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Die Hard : Hans Gruber's Fall to Death

John McClane (Bruce Willis) reveals he has a gun and shoots Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman). Gruber falls into the window pulling Holly McClane (Bonnie Bedelia) with him. McClane unclasps Holly's watch that Hans is holding onto and Hans falls to his death below.

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acting, beat, action, close-up, dialogue, editing, extreme long shot, high angle, lighting, medium close-up, music, music, empathetic, music, nondiegetic, point-of-view shot, reaction shot, slow motion, suspense, visual effects

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, Migrant, White: White American

"Hans Gruber's Fall to Death" in Die Hard. Directed by John McTiernan, Gordon Company, 1988, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3447

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Calla Sundquist

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