To celebrate the launch of his new book THE LAST ACTION HEROES, we’re delighted to welcome author Nick de Semlyen for a special screening of DIE HARD. Nick joins us for an opening conversation moderated by director Colin Trevorrow, followed by a book signing after the film.
John McClane, an officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly and many others who have been taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
About the book:
The Last Action Heroes is a wildly entertaining account of the golden age of the action movie charts Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s carnage-packed journey from enmity to friendship against the backdrop of Reagan’s America and the Cold War.
Revealing fascinating untold stories of the colourful characters who ascended in their wake – high-kickers Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan, glowering tough guys Dolph Lundgren and Steven Seagal, and quipping troublemakers Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bruce Willis – it tells the story of how the era of the invincible action hero who used muscle, martial arts or the perfect weapon to save the day began to fade.
And how, when Jurassic Park trounced Schwarzenegger’s Last Action Hero in 1993, the glory days of these macho men – and the vision of masculinity they celebrated – were officially over.
The book is released on August 24th.
