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Includes removable ephemera and items (photographs and facsimiles of plans and sketches, envelopes, fold-outs and inserts) attached to pages.
About the author
James Mottram is a film critic, journalist and author. He has written several books on cinema, including The Making of Memento, The Sundance Kids, and The Making of Dunkirk, and contributed to numerous critical anthologies on everything from Japanese cinema to war movies. He lives in London.David S. Cohen has covered show business for 15 years, including more than a decade writing about visual effects for the entertainment bible, Variety. He is the longtime writer of Script Magazine's popular "From Script to Screen" series, and his previous book, Screen Plays, is a collection of those articles about the vicissitudes of Hollywood script development. He lives in Los Angeles.John McTiernan is the director of Die Hard and Die Hard With A Vengeance, along with many other hit films including Predator, The Hunt for Red October, and The Thomas Crown Affair.
Summary
Yippee-ki-yay . . .
Discover the explosive story behind the creation of the Die Hard saga in this
visually stunning, behind-the-scenes look at the adventures of detective John
McClane.
Thirty years after the
release of the groundbreaking action film, Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual
History takes an in-depth look at the entire Die Hard saga, from the
original movie through to the hit sequels, comics, video games, and other
extensions of hero John McClane's story.
Loosely based on Roderick
Thorp's novel Nothing Lasts Forever, Die Hard, released in 1988,
saw Moonlighting star Bruce Willis seamlessly make the transition from TV
success to movie stardom in a film so taut, explosive, and full of suspense that
it would come to define the action movie genre for decades to come. Directed by
John McTiernan (Predator), Die Hard also starred revered British
stage actor Alan Rickman who turned lead villain Hans Gruber into a presence so
deliciously malevolent, audiences didn't know whether to love him or hate
him.
For the first time, Die
Hard: The Ultimate Visual History tells the complete story of the making of
Die Hard and its sequels, through exclusive interviews with the cast and
crew of each film and a wealth of rare and unseen imagery, including set
photography and concept art. Also exploring Die Hard comics, video games,
and other merchandise, this book will tell the full story of the saga and its
remarkable thirty-year legacy.
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"Since Die Hard is totally a Christmas movie, The Ultimate Visual History would make a great Christmas gift for the cowboy in your life."
