Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 American action film and the third in the Die Hard film series. It was produced and directed by John McTiernan , written by Jonathan Hensleigh, and stars Bruce Willis as NYPD Lieutenant John McClane, Samuel L. Jackson as McClane's reluctant partner Zeus Carver, and Jeremy Irons as Simon Peter Gruber. It was released on May 19, 1995 and followed by Live Free or Die Hard 12 years later. On a summer morning in New York City, a bomb detonates destroying the Bonwitt Teller department store. Later, a man calling himself "Simon" phones Major Case Unit Inspector... Walter Cobb of the New York City Police Department, claiming responsibility for the bomb. He demands that suspended police officer Lt. John McClane be dropped in Harlem, wearing a sandwich board that says "I hate Niggers". Harlem shop owner Zeus Carver spots McClane and tries to get him off the street before he is killed, but a gang of black youths attack the pair, who barely escape. Returning to the station, they learn that Simon is believed to have stolen several thousand gallons of a bi-chemical agent explosive.
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| Release date: | May 19, 1995 |
| Directed by: | John McTiernan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 131 Minutes |
| Producer: | John McTiernan, Michael Tadross, Andrew George Vajna |
| Editor: | John Wright |
| Music by: | Michael Kamen |
| Cinematography: | Peter Menzies Jr. |
| Screenplay by: | Roderick Thorp, Jonathan Hensleigh |
| Estimated budget: | $90,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |