DIE HARD Screens December 1st at Schlafly Bottleworks

“Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho.”

DIE HARD screens Thursday December 1st at 7:00pm at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue Maplewood, MO 63143) as part of the ‘A’ Film Series “Culture Shock”

DIE HARD (1988) is one of the best and most iconic action films from Hollywood. Bruce Willis starred as NYPD Officer John McClane, who tries to save his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) and several of her co-workers and friends after being taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman )and his henchmen during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Willis’ witty and deadpan delivery personality, coupled with his never-say-die attitude and relentless attacks on the villains made him a force to be reckoned with, giving us a tough yet comedic performance. Most of DIE HARD takes place inside the Nakatomi Plaza, where you will find all the heart-pounding action as Gruber terrorizes his hostages and tries to rob the treasures within the building the process, while McClane takes on his henchmen one-by-one.

Alan Rickman did a wonderfully devious performance as Gruber, calm and crafty but cold enough to generate no sympathy. Bonnie Bedelia did a great job as Holly Gennaro – gentle, yet fearless. And, Reginald VelJohnson was memorable as Sgt. Al Powell. Highlights are Powell communicating with McClane inside the building, giving him the will to stay tough with all the bad guys around him. With DIE HARD, Director John McTiernan gave us a sly, witty, realistic and sometimes dramatic action-thriller that is just as intense and riveting today as it was in 1988 and better than most or all of the big-class mimickers that have been released since.Don’t miss it when it screens December 1st at Schlafly Bottleworks.

A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/1787048798224846/

$6  for the screening. A yummy variety of food from Schlafly’s kitchen is available as are plenty of pints of their famous home-brewed suds.

“Culture Shock” is the name of a film series here in St. Louis that is the cornerstone project of a social enterprise that is an ongoing source of support for Helping Kids Together (http://www.helpingkidstogether.com/) a St. Louis based social enterprise dedicated to building cultural diversity and social awareness among young people through the arts and active living.

The films featured for “Culture Shock” demonstrate an artistic representation of culture shock materialized through mixed genre and budgets spanning music, film and theater. Through ‘A Film Series’ working relationship with Schlafly Bottleworks, they seek to provide film lovers with an offbeat mix of dinner and a movie opportunities.