Die Hard

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Die Hard

Screening followed by a lecture and audience discussion with NYU Tisch Professor Rob Morton

35th Anniversary Screening—Come dressed in your “ugliest” Holiday sweater and get a free small popcorn!

New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business where she works. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there’s no one to save the hostages—but him.

Rob Morton has over a decade of experience as a screenwriting instructor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He attended NYU graduate film school in the mid-to-late ’90s, where he wrote and directed numerous award-winning short films. Prior to that, he earned a degree in film history and cinema studies at Hobart College. He joined the Jacob Burns Film Center as a screenwriting instructor in the fall of 2012.

"John McTiernan’s 1988 action classic isn’t just set at Christmastime—it embodies the very spirit of the holiday."
Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

This film is part of the Movie Milestones series.



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