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Die Hard is a 1988 action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was produced by Lawrence and Charles Gordon, along with Joel Silver.

It was written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza and stars Bruce Willis as NYPD officer John McClane and Alan Rickman as terrorist thief Hans Gruber. The film was directed by John McTiernan. A critical and commercial success, Die Hard propelled Willis' film career and established Rickman as a popular portrayer of villains in American film. The film also started the Die Hard series.

The movie is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which was previously made into a 1968 movie starring Frank Sinatra.