Bruce Willis; Colleen Camp; Sam Phillips; summer action setting; Wall Street school system; gold reserves; Bonwit Teller; Die Hard sequels; McClane’s sidekicks
Willis receives support for this comeback period: Pulp Fiction and this hit lead into a run of major films and first-call status.
Willis and Demi Moore’s combined stardom adds to the case; Moore’s reported Striptease salary is corrected from twenty to twelve million.
Jackson’s peak is unresolved among the Pulp Fiction era, Jackie Brown, later-1990s permanence and Star Wars.
Irons’s Oscar win or Margin Call are alternatives; Harlem is rejected as only a brief setting here, with Harlem Knights, The Cotton Club and Hoodlum discussed.
Summer as an integral action-movie setting receives qualified support, as do the Wall Street school system, gold reserves and Bonwit Teller.
Sam Phillips is the immediate heat-check choice; Jerry the truck driver, played by Joe Zaloom, is the other candidate for briefly solving the presidential riddle.
