"BRUCE WILLIS: DIE HARD COLLECTION" -- As Willis returns to his best-known action role, indefatigable cop John McClane, in "Live Free and Die Hard," a four-disc set gathers the first three movies in the franchise: 1988's "Die Hard," 1990's "Die Hard 2" and 1995's "Die Hard With a Vengeance." Each flick comes with director's commentary, while the original "Die Hard" allows viewers to see the movie in the theatrical release or an edition with an extended scene edited back in. The fourth disc has two documentary segments looking back at McClane's adventures as the "wrong guy, wrong place, wrong time.
" DVD set, $39.98. "IF.
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" -- This 1968 story of anarchy and rebellion was the first of three films by director Lindsay Anderson in which Malcolm McDowell played the wily character Mick Travis (they followed with 1973's "O Lucky Man!" and 1982's "Britannia Hospital"). The tale of student Travis and his mates as they battle the authority figures running their British boarding school, "If.
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" makes its DVD debut in a two-disc set with the original British version, an edgier edition than the one normally seen in America. McDowell provides commentary, and the set has a 2003 episode from the Scottish film show "Cast and Crew" that featured collaborators of the late Anderson, including McDowell and filmmaker Stephen Frears, who was an assistant director on "If..
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"BRUCE WILLIS: DIE HARD COLLECTION" -- As Willis returns to his best-known action role, indefatigable cop John McClane, in "Live Free and Die Hard," a four-disc set gathers the first three movies in the franchise: 1988's "Die Hard," 1990's "Die Hard 2" and 1995's "Die Hard With a Vengeance." Each flick comes with director's commentary, while the original "Die Hard" allows viewers to see the movie in the theatrical release or an edition with an extended scene edited back in.
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