On this day in movie history - Die Hard (1988 movie & novel):

Die Hard

directed by John McTiernan,

written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza,

based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1988.
Music by Michael Kamen.

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, De'voreaux White, William Atherton, Clarence Gilyard, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Bruno Doyon, Andreas Wisniewski, Joey Plewa, Lorenzo Caccialanza, Gerard Bonn, Dennis Hayden, Al Leong, Gary Roberts, Hans Buhringer, Wilhelm von Homburg, Robert Davi, Grand L. Bush, Tracy Reiner, Taylor Fry, Noah Land.

Recommended reading:

Nothing Lasts Forever

By Roderick Thorp.

Filmed as Die Hard (1988).

Published by Graymalkin Media.

First published 1979.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1935169181

ISBN-13: 978-1935169185

Description:

The pulse pounding bestseller that started it all.

Inspiration for the film Die Hard.

The greatest action film of all time. – Entertainment Weekly.

A ferocious, bloody, raging book so single-mindedly brilliant in concept and execution it should be read at a single sitting. – Los Angeles Times.

Keeps us in a state of almost unequaled suspense and excitement! – The New Yorker.

High atop a Los Angeles skyscraper, an office Christmas party turns into a deadly cage-match between a lone New York City cop and a gang of international terrorists. Every action fan knows it could only be the explosive big-screen blockbuster Die Hard. But before Bruce Willis blew away audiences as unstoppable hero John McClane, author Roderick Thorp knocked out thriller readers with the bestseller that started it all.

A dozen heavily armed terrorists have taken hostages, issued demands, and promised bloodshed – all according to plan. But they haven't counted on a death-defying, one-man cavalry with no shoes, no backup, and no intention of going down easily. As hot-headed cops swarm outside, and cold-blooded killers wield machine guns and rocket launchers inside, the stage is set for the ultimate showdown between anti-hero and uber-villains. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fight … to the death. Ho ho ho!

On this day in movie history - Death Becomes Her (1992):

Death Becomes Her

directed by Robert Zemeckis,

written by Martin Donovan and David Koepp,

was released in the United States on July 13, 1992.
Music by Alan Silvestri.

Cast:

Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke, Nancy Fish, Alaina Reed-Hall, Michelle Johnson, Mary Ellen Trainor, William Frankfather, John Ingle, Clement von Franckenstein, Petrea Burchard, Jim Jansen, Mimi Kennedy, Paulo Tocha, Mark Davenport, Thomas Murphy, Michael Mills, Sonia Jackson, Jill C. Klein, Jean St. James, Debra Jo Rupp, Carol Ann Susi, Kay Yamamoto, Jacquelyn K. Koch, Anya Longwell, Stuart Mabray, Colleen Morris, Jonathan Silverman, Meg Wittner, Carrie Jean Yazel, Michael A. Nickles, John Enos, Danny Lee Clark, Fabio, Joel Beeson, Ron Stein, Bonnie Cahoon, Stéphanie Anderson, Bob Swain, Eric Clark, Dave Brock, Lydia Peterkoch, Phillip Irwin Cooper, Ernest Harada, Susan Kellermann, Kevin Caldwell, Alex Hernandez, Donna Ekholdt, Tammy Gantz, Melissa Martin, Jeff Adkins, Cheryl Baxter, Cameron English, Edmond Alan Forsyth, Bob Gaynor, Don Hesser, Michael Higgins, Kenneth Hughes, Kenneth Knaff, Glean Lewis, Keith McDaniel, Charles McGowan, Regan Patno, Lacy Darryl Phillips, Matt Sergott, Paul Michael Thorpe, Sergio Trujillo, Randy Crenshaw, Jon Joyce, Jerry Whitman, Timothy Burchett, Anthony S. Johnson, Michael Mills, Michael O’Hearn, Sydney Pollack, Ai Wan, Richard Yett.

On this day in movie history - Nobody’s Fool (1994):

Nobody’s Fool

directed and written by Robert Benton,

based on the novel by Richard Russo,

was released in the United States on December 23, 1994.
Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Catherine Dent, Margo Martindale, Shannah Laumeister Stern, Angelica Page.