A Spectacular DIE HARD Poster Got Even Better With This Awesome Frame

Art Evergreen Poster Movie Die Hard about 7 years agoby Ben Pearson

Back in 2013, Mondo did one of their Mystery Movie screenings in Los Angeles, and they put on a hell of a show: they screened Die Hard, drove some fans past Nakatomi Plaza (which is part of 20th Century Fox's studio property), put fake glass on the floor of the theater for everyone to walk across, and brought out actor Reginald VelJohnson (Sgt. Al Powell) in person as a surprise guest.

Mondo Mystery Movie XI in Los Angeles. The secret film was revealed to be action classic DIE HARD with a stunning poster from artist Laurent Durieux. Attendees were treated to limo rides around Nakatomi Tower, broken glass in the theater and a special appearance by Reginald Veljohnson. The poster was made available in regular, variant, metal & glass editions.

You know how they said they made one of the posters on glass? Whoever got it that night eventually put it on eBay, and someone named Robert Davis snatched it up. Not content with owning an original piece of art, Davis (who hails from Georgia) worked with the folks at Oakland, California's Yzzo Studios to create a stunningly awesome frame that fits perfectly with the movie: a bank vault, just like the one Hans Gruber and his gang are trying to break into.

This setup is totally one of a kind. It must be awesome for Davis to know that this will never be replicated, and it's one of the coolest ways I've ever seen anyone frame a piece of pop culture art. Nice work! Check out a quick time lapse of what it looks like with different colored lights shining out from behind it: