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Ellis getting a Coke (two votes)

Chris Ryan: McClane crossing broken glass barefoot is nominated for its immediate physical vulnerability.

Hans interrogating Takagi is nominated as the first full display of his charm and ruthlessness.

“Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker”

“Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker” is selected as the unsurpassable iconic line.

The film

Die Hard (1988)

Directed by John McTiernan · Action

132 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Bruce Willis John McClane
Alan Rickman Hans Gruber
Bonnie Bedelia Holly Gennaro-McClane
Paul Gleason Dwayne T. Robinson
William Atherton Richard Thornburg
Hart Bochner Harry Ellis

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