Film
Die Hard (70mm)
Cert:(18)
Dir. John McTiernan
USA, 132 mins, 1988
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald Veljohnson
Christmas Eve sees New York cop John McClane (Willis), en-route to his estranged family in LA, single-handedly defend a newly-built office tower block against deliciously sneering terrorists. Taking his lead from ’70s disaster movies, director McTiernan throws in a down-to-earth cop of surprising powers and adds the spice of Alan Rickman's superb international villain, Hans Gruber. For all its vertiginous, crunchy thrills, Die Hard is also full of heart. It makes you wonder why all action movies can’t be this good. With breathtaking special visual effects filmed in high definition 65mm format by effects wizards Boss Films, Die Hard has become a timeless classic - a synonym for a cinematic nail-biting rollercoaster ride. Its six-track Dolby enhanced magnetic stereo soundtrack adds immensely to the ‘You are there’ experience, making full use of the theatre’s subwoofers and bringing Michael Kamen’s thrilling score to pulse-pounding life.
Print source: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Other films showing as part of the Widescreen Weekend are:
- This is Cinerama (3-Strip Cinerama)
- Manhattan (35mm)
- Lecture: Oyster Bay - History of a
- Battle of the Bulge (70mm)
- Die Hard (70mm)
- Remastering Windjammer
- Windjammer (Digital)
- Alien (70mm)
- Screentalk: John Harvey
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (70mm)
- 2010 (70mm)
- Cineramacana
- The Alamo (35mm)
- Flying Clipper
- Cinerama's Legacy
- The Blue Lagoon (70mm)
- Quest for Fire (70mm)
- The Hunt For Red October (70mm)
