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Did you know this amazing trivia about Die Hard?

Posted by mara Jul 12 '18, 10:54

"In 1979 Roderick Thorp wrote a sequel to The Detective called Nothing Lasts Forever, in which Leland is trapped in a Klaxon Oil Corporation skyscraper after it is taken by German terrorists and must rescue his daughter and grandchildren. The novel was adapted into the 1988 20th Century Fox film Die Hard, in which Joe Leland's name was changed to John McClane, the object of his heroism was changed from his daughter to his wife, and Klaxon became the Nakatomi Corporation. Fox was contractually obligated to offer Sinatra the lead role, but he promptly turned it down as he would have been more than 70 years old when filming. Coincidentally, Lloyd Bochner's son Hart was also featured in Die Hard. The film launched a film franchise that continues into the 2010s."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Detective_(1968_film) (en.wikipedia.org)

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Semi-tangent: The Bruce Willis roast is the first I have thought about watching, in ages. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 12, 11:31
Other trivia I didn't realize: it opened on only 21 screens July 15, went wide Jul 22 but only reached #3, expanded more but only reached #2 in Sept. -- nm - Max Jul 12, 11:07
IIRC, every Die Hard film is adapted from something else. -- nm - David Jul 12, 11:04 12
- Indeed. For instance, A Good Day to Die Hard was adapted from a Tom Clancy novel fed through a ceiling fan. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 11:07 11
  - I shut that one off. Couldn't even finish it. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 11:15
  - Live Free or Die Hard is adapted from a Wired magazine article entitled "A Farewell to Arms" (It's my favorite Die Hard movie) -- nm - decline Jul 12, 11:10 9
    - I really liked 4 as well. 1-2-4-3-hitbytruck-5 -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 11:23 6
      - Action Mt. Rushmore -- 1 ... Awesome -- 3 ... Okay 2, 4 .... *re-enacting the falling through the glass in the commercials scene* ..........5 -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 12, 12:25
      - 1-3-4-2-5 for me. Yeah, you heard me. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 11:37 3
        
        I agree with this, except as noted, I haven't seen five -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 11:40 2
        
        I think I've seen all of it ... it came off as an excuse to make another movie, rather than a good idea to make another movie. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 11:43 1
        
        Oh, and furthermore it seemed like an attempt to keep the "franchise" going with a new character. Poorly executed. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 11:43
      - I have yet to watch #5 -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 11:25
    - I'm going to remain doubtful because I'm pretty certain Hemingway didn't publish in Wired. -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 11:11 1
      - it's actually a really good article -- (link) - decline Jul 12, 11:36
huh. That's interesting. Willis had a cameo in a Sinatra film... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 11:01 [youtube]
instead of yippe-kai-yay, it would be "I did it, my way" -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:59 2
- "Come out to Vegas, we'll have a few drinks..." -- nm - Max Jul 12, 11:08
- “... mister falcon” -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 11:05

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