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CAST · DIE HARD

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

21,992

across full runtime

Named matches

14

actors identified

Close-up shots

56.8%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

5.7%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

81%

19%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 30%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Reginald VelJohnson

88% non-neutral

Lead screen share

26%

14 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

5.7%

1,260 frames

Surprise

2.6%

562 frames

Neutral

29.8%

6,548 frames

Fear

29.1%

6,403 frames

Sad

13.2%

2,908 frames

Angry

16.8%

3,694 frames

Disgust

2.8%

617 frames

Screen time by actor

14 named · 53m tracked of 132.1m

01

Alan Rickman

as Hans Gruber · 1934 scenes

13.4min · 26% of cast

angry

02

Bruce Willis

as John McClane · 1530 scenes

10.6min · 20% of cast

sad

03

Reginald VelJohnson

as Al Powell · 1086 scenes

7.5min · 14% of cast

fear

04

Bonnie Bedelia

as Holly Gennaro McClane · 811 scenes

5.6min · 11% of cast

sad

05

Paul Gleason

as Dwayne Robinson · 650 scenes

4.5min · 9% of cast

angry

06

James Shigeta

as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi · 375 scenes

2.6min · 5% of cast

angry

07

Alexander Godunov

as Karl · 337 scenes

2.3min · 4% of cast

angry

08

Hart Bochner

as Harry Ellis · 225 scenes

1.6min · 3% of cast

angry

09

William Atherton

as Richard Thornburg · 190 scenes

1.3min · 3% of cast

angry

10

Clarence Gilyard Jr.

as Theo · 147 scenes

1.0min · 2% of cast

neutral

11

De'voreaux White

as Argyle · 134 scenes

0.9min · 2% of cast

sad

12

Andreas Wisniewski

as Tony · 97 scenes

0.7min · 1% of cast

neutral

13

Lorenzo Caccialanza

as Marco · 33 scenes

0.2min · 0% of cast

neutral

14

Joey Plewa

as Alexander · 13 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

neutral

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Bruce Willis as John McClane	1,660	103.8	21.9%
Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber	1,403	129.2	18.5%
Reginald VelJohnson as Al Powell	1,100	142.1	14.5%
Paul Gleason as Dwayne Robinson	702	139.7	9.3%
William Atherton as Richard Thornburg	640	67.7	8.4%
Hart Bochner as Harry Ellis	508	185.4	6.7%
Bonnie Bedelia as Holly Gennaro McClane	466	63.2	6.1%
De'voreaux White as Argyle	306	259.1	4.0%
James Shigeta as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi	248	264.7	3.3%
Alexander Godunov as Karl	193	59.1	2.5%
Unidentified speakers	157	—	2.1%
Clarence Gilyard Jr. as Theo	141	146	1.9%
Andreas Wisniewski as Tony	54	218.6	0.7%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

HG

Alan Rickman

AS HANS GRUBER

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

13m 26s

Scenes

1934

First seen

18:47

Last seen

122:46

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

5%

Happy

1%

Surprise

9%

Neutral

6%

Fear

15%

Sad

57%

Angry

8%

Disgust

JM

Bruce Willis

AS JOHN MCCLANE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

10m 38s

Scenes

1530

First seen

0:58

Last seen

126:45

Volatility

40 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

13%

Happy

6%

Surprise

9%

Neutral

21%

Fear

30%

Sad

12%

Angry

9%

Disgust

AP

Reginald VelJohnson

AS AL POWELL

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

7m 33s

Scenes

1086

First seen

45:23

Last seen

126:28

Volatility

40 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

6%

Happy

1%

Surprise

12%

Neutral

34%

Fear

15%

Sad

28%

Angry

4%

Disgust

HG

Bonnie Bedelia

AS HOLLY GENNARO MCCLANE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

5m 38s

Scenes

811

First seen

3:36

Last seen

126:28

Volatility

31 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

9%

Happy

2%

Surprise

34%

Neutral

10%

Fear

36%

Sad

2%

Angry

8%

Disgust

DR

Paul Gleason

AS DWAYNE ROBINSON

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

4m 31s

Scenes

650

First seen

64:30

Last seen

125:30

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

0%

Happy

3%

Surprise

22%

Neutral

9%

Fear

13%

Sad

53%

Angry

1%

Disgust

JY

James Shigeta

AS JOSEPH YOSHINOBU TAKAGI

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 37s

Scenes

375

First seen

2:24

Last seen

31:31

Volatility

27 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

9%

Happy

1%

Surprise

23%

Neutral

2%

Fear

13%

Sad

49%

Angry

3%

Disgust

K

Alexander Godunov

AS KARL

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 20s

Scenes

337

First seen

17:47

Last seen

112:29

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

9%

Fear

6%

Sad

69%

Angry

1%

Disgust

HE

Hart Bochner

AS HARRY ELLIS

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 34s

Scenes

225

First seen

3:26

Last seen

84:47

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

23%

Happy

3%

Surprise

23%

Neutral

2%

Fear

19%

Sad

24%

Angry

7%

Disgust

RT

William Atherton

AS RICHARD THORNBURG

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 19s

Scenes

190

First seen

57:56

Last seen

126:53

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

8%

Happy

1%

Surprise

19%

Neutral

27%

Fear

8%

Sad

44%

Angry

1%

Disgust

T

Clarence Gilyard Jr.

AS THEO

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 01s

Scenes

147

First seen

17:49

Last seen

119:27

Volatility

27 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

14%

Happy

1%

Surprise

63%

Neutral

5%

Fear

2%

Sad

9%

Angry

6%

Disgust

A

De'voreaux White

AS ARGYLE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 56s

Scenes

134

First seen

5:47

Last seen

126:57

Volatility

30 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

12%

Happy

4%

Surprise

7%

Neutral

8%

Fear

61%

Sad

0%

Angry

8%

Disgust

T

Andreas Wisniewski

AS TONY

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 40s

Scenes

97

First seen

18:44

Last seen

40:39

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0033m66m99m132.1m

0%

Happy

2%

Surprise

52%

Neutral

11%

Fear

23%

Sad

11%

Angry

1%

Disgust

M

Lorenzo Caccialanza

AS MARCO

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 14s

Scenes

33

First seen

18:47

Last seen

56:16

Too few detections for emotion analysis

A

Joey Plewa

AS ALEXANDER

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 05s

Scenes

13

First seen

19:52

Last seen

40:32

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 15 clusterssums to 100.0% of all dialogue

Willis 24.0%

Rickman 16.3%

VelJohnson 11.6%

Gleason 7.5%

Atherton 14.2%

Bedelia 11.1%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 9 ensemble

0:0033:0266:0399:05132:06

runtime

Bruce Willis

1:05enter

Paul Gleason

2:43enter

Hart Bochner

3:12enter

Bonnie Bedelia

3:16enter

De'voreaux White

5:52enter

James Shigeta

12:09enter

William Atherton

13:19enter

Alexander Godunov

17:47enter

Alan Rickman

25:15enter

Clarence Gilyard Jr.

32:19enter

Andreas Wisniewski

35:60enter

SPEAKER 23

44:09enter

Reginald VelJohnson

45:32enter

SPEAKER 07

53:46enter

SPEAKER 29

71:45enter

Bruce WillisSPEAKER 43

Rapid exchange

24.0%

of all dialogue · 1,660 words · 15:59 spoken

WPM103.8

Turns350

Avg turn1.4s

Longest7.7s

enters at 1:05profanity 26

Alan RickmanSPEAKER 11

Rapid exchange

16.3%

of all dialogue · 1,403 words · 10:52 spoken

WPM129.2

Turns306

Avg turn1.7s

Longest10.1s

enters at 25:15profanity 3

Reginald VelJohnsonSPEAKER 38

Rapid exchange

11.6%

of all dialogue · 1,100 words · 7:45 spoken

WPM142.1

Turns199

Avg turn1.8s

Longest33.6s

enters at 45:32profanity 8

Paul GleasonSPEAKER 24

Conversational

7.5%

of all dialogue · 702 words · 5:02 spoken

WPM139.7

Turns136

Avg turn1.9s

Longest12.7s

enters at 2:43profanity 10

William AthertonSPEAKER 12

Rapid exchange

14.2%

of all dialogue · 640 words · 9:28 spoken

WPM67.7

Turns150

Avg turn2.1s

Longest17.7s

enters at 13:19profanity 5

Hart BochnerSPEAKER 20

Brief

4.1%

of all dialogue · 508 words · 2:44 spoken

WPM185.4

Turns79

Avg turn1.8s

Longest10.3s

enters at 3:12profanity 3

Bonnie BedeliaSPEAKER 16

Rapid exchange

11.1%

of all dialogue · 466 words · 7:22 spoken

WPM63.2

Turns230

Avg turn1.2s

Longest11.7s

enters at 3:16profanity 2

De'voreaux WhiteSPEAKER 13

Brief

1.8%

of all dialogue · 306 words · 1:11 spoken

WPM259.1

Turns68

Avg turn1.5s

Longest21.2s

enters at 5:52profanity 0

James ShigetaSPEAKER 21

Brief

1.4%

of all dialogue · 248 words · 0:56 spoken

WPM264.7

Turns61

Avg turn1.3s

Longest6.4s

enters at 12:09profanity 0

Alexander GodunovSPEAKER 30

Brief

4.9%

of all dialogue · 193 words · 3:16 spoken

WPM59.1

Turns41

Avg turn2.1s

Longest11.2s

enters at 17:47profanity 0

Clarence Gilyard Jr.SPEAKER 32

Brief

1.4%

of all dialogue · 141 words · 0:58 spoken

WPM146

Turns25

Avg turn1.6s

Longest7.0s

enters at 32:19profanity 1

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 23 · unmatched

Brief

0.5%

of all dialogue · 67 words · 0:18 spoken

WPM222.8

Turns8

Avg turn2.4s

Longest7.6s

enters at 44:09profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 07 · unmatched

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 66 words · 0:16 spoken

WPM244.1

Turns14

Avg turn1.5s

Longest5.6s

enters at 53:46profanity 2

Andreas WisniewskiSPEAKER 00

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 54 words · 0:15 spoken

WPM218.6

Turns18

Avg turn1.0s

Longest3.6s

enters at 35:60profanity 1

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 29 · unmatched

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 24 words · 0:16 spoken

WPM88

Turns10

Avg turn1.4s

Longest3.3s

enters at 71:45profanity 1

AGGREGATE — 14 unique characters · 21,992 faces detected · 14 named matches · 53m screen-time tracked