Die Hard Die Hard Die Hard is a 1988 American action thriller film. It was directed by John McTiernan, and written by Steven E. de Souza and Jeb Stuart. It was produced by the Gordon Company and Silver Pictures, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film follows off-duty New York City Police Department officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) who is caught in a Los Angeles skyscraper during a heist led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman). It is based on Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel "Nothing Lasts Forever". Made for $28 million, "Die Hard" grossed over $140 million theatrically worldwide, with the film
Live Free or Die Hard film was based on the 1997 article "A Farewell to Arms" written for "Wired" magazine by John Carlin. "Live Free or Die Hard" was released in the United States on June 27, 2007. The film earned total international box office gross receipts of $383.4 million, making it the highest-grossing film in the "Die Hard" series. Unlike the prior three films in the series, the U.S. rating was PG-13 rather than R. The FBI responds to a brief computer outage at its Cyber-Security Division by tracking down top computer hackers who had been on a watch list. The FBI asks New