of Hollywood. Talent before you ask Willis to take the share on the part.

"I do not play bad," he saysDuring the promotion For the movie. "I just play someone who wants some things in life, made some choices and go after them."

Actors playing the Gooons of Gruber were not hired for their German skills. None talked about the language and, in theatrical liberation, they just spoke of German Gibberish. This has been nicknamed real german for home video release, but viewers with eagle eyes can say that the lips are extinct.

The original script had called Hans Gruber to wear a terrorist outfit. "I thought I thought that if I wore a costume and not this terrorist material, maybe there might be a scene where I put an American accent and he thinks I'm one of the hostages," A-T -He declared about this. It was so sure that it would be a nice look henote By making this suggestion on producer Joel Silver's Desk - who did not sit with the hot producer. "Then I went back to England and I have a little Joel Silver:" Get out here, you're going to wear what you're saying "and I said," Okay, well. "And then I came back and they gave me the new script. So you know, it just pays to use occasionally a little theater training when you make a movie."

When requested byWeekly entertainmentIf he had a favorite scene in the movie,Willis said "There have been discussions about whether McClane should or may not cry or be stifled when he speaks to say goodbye to his wife. And I remember that we made an without and one with everyone. Loved the only muffled. I thought it was an interesting scene. "

The late Alan Rickman seemed in some ways to play the role of Gruber and, in a way, it seemed to be destined to play one of the greatest wicked bad guys. Perhaps even more surprising, Rickman has almost refused the role. "I did not know anything about it. I did not know anything about the business film ... I had never done a movie before, but I was extremely cheap," he told aBAFTA Celebration of his work. After reading the script, he thought, "What's hell? I do not make action movie."

Although rumors persist that it was Willis himself who suggested that Bonnie Bedelia plays his separate wife, in an interview on the 20th^e Anniversary of the movie, Willis AssuredWeekly entertainment That she had the role based on nothing he did, saying them, "No, Bonnie had already had hits so I do not think I'm responsible for that."

The actor-manager had picked up the cinema rights forNothing lasts eternallyBut did not choose not to take the role.

Eastwood and Sinatra are not the only ones to get closer to get into shoes or mclane, more precisely,on the.Richard Gere, Robert de Niro, Mel Gibson,Harrison Ford, Burt Reynolds, and even MacGyver himself, Richard Dean Anderson, have all been considered for the role.

As painful as the scene where McClane pulls splinters from his feet may already have, he originally understood the macabre sound effects to really make the sensation of spectator as they were there ... until the producers have requested the sound to be removed.

John McTernan had to be convinced thatDie Hardwas a movie value. He saidEmpireThe magazine that the original version of the scenario was a "dark terrorist film", and he explained: "During my second week of work on that, I said," guys, there is not a Part of terrorism that is fun thieves are bad fun guys do .. Make a date movie. And they had the courage to do it ". And for more cinema Fun Trivia, check out the50 famous line films that were ad-libbed.

Since the Fox Plaza building was partially filled at the time of filming, people were in the building trying to work like shooting was going. According to McTiernan, the crew has been repeatedly having to apologize to workers who complained about the sound of the shooting.

At the timeDie Hardwas casting, Bruce Willis was seen mainly as a comic actor, better known for his role as Detective David Addison in the dramatic comedyMoonlighting. This is reflected in the marketing of the film, which barely presented Willis on the billboards. In fact, in production materials, Nakatomi Plaza has marked more coverage than the actor.

The cleaner word game of the film title is sometimes difficult to transmit when it is not in English, which met in the different versions of the title that appeared in foreign markets. There is GermanyHe dies slowly and GreeceVery difficult to dieIs NorwayAction skyscraperAnd PolandThe Glass Trap, And confuses HungaryGive your expensive life.

There were Calls from Bedelia, last mentioned inDie Hard with a revenge, To return to the franchise. When asked if the character would be back in the fifth slice, Williswas evasive. "I always think about Bonnie Bedelia and having his come back," said the actor. "These things are unfortunately out of my hands. He has to do with history. »

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