“Die Hard”

It’s Christmas Eve and NY cop John McClane, in LA to reconcile with his wife, has to save her and others held hostage in a high rise building, in one of the greatest action films of all time, catapulting comedic TV actor Bruce Willis into movie superstardom and introducing us to Alan Rickman.

7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5 at Cline Library Assembly Hall.

The College of Arts and Letters Film Series is free and open to the public.

Community members can print a complimentary parking pass for each film at NAU Parking Services.

The 2017 Fall College of Arts and Letters Film Series is seeing stars: The series’ theme —20^th Century Fox: The Stars—includes 15 movies featuring some of the most dazzling movie stars from 20^th Century Fox films productions as far back as 1935 and as recent as 2016. Commanding the screen are famous actors such as Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Gleason, Alan Rickman, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin.

Get to know about the movies and their famous actors at 7 p.m. Tuesday evenings in the Cline Library Assembly Hall. Win prizes as film experts share little-known tidbits about the films, actors and the social issues that impacted the stories and their telling.