Fun fact that was left out- Frank Sinatra's contract for The Detective stipulated that he had to be given the right of first refusal to any sequel. Since Die Hard was technically a sequel, Frank was actually offered the role before Arnold. Since Sinatra was 72 at the time, the studio knew he'd say no, but they did ask him first.
The last fact is funny, when you think that earlier in the film Alan rickmans character hanz, tells the Japanese guy, that he will count to three, there will not be a four.
Fun fact about 'Die Hard with a Vengeance': It was initially developed as a stand-alone film titled 'Simon Says' (The script was actually the first third of DH3) starring Brandon Lee. However after Lee tragically died, the script was changed into being the fourth 'Lethal Weapon' film, but it was also scrapped. But when director John McTiernan read it, he thought it would make a perfect 'Die Hard' sequel, and that's how DH3 came to be. Another fun fact: It almost came close to being set on a cruise ship, but was scrapped as well (until that premise was used for 'Speed 2').
Live free or die hard was also a stand alone script. Apparently people knew it stunk and thought the only way to rescue it would be to turn it into a die hard film. And that's how McLane went from everyman to cartoonish indstructability.
@@mattdickie4696 The original _Live Free_ script was said to had been titled *_WW3.com_* and written by David Marconi, the writer of _Enemy of the State_ and _The Foreigner_ (2017). It was inspired on a 1997 _Wired!_ article by John Carlin titled *"A Farewell to Arms"* which discussed the potential threats of cyberterrorism. Apparently the _WW3.com_ script featured a scene involving an airplane crashing into a music stage in New York, and it seemed that scene killed the film's initial development since was being made at the same time as 9/11. And years later it would be re-found and retooled into _Die Hard 4._
Fun Fact. The movie has so much glass in it that it's actually translated as "Glass Trap" (Szklana Pułapka) for the Polish Market. I guess whoever decided to rename it that way didn't think there'd be sequels with not so much glass in it. The first movie is however so incredibly popular in Poland that they made the name stick for all the other parts.
my opinion: Die Hard: an amazing action movie Die Hard 2 (Die Harder): a pretty entertaining action movie Die Hard 3 (With A Vengeance): an amazing action movie Live Free Or Die Hard (4): a terrible 'Die Hard' movie, but as a stand-alone movie it's a good, solid action movie A Good Day To Die Hard (5): a terrible 'Die Hard' movie and a terrible stand-alone action movie
A Good Day to Die Hard and Live Free or Die Hard are fantastic Die Hard movies! They're even great Standalone movies! I think you can't wrap your damn little brain around how much time has passed between the movies.
Watchable ? It was amazing. Taking a chopper down with a car. Die Hard Quadrilogy is one of the best things ever. Til the 5th one came. It was completely useless. And it was garbage.
What I love as much as the video itself is the description: "Don’t forget to pay attention, or Alan Rickman will crash your office Christmas party (Actually, that sounds awesome. Never mind). " OMG that was priceless, I love it
What most people don't know is that Alan Rickman broke his leg during the filming of this movie. When you look at Hans in some scenes his suits were very tailored even his pants were very tailored. But in other scenes the pants were a little looser that was to hide the cast.That's the type of actor Alan was . Total pro all the way. Other actors get a paper cut and they can't come to the set because their " injured " .Alan he has a cast on his leg and what does he do ? Tells the costumer to make the pants leg a little fuller so you don't notice the cast. Alan we'll miss you . You were really the first totally Sexy Badguy that women would volunteer to be a hostage of. Not to mention it but he did have one of the cutest asses in Hollywood. Don't believe me check out the final scene in Gambit.
your comment is one of the most loving farewells to a favorite actor. Usually its a male describing a male actor, or a male gushing over a hot female, or a female eulogizing a female actor. But your cute crush on the older Rickman is priceless for me. ;)
5) The reason Fox charged itself rental fee is known as "Hollywood accounting" to limit net profit so they don't have to pay as much royalties to other parties. I mean for what reason would be the purpose of charging yourself?
+IceBlueBeard Domino's Pizza buys it's food from Domino's commissary and farms. It lowers the store's retail profits and pays managers smaller bonuses. . It's just fiddlin' with the books.
If you watch the movie in german they all speak german. You can hear it out of the context that Gruber is from Germany because in one scene they say it.
I work in a company with 400 other employees. About a month ago in early December, some of us were talking about our favorite Christmas movies and Die Hard, of course, came up. One of our co-workers, in the middle of our banter, stood up and said, "Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie." It was like a record-screeching moment. We all paused in an awkward silence and looked at her with angst and amazement. "How could you not call Die Hard a Christmas movie?" one of my colleagues inquired. "Well, it just isn't. It's an action movie" she replied. "Yeah, but the whole movie takes place on Christmas Eve. Even the director and writers have confirmed it's a holiday / Christmas movie" we fired back. "Well.....I haven't....actually seen it, yet" retorted this early 30-something employee. I work with around 400 other people on a daily basis. Many of them have some very annoying and unbelievably-bad work ethics, habits, etc. But she is now my least favorite person to work with because of this conversation alone.
They also left out the fact that the scene where Rickman falls from the building was in fact the first scene to be shot when production began. Rickman was a great guy, very professional yet very cool. He will be missed.
For all of these "Things You (probably) Didin't Know" I've binged on (damn you TY(p)DK!!!), how about 5 (or more, or less) Things You (probably) Didn't Know" about the narrator and crew of TY(p)DK? You information and insights in Best Shots/Directors/Production Designs/Etc.s are fantastic.
Here's a fun fact that you guys missed. Bruce Willis's character is American and Alan Rickman's character is German. In real life, Willis from the German descent and Rickman is American.
Honestly that like 10 second audio clips that played when Hans was dropped is one of my favourite scores in any movie, I know is shows up in 2 and 3 as well but all I can remember is when the Whitehouse blows up in 4. I just love the sudden shock that short audio clip portrays so much.
1,2,3,4 are great as as as I am concerned. The 5th though, yeah that was a fucking terrible movie. But the 4th featured a lot of what made the first 3 good, they just made it into modern times, and showed that John had to adjust. I enjoyed that fact. But, all are entitled to their own opinions.
Heres another fact 3 actors that were in Die Hard are now dead--Paul Gleason(the cop)Alexander Gudunov(guy with long blonde hair bad guy) & of course Al Rickman
Fun fact: 3 actors from Lethal Weapon & 3 actors from the Ghostbusters movies are all in this movie. Ghostbusters: Peck/Atherton jail guard/VelJohnson Vigo/ rocket launcher guy Lethal Weapon: lady psychiatrist / lady news reporter guy water electrocuting Riggs/ terrorist guy who introduces Riggs and Murtaugh/ FBI agent
Actually due to the contract with Sinatra for 'The Detective' they had to technically offer the 73 year old Sinatra the lead in any adaptation of the sequel. Frank declined but does get a production credit.
I can see Sinatra fitting in Die Hard. Hans Gruber making all those references to cowboy serials. Willis' McClane would be a little boy during Roy Rogers reruns, but Sinatra's generation directly influenced that era of idealized entertainment
I couldn't imagine Sly or Arnold, saying all the funny quips like, "Come out to LA they said, have a few laughs they said. I'd rather be Virginia." and I love Arnold and Sylvester, they do not have, however, the funny comedic edge bruce has, could you imagine Sly saying Yipii Kayee m.f.?
Can we stop shitting on Live Free or Die Hard? It's not that bad. In Fact, it's pretty good. No, it's certainly not the best (that would go to the first in my opinion), but it's a perfectly adequate film. Oh, and while I'm here I'll just say this one too. Star Wars episode III is good! I, and II suck ass, but III was a massive improvement, it featured a fantastic mythos involving the origin of the Darkside, and did away with all the stupid mindless humor. I know Star Wars had nothing to do with this video, but I hate that that movie is hated just as much as Live Free or Die Hard.
Ok here is another one. The character is labelled an all american action hero. But Bruce Willis wasn't born in america. He was actually born in Germany. He moved to america when he was younger. Their are quite a few stars that say they are from 1 country but born in another. People born in the UK but say they are from another Country. Kiefer Sutherland. He admitted in an interview on the Jonathon Ross show he was born in the UK as his father was making a film over here at the time and then later moved to Canada. Sam Worthington (Avatar). Born in the UK and then moved to Australia when he was a baby. Naomi Watts (Diana) Born in the UK but then moved to Australia when she was a teenager.
I was born in Iowa but I've lived in Colorado my entire adult life. Does that make me Iowan instead of Coloradan? No. Your comment is dumb and you should feel bad.
No it means you are American. Its like I was born in Wales, But I currently live in England. But I am still Welsh. Bruce Willis was born in Germany so he is German.
johnny prothero Bruce Willis' father is American his mother is German.His father was an American soldier in Germany thats how he met Bruce's mother. Bruce was born on an American military hospital so that makes him an American citizen So Bruce is half American and half German
Bonus thing - because of all the glass, the Polish title was "The glass trap". You know - glass building, people trapped inside. Then the sequels came up and suddenly it didn't make no sense anymore.
Something that NOW you will know, that hardly anyone else did! The Bad Guy is Hans Gruber. He shares the same last name as the composer of "Silent Night" which is Franz Gruber. With Hans though, it's anything BUT a "Silent Night"!
Die Hard is the perfect action movie. It just is. And the fact that it's a christmas movie makes it even better! But that last fact was really awesome!
Lethal Weapon 1 would make for a great Christmas "Things You Didn't Know" episode. People tend to forget that, like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon is also a movie set at Christmas time.
I realize you did this a long long time ago but I just watched it and, because it was technically a sequel and because Frank Sinatra stared in the original adaptation of the book series he was contracted to make the second film, so they had to ask him to play the roll first. He was 73 years old at the time and told them no. Can you imagine Die Hard with a 73 year old Frank Sinatra playing the part?
I pulled a gnarly piece of glass out of my foot when I was 10, didn't cry, and made the perfect suggestion for my mom to get the golden seal power and my foot with goz. I still have the scar, and I kinda deserved it and the pain, but you have to say, to do that shit for real was crazy. I remember it all like yesterday
Just watched this movie for the 900th time and it never gets old. Alan rickman was such a bad ass. Does anybody notice that the first guy he kills blinks when hans pushes his head to the side? Check it out the next time you watch it.. Another thing why does Bruce have a huge scar on his right shoulder?
I knew most of that, especially about Rickman's reaction. I actually remember seeing a behind the scenes piece on TV where they showed Rickman rigged up and a blue screen below him.
Other GREAT Alan Rickman main bad guy roles, for those who may not know: “Quigley down under” starring Tom Selleck. And also “Robin Hood”, starring Kevin Costner. He hit a home run with all these roles. He’s one of a kind.
Two facts I found fairly "shocking", One more than the other was, On the set of the original Die HArd - Where John Mcclane is is actually under a table and a terrorist is on top - Bruce Willis actually lost around 70-ish % of his hearing in one ear - As the guns they had, were firing "extra loud" blanks - just for the extra element of "realism" in the final edit of the movie. Within die hard: With a vengeance (die hard 3) the scene where theres an explosion, and the train becomes derailed and runs along the station, they had made a 1 mile (i believe it was) train line, with a custom carrage for the train - where the carriage, swings out. Thats right, the entire scene was not faked - it genuinely happened, they genuinely made that scene with 0 CGI or editing - they outright said to everyone who was there, if you get caught by the train theres nothing they can do - but we will give you a extra spot on the credits. Like wise, the opening scene of die hard 3, was not faked - they just spent around an entire week preparing for it. As well as around 80-ish % of the new york sections actually being done in front of a live audience,
Here's a weird fact in keeping with the Christmas spirit - the main villain is named Hans Gruber, the composer who wrote the music for Silent Night the famous Christmas song is named Frans Gruber. Fun coincidence or done on purpose I'm not sure but it seemed weird to me when I found out.
Die Hard 4.0 is underrated. Plenty to enjoy there and it feels like a Die Hard film. Apparently the theatrical cut was rated 12 (PG13 in the US) which made it a bit tame but the DVD (the only version I've seen) is more violent and sweary - as well it should be :)
There's one that I found really cool that wasn't in here. Hanz Gruber was named after Franz Gruber who composed the music to Stille Nacht (silent night). I figured that one out myself when I was in church on Christmas and noticed the composer's name below the music
“Fox actually charged themselves to use their own lot”... yes. Obviously. That’s how they stick production and secure more money from a first out payment before things hit the waterfall. Why wouldn’t they give themselves a better rate if it took from production?!
Another interesting thing, it might be found only on Blu Ray or special commemorative editions: there are SEVERAL versions of Takagi (Holly's boss) pleading with Hans for his life. I think McTiernan did three versions before deciding it was too complex and simply settled for a very brief plea before Hans shot him.
you also missed the end scenes you spliced where the under table shoot into the bad guys legs was shot with extra powered blanks and damaged Bruce Willis' hearing permanently...that's why he's wincing like that
I'm kind of surprised that Live Free or Die Hard is hated so much. I really enjoyed it. Granted, it was the first one that I saw because at the time it came out I was still a little too young to see the others, but I thought that it was really good. I think I have to agree with Jeremy Jahns, Die Hard 5 was made to shut up the fans that said that Live Free or Die Hard didn't count as a Die Hard movie.
The unrated version of Die Hard 4 is actually pretty okay. It's still got a paper thin plot but you'd be surprised to see what adding some decent blood effects and letting Bruce Willis say the famous line does for the film.
The reason McClaine's feet seemed so big is that they were false 'slip-over' plastic feet; worn for protection, because apparently the broken glass was real and not 'sugar-glass'. Even with foot protection, I can't say I would like to have been around the set without eye protection!
I love die hard. A theatre near me just had it run for Christmas last year. It was great getting to see it on the big screen. Didn't get the chance when it first came out cause I was 4.
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Fun fact that was left out- Frank Sinatra's contract for The Detective stipulated that he had to be given the right of first refusal to any sequel. Since Die Hard was technically a sequel, Frank was actually offered the role before Arnold. Since Sinatra was 72 at the time, the studio knew he'd say no, but they did ask him first.
They had two chances to mention that and they missed them both.
Wyld staar That is actually more interesting than some of these here facts.
+UndisputedElite ikr
+Wyld staar what if there's a parallel universe where he said yes?
+Mark Schieber Then he'd be a badass grandpa, that's what. :P
R.I.P Alan Rickman... you truly where a great actor!
+Cami444ful He was the most memorable villain next to Tom Hiddleston's Loki (Avengers) .
Agreed! RIP Alan Rickman. Also, RIP Alan Rickman's pants when he realized he was falling earlier than expected.
Ive been in the tower in 2013, was fuckin awesome, because i really wasnt supposed to be there lol
*were
RIP but it wasn't because the fall, thank god we got much more of him.
Best Christmas movie ever.
FUCK it's A Wonderful Life. Die Hard is the Christmas Classic
Isaiah Gomez" Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful"
Die Hard is on British TV at least once a month. The best Christmas film is 'Jingle All The Way'.
You haven't seen Go by Doug Liman when you were 18 then. :D
+tyspyranger i watch this one and the second movie the days before christmas every year
The last fact is funny, when you think that earlier in the film Alan rickmans character hanz, tells the Japanese guy, that he will count to three, there will not be a four.
that's pretty good.
I like to imagine that's why they did it to him as a joke
Yeah Alan Rickman confirmed that they did not such thing in an interview with Jimmy Fallon I beleive
Fun fact about 'Die Hard with a Vengeance':
It was initially developed as a stand-alone film titled 'Simon Says' (The script was actually the first third of DH3) starring Brandon Lee. However after Lee tragically died, the script was changed into being the fourth 'Lethal Weapon' film, but it was also scrapped. But when director John McTiernan read it, he thought it would make a perfect 'Die Hard' sequel, and that's how DH3 came to be.
Another fun fact: It almost came close to being set on a cruise ship, but was scrapped as well (until that premise was used for 'Speed 2').
Live free or die hard was also a stand alone script. Apparently people knew it stunk and thought the only way to rescue it would be to turn it into a die hard film. And that's how McLane went from everyman to cartoonish indstructability.
EXTRAORDINARY INFORMATION! AWESOME INFORMATION!
@@mattdickie4696 The original _Live Free_ script was said to had been titled *_WW3.com_* and written by David Marconi, the writer of _Enemy of the State_ and _The Foreigner_ (2017). It was inspired on a 1997 _Wired!_ article by John Carlin titled *"A Farewell to Arms"* which discussed the potential threats of cyberterrorism. Apparently the _WW3.com_ script featured a scene involving an airplane crashing into a music stage in New York, and it seemed that scene killed the film's initial development since was being made at the same time as 9/11. And years later it would be re-found and retooled into _Die Hard 4._
I heard it was going to star basketball player Dennis Rodman!
Oh how I love this movie. It never gets old, no matter how times I watch it. Perfect casting, acting, plot, and pace.
It's not technically a Christmas movie. It's THE Christmas movie.
A Christmas story, diehard, Christmas vacation, and home alone are my go to Xmas flicks 🎅🏻
Agree
rest in peace Alan best die hard villain ever
Lethal Weapon is technically a Christmas movie too. And Batman Returns.
Dre tha Freq - drekb. Die Hard 2 is also set during Christmas.
Dre tha Freq - drekb. And Crash as well
Fun Fact. The movie has so much glass in it that it's actually translated as "Glass Trap" (Szklana Pułapka) for the Polish Market. I guess whoever decided to rename it that way didn't think there'd be sequels with not so much glass in it. The first movie is however so incredibly popular in Poland that they made the name stick for all the other parts.
and crystal jungle in spain
@@rmir0 "Trappola Di Cristallo" in Italy.
How cool would it be to see the original footage of Rickman being dropped and landing on the air bag?!!?
my opinion:
Die Hard: an amazing action movie
Die Hard 2 (Die Harder): a pretty entertaining action movie
Die Hard 3 (With A Vengeance): an amazing action movie
Live Free Or Die Hard (4): a terrible 'Die Hard' movie, but as a stand-alone movie it's a good, solid action movie
A Good Day To Die Hard (5): a terrible 'Die Hard' movie and a terrible stand-alone action movie
i loved die hard 2 as much as the first. Great bad guy characters in both movies that die deliciously!
1, 3, 4, 2 then 5 for me
A Good Day to Die Hard and Live Free or Die Hard are fantastic Die Hard movies! They're even great Standalone movies! I think you can't wrap your damn little brain around how much time has passed between the movies.
For me it’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
3,1,4,2,5 for me.
Please don't group Die hard 4 and 5 together, 4 is at least watchable
Watchable ? It was amazing. Taking a chopper down with a car. Die Hard Quadrilogy is one of the best things ever. Til the 5th one came. It was completely useless. And it was garbage.
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4 and 5 were trashy !
I thought they were the same movie
I love Die Hard 4, WhAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH IT??
R.I.P Alan Rickman.. =/
Alan's fall scene should be up there with the all time classics.
Not only was Arnie offered the main role, but the book was being adapted to be a sequel to Commando.
So John Mcclane would have been John Matrix.
R.I.P. Alan Rickman
What I love as much as the video itself is the description:
"Don’t forget to pay attention, or Alan Rickman will crash your office Christmas party (Actually, that sounds awesome. Never mind). "
OMG that was priceless, I love it
5:03 - "Unlike my relationship with my family." Best statement ever!
What most people don't know is that Alan Rickman broke his leg during the filming of this movie. When you look at Hans in some scenes his suits were very tailored even his pants were very tailored. But in other scenes the pants were a little looser that was to hide the cast.That's the type of actor Alan was . Total pro all the way. Other actors get a paper cut and they can't come to the set because their " injured " .Alan he has a cast on his leg and what does he do ? Tells the costumer to make the pants leg a little fuller so you don't notice the cast. Alan we'll miss you . You were really the first totally Sexy Badguy that women would volunteer to be a hostage of. Not to mention it but he did have one of the cutest asses in Hollywood. Don't believe me check out the final scene in Gambit.
You're right there. I would have volunteered to be hostage! Best movie villain there was. And will ever be. RIP Alan Rickman.
Considering it was his first Hollywood role, he would have also been paranoid about being replaced had he caused too much of a fuss
your comment is one of the most loving farewells to a favorite actor. Usually its a male describing a male actor, or a male gushing over a hot female, or a female eulogizing a female actor. But your cute crush on the older Rickman is priceless for me. ;)
5) The reason Fox charged itself rental fee is known as "Hollywood accounting" to limit net profit so they don't have to pay as much royalties to other parties. I mean for what reason would be the purpose of charging yourself?
+IceBlueBeard Domino's Pizza buys it's food from Domino's commissary and farms. It lowers the store's retail profits and pays managers smaller bonuses.
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It's just fiddlin' with the books.
TAXES! It goes down on the 1040 as part of "operating expenses" for the film
Guy on set: hit it again
Bruce Willis: WITH WHAT!?
2:49
Happy trails, Hans, aka Alan Rickman....We will miss you!
RIP Alan.
I never understood the hate for Die Hard 4, it was a good film. Die Hard 5 on the otherhand..........vomit.
+theking im not saying it was the greatest. but it was at least enjoyable to a certain extent.
I rate them in order of release.
DH4 is the hacker thing movie right? If so it wasn't that bad, it just sucks that John was still strangled from Polly even after all those years
Speaking of glass in the movie, this is why in Poland they translated the title into a Glass Trap.
+Chillton Didn't fit with the sequels much :P
+Chillton Italian version is the same Trappola di Cristallo ( Glass Trap)
In german it's called "Stirb langsam" which means "Die slowly"
If you watch the movie in german they all speak german. You can hear it out of the context that Gruber is from Germany because in one scene they say it.
+Jimmy De'Souza in italy cristal trap.....
That was pretty good. The strange relationship he has with his family is a a funny line, IMHO.
I work in a company with 400 other employees. About a month ago in early December, some of us were talking about our favorite Christmas movies and Die Hard, of course, came up. One of our co-workers, in the middle of our banter, stood up and said, "Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie." It was like a record-screeching moment. We all paused in an awkward silence and looked at her with angst and amazement.
"How could you not call Die Hard a Christmas movie?" one of my colleagues inquired.
"Well, it just isn't. It's an action movie" she replied.
"Yeah, but the whole movie takes place on Christmas Eve. Even the director and writers have confirmed it's a holiday / Christmas movie" we fired back.
"Well.....I haven't....actually seen it, yet" retorted this early 30-something employee.
I work with around 400 other people on a daily basis. Many of them have some very annoying and unbelievably-bad work ethics, habits, etc. But she is now my least favorite person to work with because of this conversation alone.
Die Hard 2 is my husband's favorite movie!! Please do 2! It would be a Christmas miracle!
They also left out the fact that the scene where Rickman falls from the building was in fact the first scene to be shot when production began. Rickman was a great guy, very professional yet very cool. He will be missed.
For all of these "Things You (probably) Didin't Know" I've binged on (damn you TY(p)DK!!!), how about 5 (or more, or less) Things You (probably) Didn't Know" about the narrator and crew of TY(p)DK? You information and insights in Best Shots/Directors/Production Designs/Etc.s are fantastic.
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Here's a fun fact that you guys missed. Bruce Willis's character is American and Alan Rickman's character is German. In real life, Willis from the German descent and Rickman is American.
Honestly that like 10 second audio clips that played when Hans was dropped is one of my favourite scores in any movie, I know is shows up in 2 and 3 as well but all I can remember is when the Whitehouse blows up in 4. I just love the sudden shock that short audio clip portrays so much.
Such a classic that gets mentioned in other movies and TV shows especially "Brooklyn Nine Nine".
One of the greatest action films ever made!
This is one of my dad's favorite Christmas Movies, along with the first Lethal Weapon movie.
1,2,3,4 are great as as as I am concerned.
The 5th though, yeah that was a fucking terrible movie.
But the 4th featured a lot of what made the first 3 good, they just made it into modern times, and showed that John had to adjust. I enjoyed that fact. But, all are entitled to their own opinions.
Die Hard 2 and 3 please..
-The adventure continue.....
Great video. Even in death, we're still learning new things about Alan Rickman
Heres another fact 3 actors that were in Die Hard are now dead--Paul Gleason(the cop)Alexander Gudunov(guy with long blonde hair bad guy) & of course Al Rickman
Mark Chapman Don't forget Mr. Takagi.
Alan Rickman really fell 25 feet?! Holy crap, that's amazing!
Alan Rickman said it was 40 feet :O
Fun fact: 3 actors from Lethal Weapon & 3 actors from the Ghostbusters movies are all in this movie.
Ghostbusters:
Peck/Atherton
jail guard/VelJohnson
Vigo/ rocket launcher guy
Lethal Weapon:
lady psychiatrist / lady news reporter
guy water electrocuting Riggs/ terrorist
guy who introduces Riggs and Murtaugh/ FBI agent
Actually due to the contract with Sinatra for 'The Detective' they had to technically offer the 73 year old Sinatra the lead in any adaptation of the sequel. Frank declined but does get a production credit.
I can see Sinatra fitting in Die Hard. Hans Gruber making all those references to cowboy serials. Willis' McClane would be a little boy during Roy Rogers reruns, but Sinatra's generation directly influenced that era of idealized entertainment
I always though the barefoot shit was some kind of creepy demented fetish.
Wrong director
+El Rocky Raccoon You're thinking about Tarantino
+El Rocky Raccoon Think about it; if there was suddenly a shootout nearby, would you think about putting your shoes on first?
Please do a part 2... And Live Free or Die Hard is not shitty AT ALL!
Really can't be Christmas until Hans Gruber is falling to his death from The Nakatomi Plaza. 😂
This was such a great movie I watched it on Christmas Day all the way through for the first time and I’m so glad I did
I couldn't imagine Sly or Arnold, saying all the funny quips like, "Come out to LA they said, have a few laughs they said. I'd rather be Virginia."
and I love Arnold and Sylvester, they do not have, however, the funny comedic edge bruce has, could you imagine Sly saying Yipii Kayee m.f.?
I laughed way too hard on the Alan Rickman bit. That face...
0:10 "Die Hard is technically a Christmas movie" No shit, it's the best Christmas movie ever.
die hard 4 is nowhere near bad lol
+Rage eX It's my second favorite of the series.
+Rage eX You are correct, it is far worse.
+Rage eX Couldn't agree more. Die Hard 4 is a great flick and anyone that thinks differently is fucked up.
+Jacob Martinez LOL ignore defmore89
Can we stop shitting on Live Free or Die Hard? It's not that bad. In Fact, it's pretty good. No, it's certainly not the best (that would go to the first in my opinion), but it's a perfectly adequate film. Oh, and while I'm here I'll just say this one too. Star Wars episode III is good! I, and II suck ass, but III was a massive improvement, it featured a fantastic mythos involving the origin of the Darkside, and did away with all the stupid mindless humor. I know Star Wars had nothing to do with this video, but I hate that that movie is hated just as much as Live Free or Die Hard.
yerp...rewatched it last month....it is good..
4 is awesome, cant see what anyone see bad about it. 5,
on the other hand.....fuck.
I was about to say this.............But not the part about episode 3. Live free or die hard is pretty great tho. I hate the title tho.
Amen brother
***** WTF, are you even speaking english ?
Ok here is another one. The character is labelled an all american action hero. But Bruce Willis wasn't born in america. He was actually born in Germany. He moved to america when he was younger. Their are quite a few stars that say they are from 1 country but born in another. People born in the UK but say they are from another Country. Kiefer Sutherland. He admitted in an interview on the Jonathon Ross show he was born in the UK as his father was making a film over here at the time and then later moved to Canada. Sam Worthington (Avatar). Born in the UK and then moved to Australia when he was a baby. Naomi Watts (Diana) Born in the UK but then moved to Australia when she was a teenager.
I was born in Iowa but I've lived in Colorado my entire adult life. Does that make me Iowan instead of Coloradan? No.
Your comment is dumb and you should feel bad.
No it means you are American. Its like I was born in Wales, But I currently live in England. But I am still Welsh. Bruce Willis was born in Germany so he is German.
johnny prothero Bruce Willis' father is American his mother is German.His father was an American soldier in Germany thats how he met Bruce's mother. Bruce was born on an American military hospital so that makes him an American citizen So Bruce is half American and half German
Wasn’t a Christmas movie when it came out in JULY of 88. Just became one over the years since. Now give us a break Thornberg. Eat it Harvey.
My favourite Christmas film...
Lol so that's why Alan Rickman looks like he's about to say, "two...". Thanks Cinefix!
Bonus thing - because of all the glass, the Polish title was "The glass trap". You know - glass building, people trapped inside. Then the sequels came up and suddenly it didn't make no sense anymore.
4:05 the 4th diehard isn't bad mate, the second one and especially the 5th one are way worse.
+Ferenc Szaffenauer I agree
+Ferenc Szaffenauer oath mate
+Ferenc Szaffenauer The second movie had an Epic ending.
This is trilogy for anyone to enjoy not just the Holidays and the change in the main character was a good decision.
I'm so glad Bruce Willis got the part. I can't imagine anyone else playing John McCain.
Dude, do one on part 2 and 3. Especially part 3!!!!!
Great video CineFix!
I always loved him on the show Moonlighting.
Check out his movie "Blind Date". That was from his Moonlighting days, sooo funny.
I'd love to see a part 2 of Die Hard facts.
You guys should do a "What's The Difference" on the book that you said Die Hard is based off of.
They just did!
I commented this a long time ago,
Something that NOW you will know, that hardly anyone else did!
The Bad Guy is Hans Gruber.
He shares the same last name as the composer of "Silent Night" which is Franz Gruber.
With Hans though, it's anything BUT a "Silent Night"!
Die Hard is the perfect action movie. It just is. And the fact that it's a christmas movie makes it even better! But that last fact was really awesome!
Lethal Weapon 1 would make for a great Christmas "Things You Didn't Know" episode.
People tend to forget that, like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon is also a movie set at Christmas time.
RIP Alan Rickman! Did great in DH as well as HP!
I realize you did this a long long time ago but I just watched it and, because it was technically a sequel and because Frank Sinatra stared in the original adaptation of the book series he was contracted to make the second film, so they had to ask him to play the roll first. He was 73 years old at the time and told them no. Can you imagine Die Hard with a 73 year old Frank Sinatra playing the part?
I pulled a gnarly piece of glass out of my foot when I was 10, didn't cry, and made the perfect suggestion for my mom to get the golden seal power and my foot with goz. I still have the scar, and I kinda deserved it and the pain, but you have to say, to do that shit for real was crazy. I remember it all like yesterday
Just watched this movie for the 900th time and it never gets old. Alan rickman was such a bad ass. Does anybody notice that the first guy he kills blinks when hans pushes his head to the side? Check it out the next time you watch it.. Another thing why does Bruce have a huge scar on his right shoulder?
I knew most of that, especially about Rickman's reaction. I actually remember seeing a behind the scenes piece on TV where they showed Rickman rigged up and a blue screen below him.
Other GREAT Alan Rickman main bad guy roles, for those who may not know: “Quigley down under” starring Tom Selleck. And also “Robin Hood”, starring Kevin Costner. He hit a home run with all these roles. He’s one of a kind.
Two facts I found fairly "shocking", One more than the other was, On the set of the original Die HArd - Where John Mcclane is is actually under a table and a terrorist is on top -
Bruce Willis actually lost around 70-ish % of his hearing in one ear - As the guns they had, were firing "extra loud" blanks - just for the extra element of "realism" in the final edit of the movie.
Within die hard: With a vengeance (die hard 3) the scene where theres an explosion, and the train becomes derailed and runs along the station, they had made a 1 mile (i believe it was) train line, with a custom carrage for the train - where the carriage, swings out.
Thats right, the entire scene was not faked - it genuinely happened, they genuinely made that scene with 0 CGI or editing - they outright said to everyone who was there, if you get caught by the train theres nothing they can do - but we will give you a extra spot on the credits.
Like wise, the opening scene of die hard 3, was not faked - they just spent around an entire week preparing for it. As well as around 80-ish % of the new york sections actually being done in front of a live audience,
Great Video CineFix
Die Hard 2! Die Hard 3! Love these things you probably didn't know. Narrated by Bill Murray and Bruce Campbell's bastard love child
Here's a weird fact in keeping with the Christmas spirit - the main villain is named Hans Gruber, the composer who wrote the music for Silent Night the famous Christmas song is named Frans Gruber. Fun coincidence or done on purpose I'm not sure but it seemed weird to me when I found out.
do a video on Die Hard 3, 2nd ain't so good
Agreed. After seeing 2 in the theater I wish I had stayed home and watched 1 again. Same was true with Lethal Weapon 3... 2 was way better.
I did not know. And I really enjoyed learning this Trivia.
Come out to LA they said, have a few laughs they said. I would rather be Virginia......
+James Cook I was once told that the only thing better than being 6 feet deep in Kentucky, is being 6 inches deep Virginia...
Die Hard 4.0 is underrated. Plenty to enjoy there and it feels like a Die Hard film. Apparently the theatrical cut was rated 12 (PG13 in the US) which made it a bit tame but the DVD (the only version I've seen) is more violent and sweary - as well it should be :)
There's one that I found really cool that wasn't in here. Hanz Gruber was named after Franz Gruber who composed the music to Stille Nacht (silent night). I figured that one out myself when I was in church on Christmas and noticed the composer's name below the music
“Fox actually charged themselves to use their own lot”... yes. Obviously. That’s how they stick production and secure more money from a first out payment before things hit the waterfall. Why wouldn’t they give themselves a better rate if it took from production?!
That was below the belt on Burt Reynolds.
exactly, Deliverance and 74 Longest Yard Burt could have easily done the role, he used to be a credible tough guy
Ducksoup67 Burt Reynolds did a great job on sharky's machine which was the closest he came to doing die hard.
Another interesting thing, it might be found only on Blu Ray or special commemorative editions: there are SEVERAL versions of Takagi (Holly's boss) pleading with Hans for his life. I think McTiernan did three versions before deciding it was too complex and simply settled for a very brief plea before Hans shot him.
I was in jail a few weeks ago, we had a guard whose name is John McClain, he was the coolest guard I've ever met (and I've met a lot)
LMAO sound man
you also missed the end scenes you spliced where the under table shoot into the bad guys legs was shot with extra powered blanks and damaged Bruce Willis' hearing permanently...that's why he's wincing like that
I'm kind of surprised that Live Free or Die Hard is hated so much. I really enjoyed it. Granted, it was the first one that I saw because at the time it came out I was still a little too young to see the others, but I thought that it was really good. I think I have to agree with Jeremy Jahns, Die Hard 5 was made to shut up the fans that said that Live Free or Die Hard didn't count as a Die Hard movie.
Sierra Davis I'm sorry, but what does that mean?
The next "things you probably didn't know about," should be on "A Christmas story," you know the one with the red rider rifle and Adam West.
You gotta love directors who get real emotion from his actors! 1...off with you. What happened 2 and 3?
You slipped in that Yippee Kay Yay in the beginning so smoothly.
The unrated version of Die Hard 4 is actually pretty okay. It's still got a paper thin plot but you'd be surprised to see what adding some decent blood effects and letting Bruce Willis say the famous line does for the film.
Your first fact is the most interesting fact I've seen in any of your videos.
That's actually a really cool tid bit.
Not to say that the rest aren't.
This was a great video!
The reason McClaine's feet seemed so big is that they were false 'slip-over' plastic feet; worn for protection, because apparently the broken glass was real and not 'sugar-glass'. Even with foot protection, I can't say I would like to have been around the set without eye protection!
I love die hard. A theatre near me just had it run for Christmas last year. It was great getting to see it on the big screen. Didn't get the chance when it first came out cause I was 4.
Cinefix Please do one on Scrooged. Cracking film would love to know more about it.Ta v much