John McClane, un policier de New York, tente de sauver sa femme Holly Gennaro et un groupe d'autres personnes prises en otage par le terroriste allemand Hans Gruber lors d'une fête de Noël a... Tout lireJohn McClane, un policier de New York, tente de sauver sa femme Holly Gennaro et un groupe d'autres personnes prises en otage par le terroriste allemand Hans Gruber lors d'une fête de Noël au Nakatomi Plaza de Los Angeles.John McClane, un policier de New York, tente de sauver sa femme Holly Gennaro et un groupe d'autres personnes prises en otage par le terroriste allemand Hans Gruber lors d'une fête de Noël au Nakatomi Plaza de Los Angeles.
- Nommé pour 4 Oscars
- 8 victoires et 8 nominations au total
- Alexander
- (as Joey Plewa)
- Kristoff
- (as Gerard Bonn)
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Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe fictional Nakatomi Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Studios, so the studio could use one of its own buildings and didn't have to hold back on stunts and action sequences. While Jeb Stuart was writing the screenplay, he did a tour of the building, and immediately incorporated some of the locations and objects he found there into his script as set pieces (such as the cart that McClane and Karl end up riding during their fight). The company charged itself rent for the use of the then-unfinished building. Some of the middle floors were occupied by legal and administrative departments, so only empty floors were used for filming. Still, the filming of scenes that involved gunfire had to be postponed until after hours because some of the employees from the active floors started to complain about the noise.
- GaffesSeveral times during transmissions with the two-way radios, characters interrupt each other, which would be impossible given the type of radios they were using.
- Citations
John McClane: [huddled in an air vent, recalls his wife's invitation] "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."
- Crédits fousIn the widescreen version, the 20th Century Fox logo is stretched.
- Versions alternativesThe Ultimate edition DVD contains the following deleted/extended scenes:
- Extended power shutdown sequence.
- Extended opening flight scene.
- Brief dialogue in the first Hans/McClane confrontation.
- Extended scene where Robinson/Powell brief the FBI on the tower situation.
- Brief dialogue when Hans interrogates Takagi.
- Brief dialogue after Theo says "You didn't bring me along for my charming personality".
- Extended/alternate dialogue in McClane/Powell conversation after McClane uses the plastic explosives.
- Brief scene of FBI agents getting stuck in thorn bushes as they make their way towards the building.
- At the end, McClane says "You got a warranty for this (Holly's watch, a gift from Nakatomi Corporation)?" to which Holly laughs.
- Argyle's dialogue as Powell's police cruiser flies by in the background.
- Brief Ellis dialogue reacting to the terrorist intrusion.
- City engineer briefly coughs before pulling out the power cord.
- Brief dialogue in Hans/Karl argument about "neutralizing" McClane.
- Additional Holly dialogue after seeing Karl's reaction to McClane's escape.
- ConnexionsEdited into Une journée en enfer (1995)
- Bandes originalesSingin' in the Rain
Written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
I usually have an aversion to Christmas movies as they all tend to turn into cheesy rom-coms but this was pretty awesome. And I think the reason for that is because that even though it was Christmassy where it mattered, the plot didn't completely revolve around it.
I've got to admit, most of it was guns and explosions and there was very little plot to go off of besides a pretty traditional three-act structure, but it was still pretty damn entertaining. And you know it's a good movie when about 90% of it was guns and blood and explosions and the other 10% was Bruce Willis saying badass things and crawling through vents in an ever-disintegrating tank top, and you stilled enjoyed it.
There was never a still moment in this movie, but unlike most times, where I just end up getting bored of the CGI-fest explosions, I was actually pretty captivated through the entire runtime. I'm actually really pleasantly surprised. The ending is predictable, but it's nice. Not all movies have to be intellectual masterpieces. Sometimes you just need to switch your brain of a little and watch Bruce Willis kick ass.
So, Jake of B99 was right. I mean, it's badass, Bruce Willis has the best one-liners, you have cool explosions. There's not too much more I could say about this movie. Yippie kayak, other buckets.
-Sasha.
- lostonthehighway
- 8 déc. 2020
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- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Sites officiels
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Duro de matar
- Lieux de tournage
- Fox Plaza - 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis(Nakatomi building, interiors filmed on the 29th and 35th floors)
- Sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 28 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 85 892 546 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 601 851 $US
- 17 juil. 1988
- Montant brut mondial
- 143 651 650 $US
- Durée2 heures 12 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 2.39 : 1