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Just before the camera cuts away, we see the terrorist bend down and stick his hand into the the display case in an attempt to retrieve one of the candy bars.Ībout a minute later we cut to the same terrorist who is now eating a Crunch bar while waiting to open fire on the approaching tactical officers. The terrorist puts his gun and ammunition down on a small glass case filled with various types of snacks including Raisinets, Planters Peanuts, Hershey bars, Crunch bars and Mars bars, as well as Big Red, Juicy Fruit, and Doublemint gum. Just everything a growing boy needs.”įollowing the appearance of Twinkies, the next food moments happens when one of the terrorists is setting up for defense by the small concessions stand in the Nakatomi Plaza lobby. What do they put in these things anyway?,” to which Al replies, “Sugar, enriched flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, polysorbate 60 and yellow dye number five. Uhhh.,” to which Al responds, “Roy? Roy, you all right?” John then says, “Just trying to fire down a 1,000-year-old Twinkie. Later in the film, John while eating a Twinkie offscreen, he radios to Al saying, “Oh, God. When the store clerk looks at Al’s lot of Twinkies, he remarks, “I thought you guys just ate donuts.,” to which Al replies, “They’re for my wife.” The store clerk responds, “Yeah,” clearly unconvinced, which prompts Al to add, “She’s pregnant.,” but this addition does nothing to sway the disbelieving clerk. Al Powell (Reginald VelJohnson) is stocking up on Twinkies in the Hostess Cakes section of what looks like a 24 hour gas station convenience store. The camera is positioned amongst the crowd of people, far enough away where it makes it difficult to see exactly what Hans is eating, but he is definitely eating something nonetheless!Īrguably the most notable food moment in the film comes when Sgt. The next notable appearance of food or drink comes when Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) is talking to the hostages while eating what looks like a sandwich. Shortly after returning his drink to a tray, John meets Takagi (James Shigeta) who asks him, “Can I get you anything? Food? Cake? Some watered-down champagne?,” to which John replies, “No, thank you, I’m fine.” During this scene there are drinks visible in the hands of the party guests, as well as the suggestion of food however, nothing is clearly discernible. Either way, John does not care for the taste since upon taking a sip of the drink, he puts it back on the tray of the next passing waiter. Based on the waiter’s question we are to believe the drink is champagne however, the color of the alcoholic beverage looks more like it should be punch instead of champagne. A waiter with a tray of drinks asks John, “Champagne, sir?,” to which John replies, “Yeah, thanks,” taking a glass off the tray. The first notable appearance of food or drink in Die Hard comes when John firsts arrives to the Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza. While the film is not by any means overflowing with food moments, it does contain a few notable food and drink appearances, and seeing as the first two holiday films this month covered the family and romance genres, I thought it was about time to include a rated-R action film. Released in 1988, Die Hard is an exhilarating action blockbuster that also happens to be my all-time favorite Christmas film, which I must watch every December (in addition to probably watching it at least once earlier in the year). During a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles, NYPD officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) attempts to save the party guests who have been taken hostage by German terrorists.