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'Die Hard' Director John McTiernan Facing Stint In Federal Prison; Brad Bird, Samuel L. Jackson, Joe Carnahan Among His Online Supporters

  • By Drew Taylor
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  • March 25, 2013 11:19 AM
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He might have been responsible for creating three of Hollywood's biggest, still-running franchises (and weathered some of its most notorious bombs), but in nine days, John McTiernan, the big-budget auteur behind "Predator," "Die Hard" and "The Hunt for Red October," will start a year-long stint in federal prison. A surprisingly spirited movement has started online, thanks largely to a dedicated Facebook page called Free John McTiernan, and it has garnered the support of "The Incredibles" director Brad Bird (who recently wrote a piece for Rolling Stone about the significance of the original "Die Hard"), Samuel L. Jackson, Joe Carnahan, Clint Mansell, Monte Hellman, Gareth Evans, Robert Davi (who played one of the Johnson FBI Agents in "Die Hard"), Mark Millar and a whole host of French intellectuals, filmmakers, and critics (including, most recently, Thierry Fremaux, the general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival). Free John McTiernan, indeed.
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'Die Hard' Director John McTiernan Headed To Jail For 1 Year

  • By Joe Cunningham
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  • January 16, 2013 2:31 PM
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The writing has been on the wall for John McTiernan for some time, but now it looks like his luck has well and truly run out. After having a Supreme Court appeal denied yesterday, McTiernan now has no option but to pay his $100,000 fine and spend a year inside federal prison. The 62-year old director hasn’t helmed a feature since 2003, but he’s best known for a slew of action classics including “Predator,” “Die Hard” and “The Hunt For Red October.”
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If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It: On Its 25th Anniversary, 5 Things You Might Not Know About “Predator”

  • By Drew Taylor
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  • June 12, 2012 11:00 AM
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On June 12th, 1987, audiences around the country got their first look at that (to borrow one of the more quotable bits from the movie) ugly motherfucker that is "Predator." It heralded a number of promising new stars – most notably Arnold Schwarzenegger finally getting a bona fide blockbuster after sleeper hits like "The Terminator" and "Conan The Barbarian" – and director John McTiernan would emerge as one of the freshest, most stylish voices in action filmmaking since John Ford.
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