{"id":21272,"date":"2020-12-21T12:18:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=21272"},"modified":"2020-12-21T17:05:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T01:05:40","slug":"die-hard-christmas-movie-bruce-willis-director-john-mctiernan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2020\/12\/21\/die-hard-christmas-movie-bruce-willis-director-john-mctiernan\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?  Its Director John McTiernan finally reveals&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Director Of \u2018Die Hard\u2019 finally puts the \u2018Is It A Christmas Movie?\u2019 argument to rest&#8230;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">During a recent discussion with the <strong>American Film Institute<\/strong>, <strong>Director John McTiernan<\/strong> confirmed what should be obvious.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Why DIE HARD Is A Christmas Movie | Director John McTiernan Explains\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qiOgpkNaR_E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">During the video clip, McTiernan reveals an unexpected inspiration for his shoot-em-up action film:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">the 1946 Christmas classic\u00a0<em>It\u2019s A Wonderful Life<\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cSpecifically, the Pottersville sequence,\u201d McTiernan says in the interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cWhich is what happens when the evil banker gets to do what he wants in the community without George getting in the way to stop it. And it\u2019s the clearest demonstration and criticism of runaway, unregulated cowboy capitalism that\u2019s ever been done in an American movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-4 fQqUFt\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-1 gKeXmA js_video-sticky-trigger\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Unlike Jimmy Stewart\u2019s George Bailey, <strong>Bruce Willis\u2019 John McClane<\/strong> has weapons to help him deal with the evil banker in his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">But Filmmaker McTiernan says he was always clear with producer Joel Silver about making McClane in the image of George Bailey:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cI said, \u2018Okay, if you want me to make this terrorist movie,<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">I want to make it where the hero in the first scene, when the limo driver apologizes that he\u2019s never been in a limo before,<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">the hero says, \u201cIt\u2019s alright. I\u2019ve never ridden in a limo before.\u201d\u2019 A working class hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">McTiernan admits \u201cwe hadn\u2019t intended [<em>Die Hard<\/em>] to be a Christmas movie. But the joy that came from it is what turned it into a Christmas movie. 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