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On Christmas Eve, a team of terrorists seizes a building in L.A. and takes hostages. A New York cop, in town to spend the holidays with his estranged wife, is the only hope for the people held by the cunning and savage criminals.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Willis, Bruce, 1955-, Rickman, Alan, Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995, Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946-, McTiernan, John, Thorp, Roderick
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:In English (5.1 DTS, 5.1 surround, Dolby surround), with optional French Dolby surround audio; subtitles available in English or Spanish.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2001]
Edition:Widescreen version.
Series:Five star collection.
Subjects:
Action and adventure films.
Gangster films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:On Christmas Eve, a team of terrorists seizes a building in L.A. and takes hostages. A New York cop, in town to spend the holidays with his estranged wife, is the only hope for the people held by the cunning and savage criminals.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Roderick Thorp.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
Special features: disc 1. Commentary by director John McTiernan and production designer Jackson DeGovia ; Scene-specific commentary by special effects supervisor Richard Edlund ; Subtitle commentary by various cast and crew ; Branching version with the extended power shutdown scene cut back in ; DVD-ROM features: script-to-scene comparison -- disc 2. 2 extended scenes: Airplane sequence and Power shutdown scene ; The cutting room: re-edit and re-mix your favorite scenes ; Deleted lines and sequences reel ; Gag reel ; Newscasts ; Interactive articles from American Cinematographer and Cinefex Magazine ; Full-length screenplay ; Still gallery ; Trailers and TV spots ; DVD-ROM links and game demos.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (disc 1: approximately 132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([8] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:DVD; THX digitally mastered; Dolby digital, DTS; aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic widescreen).
System requirements for DVD-ROM feature: PC with Windows 95 or higher; some of these enhanced DVD features will not work on a Mac; discs will not work in a CD-ROM drive.
Production Credits:Music, Michael Kamen ; editors, Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link ; screenplay, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza ; producers, Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver ; director, John McTiernan.