--- title: Rudolph Die Hard Trailer Mashup description: The trailer for "Die Hard" gets mashed up with "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." canonical: https://time.com/3640225/die-hard-rudolph-mashup/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-18T20:48:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:27.613Z og:title: Watch a Mashup of "Die Hard" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" og:description: The trailer for "Die Hard" gets mashed up with "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." og:url: https://time.com/3640225/die-hard-rudolph-mashup/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2c7beb94f63e33e/69876ff18e06010f26459585/screen-shot-2014-12-18-at-3-47-37-pm.png?branch=production&width=706&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 706 og:image:height: 397 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-12-18 at 3.47.37 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Mashup of "Die Hard" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" twitter:description: The trailer for "Die Hard" gets mashed up with "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2c7beb94f63e33e/69876ff18e06010f26459585/screen-shot-2014-12-18-at-3-47-37-pm.png?branch=production&width=706&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Mashup of _Die Hard_ and _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ > Sponsored content. 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It’s also the night on which John McClane, played by Bruce Willis, takes on a gang of terrorists who have taken his wife hostage. _Die Hard_ and _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ may have little else in common beyond this fateful date, but it was enough of a connection to convince [Film Geekery](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7wmKu2-rRTTXhZ6Itw6pzQ) to mash the two together. Depending on how you look at it, the mashup is either a violent retelling of the Christmas classic or a touching, softer version of the 1988 action blockbuster. The mashup, titled “Rudolph: Fly Hard,” matches the audio from the _Die Hard_ trailer with strategically edited visuals from the 1964 _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ TV special. McClane, naturally, is Rudolph, the ice-cold evil of Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) is revived in the form of Sam the Snowman, and Sgt. Al Powell (Reginald VelJohnson a.k.a. the dad from _Family Matters_) becomes Yukon Cornelius the gold prospector. 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