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"Stirb Langsam - Die Hard" (1988) verhalf nicht nur dem Action-Film zu neuen Ehren, sondern katapultierte ganz nebenbei Bruce Willis (u.a. "Sixth Sense") in den Superstar-Status - und schuf mit Alan Rickman (u.a. "Harry Potter") einen neuen Charakterbösewicht...
Heiligabend in Los Angeles. Eine Gruppe schwerbewaffneter Männer stürmt ein Bürohochhaus. Die Gangster wollen 624 Mio. Dollar erbeuten, die als Wertpapiere in einem computergesicherten Safe lagern. Eine Partygesellschaft, die im obersten Stockwerk feiert, nehmen sie als Geiseln. Nur der New Yorker Polizist McClane kann entkommen. Doch alle Ausgänge sind blockiert, die Telefonverbindungen unterbrochen. Dann wird kaltblütig eine Geisel erschossen. McClane begreift, daß nur er eine Chance hat. Völlig auf sich selbst gestellt nimmt er den bedingungslosen Kampf auf...
"Stirb Langsam 2 - Die Harder" (1990)...
Washington, wieder kurz vor Weihnachten: Der Cop John McClane will eigentlich nur seine Frau Holly vom Flughafen abholen. Eine Gruppe abtrünniger Soldaten durchkreuzen seine Pläne...
"Stirb Langsam - Jetzt erst recht" (1995)...
Das ist heute nicht McClanes Tag. Seine Frau hat ihn verlassen, sein Boß hat ihn vom Dienst suspendiert und irgendein Verrückter hat ihn gerade zum Gegenspieler in einem teuflischen Spiel erkoren - und der Einsatz ist New York selbst. Ein Kaufhaus ist explodiert, doch das ist nur der Auftakt. Der geniale Superverbrecher Simon (Jeremy Irons) droht, die ganze Stadt Stück für Stück in die Luft zu sprengen, wenn McClane und sein Partner wider Willen (Samuel L. Jackson) seine explosiven Rätsel nicht lösen. Eine mörderische Hetzjagd quer durch New York beginnt...
"Stirb Langsam 4 - Die Hard 4"...
Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass es - nach den Ereignissen vom 11. September 2001 - einen 4. Teil geben würde, waren verschwindend gering... Unter der Regie von Len Wiseman (u.a. "Underworld") begannen am 30. September 2006 die Dreharbeiten zu "Live Free Or Die Hard" aka "Die Hard 4.0" aka "Stirb Langsam 4.0"...
Eine neue Art von Terrorismus bedroht von Washington, D.C. aus die USA. Die brandgefährliche Organisation des genialen Kriminellen Greg (Timothy Olyphant, u.a. "Dreamcatcher", "Sex and the City", "Scream 2") plant zum Unabhängigkeitstag am 4. Juli alle Computernetzwerke des Landes zu kappen und so die Infrastruktur - Transportwesen, Kommunikation, Strom - lahmzulegen. John McClane muss einspringen, da alle anderen Versuche, das teuflische Komplott zu verhindern, fehlschlagen. Mit Old-School-Methoden und der Hilfe von Hacker Matt (Justin Long, u.a. "Jeepers Creepers") legt McClane los.
Stirb Langsam
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"Stirb langsam 4.0" auf DVD !!!
Am 2. November 2007 erschien "Stirb langsam 4.0" als Einzel- und Doppel-DVD...
In der Rubrik DVD & Video finden Sie weitere "Die Hard - Stirb Langsam" Filme...
[01.09.2009]
Moviehole sprach mit Mary Elizabeth Winstead...
[...] Have you heard any rumblings of another Die Hard movie?
I haven't. I've read things online here and there, but I'm not sure how reputable they are. I haven't heard anything from the studio or from the director.
Are you contracted to do another?
I don't think so, but I hope if they do another one they bring ol' Lucy back!
[06.11.2007]
Bei CS! gibt es einen Clip aus der "Live Free or Die Hard" US-DVD...
[02.11.2007]
Heute erscheint "Stirb langsam 4.0" als Einzel- und Doppel-DVD, sowie die "Stirb Langsam"-Quadrilogy...
[17.10.2007]
Hollywoodreporter.com meldet...
In an industry first, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is expected to announce Tuesday that the special-edition DVD of "Live Free or Die Hard" will come with an electronic copy of the movie that can be played on a computer and select portable video players.
"This may be the killer app, where you have physical media that allows you to have a big-screen experience and at the same time move the file around to other devices and have a great experience there as well," said Mike Dunn, the division's worldwide president.
The summer theatrical hit, the fourth in the "Die Hard" franchise and first since 1995, comes to DVD on Nov. 20 after a boxoffice run that yielded $134.4 million in domestic ticket receipts. The release precedes by nearly a month Warner Home Video's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which also will let DVD buyers download a copy of the movie to a PC or portable video device.
The Digital Copy feature also will be included on select other Fox DVDs down the road, though no titles have been announced. The DRM-free feature allows consumers to quickly and easily transfer the movie file to Windows-based computers or portable video players equipped with Microsoft Windows' PlaysForSure feature, available from such manufacturers as Archos, Toshiba, Samsung, RCA, Dell and Creative Labs.
"The industry has sold nearly 12 billion DVDs to date, and the release of 'Live Free or Die Hard' is the first one that allows consumers to move their content to other devices," Dunn said. "With the myriad of viewing options available to consumers in our rapidly evolving digital world, a DVD with Digital Copy offers a simple way for consumers to satisfy their growing desire to watch what they want, when they want and, most importantly, how and where they want."
To utilize the Digital Copy feature, consumers can insert Disc 2 of the "Live Free" DVD into their computer. A menu will pop up, giving users the choice of either executing the Digital Copy application or launching the DVD special features. If the Digital Copy application is selected, the computer will verify the proper requirements and ask the user to enter a 16-digit serial code, found inside the DVD case. After selecting a destination -- either the computer's hard drive or a connected PlaysForSure video player -- the transfer will begin, and the program will be ready for playback after about five minutes.
"We're looking at this as giving the consumer a whole other experience, with an emphasis on choice and ease of use," Dunn said. "There's downloading, which takes 45 minutes to an hour, and managed copy, which I never liked because it involves moving the movie off the disc and onto something else, which also takes forever. With Digital Copy, the file is formatted to go across and onto your computer and mobile device, so it's already a small file -- a rocket file that plays beautifully."
[12.07.2007]
GameFront meldet...
Für die Xbox 360 scheinen die Sensory Sweep Studios an einer Umsetzung des Bruce Willis-Films Live Free or Die Hard (dt. 'Stirb Langsam 4.0') zu arbeiten.
Das geht aus einer Prüfung der Altersfreigabe durch die amerikanische ESRB hervor - eine offizielle Ankündigung steht noch aus.
[02.07.2007]
CS! berichtet über die US-Einspielergebnisse...
[...] After taking in $15 million on Wednesday and Thursday, 20th Century Fox's action sequel Live Free or Die Hard was able to capitalize on positive word-of-mouth to do more than twice that amount over the three day weekend, earning an estimated $33.1 million for 2nd place [...]
Budgeted at $110 million, Live Free or Die Hard averaged just under $10,000 per theatre over the weekend, and it's only chances of making back its budget domestically is if it can get past Michael Bay's Transformers next week. [...]
[29.06.2007]
Bei JoBlo.com gibt es eine recht positive Kritik (7/10)...
[28.06.2007]
Quint von AICN kann Teil 4 nichts abgewinnen... Daneben gibt es bei AICN eine recht positive Kritik vom PG-13-Gegner Vern...
[...] I am relieved to be able to tell you that, despite everything going against it, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD is a pretty damn entertaining movie. It could and should be harder. But it's fun, it has a good villainous plot, it has many intense and well constructed action sequences, and other than the rating and Kevin Smith it manages to overcome most of the worries I had about the movie. [...]
[27.06.2007]
Heute startet "Stirb Langsam 4.0" in den deutschen Kinos... Und Spiegel Online titelt "Daddy Uncool"...
[...] Der größte Teil dieses Kino-Faszinosums ist schlicht Bruce Willis geschuldet, der seinem McClane so viel von sich selbst verleiht, dass dieses wandelnde Klischee des aufrechten, einfach gestrickten Amerikaners, der nur seine Familie retten will, einfach echt wirkt. Kino lebt von solchen Typen. "Stirb langsam 4.0", wiewohl alles andere als ein filmisches Meisterwerk, lebt vor allem aber auch von seiner konsequenten Retro-Attitüde. Der Plot um den Rachefeldzug eines durchgeknallten Super-Nerds gaukelt vordergründig Aktualität vor. Doch welchen Reiz übt ein Bösewicht aus, der seine Schurkereien per Mausklick erledigt? Das Erschreckende am modernen Kampf von Gut gegen Böse ist seine Unsichtbarkeit, das Ungreifbare, Unkontrollierbare des digitalen Datenstroms - ein Unbehagen, das Jung und Alt gleichermaßen empfinden dürften.
Figuren wie John McClane geben uns das gute Gefühl, die Mysterien des Computerzeitalters notfalls mit einem Faustschlag auflösen zu können. Da kann Jack Bauer noch so lange in sein Handy quatschen.
[26.06.2007]
Bei MTV gibt es ein Video vom DH4-Set: die Stunts !!! Und bei CS! gibt es ein Interview mit Len Wiseman...
[24.06.2007]
ProSieben zeigt heute um 22.15 Uhr "Stirb langsam 3 - Jetzt erst recht"... Die Wiederholung läuft um 2.45 Uhr... Bei RopeOfSilicon.com gibt es zwischenzeitlich einen Schwung "Live Free or Die Hard" Clips / Ausschnitte... Und bei AICN gibt es weitere Kritiken zu Teil 4...
[...] Basically it's kinda fun and in a summer full of disappointments it's an entertaining time but at the same time it doesn't really feel like a Die Hard film for much of its runtime (I would say about two hours, five/ten.
I guess it's like Godfather 3 or Predator 2. On its own it's an okay film, pretty entertaining, solid, fun summer flick but seen as part of a bigger whole, compared to what's come before it, it doesn't really measure up that well. That said only the first Die Hard is truly great. Two is a xerox, three is really fun entertainment but again doesn't always feel like Die Hard. [...]
[23.06.2007]
Der TV-Sender Pro7 zeigt heute um 22.00 Uhr "Stirb langsam 2"... Und bei Moviehole gibt es Infos zur Zukunft des "Die Hard"-Franchise...
Bruce Willis popped by the Second Life program [..] to talk up the latest "Die Hard".
Willis seemingly had such a good time working on this latest one [..] that he's already ready to get going on "Die Hard 5".
"I would definitely consider doing "Die Hard 5." I would consider doing it anywhere", says Willis. "You know, I would really like to see Holly McClane come back" [...]
"There was a time when one of the ideas of doing another "Die Hard" was doing the prequel, "John McClane: The Early Years." I think I've kind of missed that window now unless they come up with some kind of new technology where they can smooth out these wrinkles that I have on my face. But I would do it. I think that I could act it. It's just a matter of how I look."
Funny he should mention that, as I hear there's a "McClane" prequel series currently in development - which sounds rather superb. (That'd be a TV series though, so Willis wouldn't be doing that... unless his career really hits the skids).
[22.06.2007]
Bei Yahoo! und Spiegel.de gibt es neues Video-Material zum 4. Teil... Und bei AICN gibt es eine weitere Kritik zu "Live Free or Die Hard"...
[...] It felt like an extended episode of 24, it moves at pace but at the expense of logic or any meaningful characterization.
Whilst there are some self-referential nods to lift shafts, basements and walkie talkie banter with bad guys it all lacks grit, any sense of realism or any real tension. Indeed the dialogue is shockingly hokey (Kevin Smith is no actor by the way), the acting (as opposed to the action) poorly directed and the lines delivered awkwardly, almost to the point you actually feel a little embarrassed about it. [...]
[21.06.2007]
Bei AICN gibt es eine Kritik zu "Live Free or Die Hard"...
[...] It feels very much like a sequel to Die Hard With A Vengeance, only not as good, in the same way that Die Harder felt a lot like Die Hard, but not as good. It's not set in a closed environment, and while the third film could at least claim to be "Die Hard in New York", this one is just like any other action film in terms of setting - the action moves from place to place throughout the film as the plot calls for it.
Which brings us to the film's main problem... no, not the PG-13... the story. Or the script. Or the director. I'm not sure quite what's to blame here, but the story at the heart of the film is never really convincing. [...]
[20.05.2007]
Bei AICN beantwortet Bruce Willis Fragen der Fans...
[...] My only question regarding Live Free or Die Hard concerns the inclusion of John's daughter in the film. In sequels, we quite often see family members introduced (or reintroduced in this case) with not-so-good results. Putting to mind the large role the daughter plays in the film, what would you say separates her role from less-than-stellar ones that appear in sequels quite often? [...]
Lucy McClane's inclusion in LF or DH made a great deal of sense, since the seires of the 4 movies started with 5 year old Lucy's appearance in Die Hard, where she lisped, "come home". And having seen the 4th installment of the DH series, I can tell you that Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays the grown-up Lucy really well, and bangs and all, brings a lot of humor to her role, not to mention other elements that will remind the audience that she is definitely John McClane's daughter [...]
[11.05.2007]
Bei AICN erzählte Bruce Willis u.a. über Teil 4...
[...] i have said it elsewhere on this Thread, but except for the Fuck quotient, this Film is as badass as the First, and way tougher than 2 or 3, and the hardcore heart of the Film's Mythology has not been compromised one bit, regardless of the outrage of those who haven't seen it yet.
Other than the 5 year old character of Lucy McClane, who is now 26, there are no cameos from the 3 previous Die Hards. [...]
[07.05.2007]
AICN sprach mit Bruce Willis...
[...] According to Bruce, he feels this Die Hard is right there with the original - and that if you didn't know it was PG-13, you couldn't tell, because it got him to the edge of his seat at least 6 times. Now, it might not have as many "fucks" as in the past, but the action and intensity - he swears is there. [...]
[03.05.2007]
Vern von AICN widmet sich der unmöglichen Altersbeschränkung von Teil 4: PG-13 statt R !?!
[04.04.2007]
Die Offizielle Website hat ihre Pforten geöffnet und ein neuer "Die Hard 4.0" Trailer ist online...
[01.03.2007]
Bei Filmz.ru gibt es ein "Die Hard 4.0" Teaser-Poster...
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