LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 19, 1995 (Calendar Section only)

• Best "Die Hard with a Vegrance" advertisement
• Opening day movie premiere double-page showing
• Actors Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson
• American action film with front-page review

A terrific issue published for the premiere showing of the motion picture hit "DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's prime publication. also included is a review (and corresponding photo) on the front page (see images).

Note: Where else might one find authentic, poster-size ads for Opening Day/Weekend showings, in the most desirable Hollywood-area newspaper - as we were lucky enough to obtain this (and others) indirectly from the Los Angeles Times' own collection? It simply doesn't get any better! In over 40 years of collecting, we have yet to see such unique & dramatic coverage with truly top-shelf, eye-catching displayability (see images).

Pages 4 & 5 of this section has the terrific, double-page poster-like advertisement for the film printed for it's opening day showing (see image). Other nice movies ads as well.
A quite rare issue as it would not have been saved since it contains no historically significant content.
Complete Calendar section only with all 30 pages, nice condition.

Background: Directed by original Die Hard helmer John McTiernan, Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) stands out as a rare entry in action cinema that successfully inverted its franchise's signature claustrophobic formula into a sprawling, open-world thriller across all five boroughs of New York City. The film is notably distinguished by its sharp, dynamic chemistry between Bruce Willis (John McClane) and Samuel L. Jackson (Zeus Carver), as well as a rare script origin—adapted from Jonathan Hensleigh's standalone spec script Simon Says, which was briefly considered as a potential Lethal Weapon sequel before being reworked into the Die Hard timeline to connect Jeremy Irons' villain, Simon Gruber, as the vengeful brother of Nakatomi Plaza mastermind Hans Gruber. Beyond becoming the highest-grossing film globally in 1995 with a $366 million box-office run, its most unique legacy lies in its intricate logic puzzles—most famously the iconic 3-and-5-gallon water jug riddle—and a notoriously dark, rare alternate ending where McClane tracks Simon down in Europe for a tense game of rocket-launcher Russian roulette, a sequence discarded by studio executives in favor of the more conventional helicopter finale.