Screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza.

1.  Based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp, published by W. W. Norton in 1979
    (which was itself a sequel to The Detective, published by Dial Press in 1966).
 

2.  Source of quote about Alexander by character Hans Gruber:

“On Contentment of the Mind” from Book VI of Moralia by Plutarch (45-125).  This quote has been misattributed to Milton, but does not appear in any of his works.  Actually, it has been misquoted as well—Plutarch has Alexander weep because there are so many worlds to conquer in the universe.

4.  Book about the music used as “Hans’s Theme”

Beethoven’s Ninth:  A Political History, Esteban Buch:  University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer:  Hyperion, 2001.  Even features a hostage named Holly.

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