Die Hard 'til Midnight
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Faneditor: Sinbad 
Fanedit Type: FanMix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st March 2018
Fanedit Runtime: 2h:0m:0s
Time Cut: 0h:12m:0s
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Franchise: Die Hard
Genre: Action • Adventure • Thriller
Original Title: Die Hard (1988)
Original Release Date: 1st January 1988
Original Runtime: 2h:12m:0s
Certificate: 15
Format: Digital
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Fanedit Type: FanMix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st March 2018
Fanedit Runtime: 2h:0m:0s
Time Cut: 0h:12m:0s
Time Added: 0h:0m:0s
Franchise: Die Hard
Genre: Action • Adventure • Thriller
Original Title: Die Hard (1988)
Original Release Date: 1st January 1988
Original Runtime: 2h:12m:0s
Original Links:
Certificate: 15
Format: Digital
Resolution:
Sound Mix:
Language:
Subtitles:
Synopsis:
Die Hard is the pinnacle of action movie goodness in my opinion and cannot be improved upon as its completely perfect as it is. However as its one of my favourite films I was intrigued whether I could put a different spin on it to give it some fresh appeal. It struck me that as McClane spends nearly the entire runtime of the movie apart from all the other protagonists I could maybe use splitscreen to give the impression of multiple events taking place at once. Thus the idea for Die Hard 'til Midnight was born, and the edit evolved as a Die Hard/24 style (semi) real-time thriller.
Die Hard is the pinnacle of action movie goodness in my opinion and cannot be improved upon as its completely perfect as it is. However as its one of my favourite films I was intrigued whether I could put a different spin on it to give it some fresh appeal. It struck me that as McClane spends nearly the entire runtime of the movie apart from all the other protagonists I could maybe use splitscreen to give the impression of multiple events taking place at once. Thus the idea for Die Hard 'til Midnight was born, and the edit evolved as a Die Hard/24 style (semi) real-time thriller.
Intentions:
Main focus of the edit using split screen wherever logical to show McClane, Gruber,his cohorts, Police and Newscasters in splitscreen in a style similar to tv series '24' giving a sense of parallel events taking place. The film is set over a 9 hour timeframe with a '24' style ticking clock emphasising the real-time aspect with the intention of adding extra tension, pace and a fresh perspective.
Main focus of the edit using split screen wherever logical to show McClane, Gruber,his cohorts, Police and Newscasters in splitscreen in a style similar to tv series '24' giving a sense of parallel events taking place. The film is set over a 9 hour timeframe with a '24' style ticking clock emphasising the real-time aspect with the intention of adding extra tension, pace and a fresh perspective.
Change List:
2:35:1 original aspect ratio re-formatted scene by scene to 16:9 to aid the new split screen format. When I decide to edit a movie I love I tend to leave everything in but try and and put a new spin on it, there are a few shaves and trims here and there to facilitate this new version but nothing siginificant. There are however approximately 50 split screen/time stamp sequences, some lasting just a few seconds or so and others lasting 30-40 seconds, the use of which has brought the runtime down by about 12 minutes along with the shaves to the film here and there. No changes are made to the actual chronology of the original film though.
2:35:1 original aspect ratio re-formatted scene by scene to 16:9 to aid the new split screen format. When I decide to edit a movie I love I tend to leave everything in but try and and put a new spin on it, there are a few shaves and trims here and there to facilitate this new version but nothing siginificant. There are however approximately 50 split screen/time stamp sequences, some lasting just a few seconds or so and others lasting 30-40 seconds, the use of which has brought the runtime down by about 12 minutes along with the shaves to the film here and there. No changes are made to the actual chronology of the original film though.
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Special Thanks:
A Massive thanks to the Scribbler again for going over the edit multiple times with a fine toothcomb and highlighting any shortcomings, to jswert123456 for his fabulous artwork and to anyone else who made suggestions in the ITW thread. Thanks also to Zarius and Scrapesky who watched the the workprint and gave really useful feedback.
A Massive thanks to the Scribbler again for going over the edit multiple times with a fine toothcomb and highlighting any shortcomings, to jswert123456 for his fabulous artwork and to anyone else who made suggestions in the ITW thread. Thanks also to Zarius and Scrapesky who watched the the workprint and gave really useful feedback.
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