The Lonely Guy
The Lonely Guy is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Steve Martin.
The screenplay is credited to Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels( of" Taxi") as well as Neil Simon( for" adaptation"), and is based on the 1978 book" The Lonely Guy's Book of Life" by Bruce Jay Friedman.
Martin portrays a greeting card writer who goes through a period of bad luck with women.
In his despair, he writes a book titled" A Guide for the Lonely Guy", which changes his life.
The film also stars Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, and Steve Lawrence and features cameo appearances from Merv Griffin, Dr. Joyce Brothers, and Loni Anderson.
The theme song," Love Comes Without Warning," was performed by the band America.
Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith
Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith is the third film in Kevin Smith's" Evening With" series.
Footage for the release was shot at a Q&A performance on August 2, 2007, Smith's 37th birthday, in front of a sold- out crowd at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Smith was introduced by his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith and his daughter, Harley Quinn Smith.
The film includes 4 hours edited from the original 7 hour performance.
Topics included the origin of Kevin's name, Kevin suffering from an anal fissure, as well as stories from acting in the American television series" Manchild Live Free or Die HardCatch and Release" and shooting" Clerks II".
It was also revealed that because of his work on" Live Free or Die Hard", Bruce Willis contacted him about working together; this eventually led to" Cop Out".
The film was released on October 21, 2008.
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 American action thriller film that is the sequel to the 1990 film" Die Hard 2".
It was co-produced and directed by John McTiernan( who directed" Die Hard") and written by Jonathan Hensleigh, based on the screenplay" Simon Says" by Hensleigh and on the characters created by Roderick Thorp for his novel" Nothing Lasts ForeverDie Hard with a Vengeance" is followed by" Live Free or Die Hard"( 2007) and" A Good Day to Die Hard"( 2013) in the" Die Hard" series.
The film stars Bruce Willis as NYPD Lieutenant John McClane, Samuel L. Jackson as McClane's reluctant partner Zeus Carver, and Jeremy Irons as Simon Gruber, brother of Hans Gruber.
It was released on May 19, 1995 to mixed reviews and became the second- highest- grossing film of the year( behind" Toy Story").
Nitro (film)
Nitro is a 2007 Canadian action film.
Directed by Alain Desrochers, the film stars Guillaume Lemay- Thivierge as Max, a former drag racer who is forced to return to his criminal past when his girlfriend( Myriam Tallard) requires a heart transplant.
The film also stars Lucie Laurier as Morgane, a female drag racer who assists Max in his quest to locate a suitable organ for his girlfriend's surgery.
The film, which has not yet opened in English Canada, ranked# 5 in national box office on its first weekend just on the strength of its$ 700,000 opening in Quebec.
Within Quebec, the film outsold both" Live Free or Die Hard" and" Ratatouille".
Live Free or Die (2000 film)
Live Free or Die is a 2000 documentary film that follows Dr. Wayne Goldner, a New Hampshire OBGYN fighting on the latest front of the" abortion wars."
The feature originally aired as part of PBS' P.O.V. series.
It was directed and produced by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt of Incite Pictures.
Live Free or Die (2006 film)
Live Free or Die is a 2006 American comedy film starring Aaron Stanford, Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Rapaport, Judah Friedlander, Kevin Dunn, and Ebon Moss- Bachrach.
It was written and directed by former" Seinfeld" writers Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin.
Live Free or Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard( released as Die Hard 4.0 outside North America) is a 2007 American action thriller film and the fourth installment in the" Die Hard" film series.
The film was directed by Len Wiseman and starred Bruce Willis as John McClane.
The film's name was adapted from New Hampshire's state motto," Live Free or Die".
In the film, McClane attempts to stop cyber- terrorists who hack into government and commercial computers across the United States with the goal of starting a" fire sale" that would disable key elements of the nation's infrastructure.
The film was based on the 1997 article" A Farewell to Arms" written for" Wired" magazine by John Carlin.
" Live Free or Die Hard" was released in the United States on June 27, 2007.
The film earned total international box office gross receipts of$ 383.4 million, making it the highest- grossing film in the" Die Hard" series.
It received generally positive reviews from critics, who called the film a return to form for the" Die Hard" series.
It is the only" Die Hard" film to be theatrically released with a PG- 13 rating from the MPAA.
Tears of the Sun
Tears of the Sun is a 2003 American action war drama film depicting a U.S. Navy SEAL team rescue mission amidst the civil war in Nigeria.
Lt. A.K. Waters( Bruce Willis) commands the team sent to rescue U.S. citizen Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks( Monica Bellucci) before the approaching rebels reach her jungle hospital.
The film was directed by Antoine Fuqua.
Willis produced" Tears of the Sun" through Cheyenne Enterprises, his production company, and took the title from an early sub–title for" Live Free or Die Hard", the fourth film in the" Die Hard" series.
He filmed the sequel on the condition that he could use its sub-title for his SEALs war film.
The cast of" Tears of the Sun" includes actual African refugees living in the United States.
Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2 is a 1990 American action thriller film and the second installment in the" Die Hard" film series.
The film was released on July 4, 1990 in the United States.
The film was directed by Renny Harlin, written by Steven E. deSouza and Doug Richardson and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane.
The film co-stars Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, Art Evans, William Atherton, Franco Nero, Dennis Franz, Fred Thompson, John Amos and Reginald VelJohnson.
The screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's novel" 58 Minutes".
The novel has the same plot but differs slightly: a cop must stop terrorists who take an airport hostage while his daughter's plane circles overhead, and has 58 minutes to do so before the plane crashes.
Roderick
Thorp, who wrote the novel" Nothing Lasts Forever", upon which" Die Hard" was based, receives credit for creating" certain original characters", although his name is misspelled onscreen as" Roderick Thorpe".
As with the first film, the action in" Die Hard 2" takes place on Christmas Eve.
McClane is waiting for his wife to land at Washington Dulles International Airport when terrorists take over the air traffic control system.
He must stop the terrorists before his wife's plane and several other incoming flights that are circling the airport run out of fuel and crash.
During the night, McClane must also contend with airport police and a military commander, none of whom want his assistance.
The film was preceded by" Die Hard"( 1988) and followed by" Die Hard with a Vengeance"( 1995)," Live Free or Die Hard"( 2007), and" A Good Day to Die Hard"( 2013).
A Good Day to Die Hard
A Good Day to Die Hard is a 2013 American action thriller film and the fifth and final installment in the "Die Hard" film series.
The film was directed by John Moore and written by Skip Woods, and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane.
The main plot finds McClane travelling to Russia to get his estranged son, Jack, an undercover CIA agent, out of prison.
He is soon caught in the crossfire of a global terrorist plot.
Alongside Willis, the film also stars Jai Courtney, Cole Hauser, Yulia Snigir and Sebastian Koch.
Talks of a fifth "Die Hard" film began before the release of the fourth installment, "Live Free or Die Hard", with Willis affirming that the latter would not be the last in the series, but pre-production did not start until September 2011, when John Moore was officially announced as the director.
Filming began in April 2012, primarily in Budapest, Hungary.
"A Good Day to Die Hard" premiered in London on January 31, 2013, coinciding with the unveiling of a "Die Hard" mural at the Fox Lot, and was released the United States on February 13, 2013.
It is the first "Die Hard" film to use Dolby Atmos Surround Mixing and the first to also be released in IMAX theaters.
"A Good Day to Die Hard" was a box office success but received overwhelmingly negative reviews for its implausible action sequences, cinematography, weak plot, cliched screenplay, and lack of characterization, although the special effects were praised.
It is the first film produced by TSG Entertainment, since distributor 20th Century Fox's departure from Dune Entertainment upon the completion of their distribution contract at the end of 2012.

Question: Which film was released earlier, The Lonely Guy or Live Free or Die Hard?
Answer: The Lonely Guy