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Die Hard 4.0 (aka: Live Free Or Die Hard, 2007) - this action movie sequel features a lengthy sequence where airborne bad guys use
a Eurocopter AS350-B2 ('Squirrel') to pursue and attack the hero's police car on the streets of Washington D.C. This chase only ends when the super-cop
(Bruce Willis) launches his car straight at the low-flying helicopter, and the midair impact causes a very spectacular explosion.
FBI agents fly to the rescue in a couple of Aerospatiale AS350-B2 Ecureuil machines... While the police tactical assault teams deploy from
Bell UH-1H machines (provided by South Coast
Helicopters). In an early stunt scene, a low-flying helicopter is hit by water jetting up from a broken street hydrant, causing a gunman's
fall to the ground.
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More stunt movie secrets from Die Hard 4 -
In these behind-the-scenes pictures, note overhead wires holding the full-size helicopter mock-up, and its lack of rotor blades or engine, before
impact of that 'flying' police car...
The finished sequence is obviously a composite of different live-action and visual effects elements.
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