Die+Hard

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toc =Basic Information= Bonnie Bedelia (Holly Genero McClane) Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) Reginald VelJohnson (Sgt Al Powell) Paul Gleason (Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson) William Atherton (Richard Thornburg) ||
 * < **Director** ||< John McTiernan ||
 * < **Actors** ||< Bruce Willis (John McClane)
 * < **Year** ||< 1988 ||
 * < **Synopsis** ||< When a Japanese corporate building in LA is taken hostage by terrorists, it is left to New York detective John McClane to save the day and rescue his estranged wife. ||

=Context=

When the film was made
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Viewers' contexts
This can be tricky. Certainly, you should consider you personal context, but part of the purpose of viewing this film is to consider how other viewing contexts will subtly shift the meaning of the film. These contexts may challenge or subvert the meaning of the film depending on which aspects of the film are privileged.

=What we have learned about Viewing through the study of this film=