" The opening scene is described by another title card:The New York Ghetto, throbbing to that rhythm of music which is older than civilization.As she stands and moves oward the door, she is startled by the sight of men standing at her windows.When she screams, glass breaks and she is spun to the ground when shot three times by the silenced guns.From the copter, he was dropped onto the 747""s left wing, where Grant emerged ("I""ll do him") and confronted him, resulting in Grant being bloodily sucked into a cylindrical jet engine after a fight with McClane atop the wing.[Note: Incidentally, Orson Welles was director Coppola""s first choice for the Kurtz role ultimately played by Marlon Brando.