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{{short description|1995 film by John McTiernan}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Die Hard with a Vengeance
| image          = Die Hard With A Vengance.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[John McTiernan]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* John McTiernan
* [[Michael Tadross]]
}}
| screenplay     = [[Jonathan Hensleigh]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|[[List of Die Hard characters|Characters]]|[[Roderick Thorp]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bruce Willis]]
* [[Jeremy Irons]]
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]]
* [[Graham Greene (actor)|Graham Greene]]
* [[Colleen Camp]]
* [[Larry Bryggman]]
* [[Sam Phillips (musician)|Sam Phillips]]
}}
| music          = [[Michael Kamen]]
| cinematography = [[Peter Menzies Jr.]]
| editing        = [[John Wright (film editor)|John Wright]]
| studio         = [[20th Century Fox]]<br>[[Cinergi Pictures]]
| distributor    = 20th Century Fox (United States, Canada and Japan)<ref name="sec.gov">{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922519/0000912057-97-024463.txt |title=''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' script |access-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026080004/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922519/0000912057-97-024463.txt |url-status=live }}</ref><br>Cinergi Productions (International){{efn|Cinergi pre-sold the worldwide distribution rights except for Japan to [[Buena Vista International]] in some regions<ref name="bbfc" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/buena-vista-international/ |title=Buena Vista International |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617044746/https://d23.com/a-to-z/buena-vista-international/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and assigned [[Summit Entertainment]] as sales agent for other regions.<ref name="sec.gov"/>}}
| released       = {{Film date|1995|05|19|United States}}
| runtime        = 128 minutes<ref name=bbfc>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/die-hard-vengeance-1970-4|title=''Die Hard with a Vengeance''|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=August 10, 1995|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415063253/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/die-hard-vengeance-1970-4|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $90 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0112864/|title=Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=December 1, 2008|archive-date=June 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630023620/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0112864/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $366.1 million<ref name="BOM"/>
}}

'''''Die Hard with a Vengeance''''' is a 1995 American [[action film]] directed and produced by [[John McTiernan]], from a screenplay written by [[Jonathan Hensleigh]], and starring [[Bruce Willis]] as [[John McClane]]. It is the third installment in the [[Die Hard (film series)|''Die Hard'' film series]].  The film also stars [[Jeremy Irons]] and [[Samuel L. Jackson]], and features [[Graham Greene (actor)|Graham Greene]], [[Colleen Camp]], [[Larry Bryggman]] and [[Sam Phillips (musician)|Sam Phillips]].

In the film, [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Lieutenant John McClane is embroiled in a plot by a mysterious terrorist calling himself “Simon” (Irons), who extorts the [[New York City|city of New York]] by threatening to detonate several bombs unless McClane solves a series of games scattered across the city. McClane reluctantly partners with a shopkeeper named Zeus Carver (Jackson), and learns the terrorists plot to steal the [[Precious metal#Bullion|gold bullion]] of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]].

Adapted from a [[spec script]] written by Hensleigh, ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' was the first film in the series not directly based on a literary source material, and the first not to be produced by [[Joel Silver]] and [[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Lawrence Gordon]], instead being produced by [[Andrew G. Vajna]]’s [[Cinergi Pictures]]. Principal photography took place in New York City and [[South Carolina]].

The film was released on May 19, 1995, and it initially received mixed reviews and became [[1995 in film#Highest-grossing films|the highest-grossing film of the year]]. The film was preceded by ''[[Die Hard 2]]'' and was later followed by ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'' and ''[[A Good Day to Die Hard]]''.