The gunmen took the sole elevator to the 30th floor and interrupted the party with gunfire.They ook all the guests hostage, including McClane""s wife.McClane, in a white T-shirt and barefooted, watched from the wash-room and hen fled to a stairwell and various upper floors, keeping track of which ones were operational or under-construction.[In the first film 17 years earlier in 1978, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), Jamie""s mother, was babysitting young Tommy the night when the adult Michael first struck.Hitchcock""s classic is filmed mostly in brilliant sunlight (especially in the famous crop-dusting scene) in glorious Technicolor, unlike so many other thrillers or darkfilm noirs, and the film takes full advantage of the wide-screen VistaVision process.Cooper) who in a mid-closeup shot raises her left hand against her forehead to shield her eyes from the sun.The large black mark is discovered on Chandler""s right forearm.Ravelli asks him how he transformed himself: "How did you get to be Roscoe W.Chandler?" Chandler replies back smartly: "Say, how did you get to be an Italian?" Ravelli ignores Chandler""s accurate perception: "Never mind.