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Die Hard

The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

Die Hard The Rewatchables

Hart Bochner’s full Ellis performance wins for its extravagant, knowingly smarmy 1980s Los Angeles manner.

In the discussion (2)
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  • The performance is compared to a Dennis Miller imitation and praised for making Ellis simultaneously the movie’s worst and most entertaining figure.
  • The panel debates whether Bochner invented the broad performance on set or developed it with John McTiernan.