David Lindquist

david.lindquist@indystar.com

Yippie-ki-yay, movie lovers!

You can catch rip-roaring skyscraper film “Die Hard” near the top of Indiana’s tallest building.

Indy Film Fest will screen the 1988 action hit on the 48th floor of Chase Tower on Dec. 12 as part of the festival’s “Roving Cinema” series.

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show, $15, are available at EventBrite.com. Attendance is limited to 150 people.

Starring Bruce Willis as police detective John McClane, “Die Hard” is set at fictional Nakatomi Plaza (493 feet, 35 floors) in Los Angeles. Filmmakers used actual L.A. building Fox Plaza to represent Nakatomi Plaza.

At Chase Tower (701 feet, 49 floors), “Die Hard” fans will gather at the D'Amore event space on the 48th floor. According to Indy Film Fest executive director Craig Mince, attendees will be encouraged to check their shoes at the door in a nod to McClane’s barefoot heroics in “Die Hard.”

If the the D'Amore event space works out, here are 10 more suggestions for skyscraper-themed movies:

1. "King Kong" and the Empire State Building

Epic ape "King Kong" climbed New York's Empire State Building (1,250 feet, 102 floors) in this 1933 film. Remakes of the movie followed in 1976 (when Kong scaled the World Trade Center) and 2005. The Empire State Building also factors prominently in 1957 love story "An Affair to Remember" and a 1993 film it inspired, "Sleepless in Seattle."

2. "The Towering Inferno" and Glass Tower

This star-studded disaster flick was the second-highest grossing film of 1974. Steve McQueen and Paul Newman portrayed a firefighter and an architect, respectively, in this story of San Francisco's fictional Glass Tower (described as 1,800 feet, 138 floors).

3. "Man on Wire" / "The Walk" and the World Trade Center

Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the towers of New York's World Trade Center (1,350 feet, 110 floors until falling during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001) inspired 2008 documentary "Man on Wire" and 2015 biographical drama "The Walk."

4. "Mission Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" and Burj Khalifa

This 2011 installment of the "Mission: Impossible" action series attracted deserved attention for a Tom Cruise sequence (no stand-in stuntman) in which the actor climbed the outside of the world's tallest structure: Dubai's Burj Khalifa (2,717 feet, 154 floors).

5. "Men in Black III" and the Chrysler Building

This 2012 installment of the "Men in Black" sci-fi series places Will Smith on a precarious perch of New York's Chrysler Building (1,046 feet, 77 floors).

6. "The Hunter" and Marina City

Beech Grove native Steve McQueen made his final film appearance in 1980's "The Hunter," which includes a celebrated scene in which a car exits the 17th floor of Marina City parking garage and lands in the Chicago River. The twin towers of Marina City (587 feet, 65 floors) are pictured on the cover of 2002 Wilco album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

7. "Divergent" and the John Hancock Center

This 2014 post-apocalyptic story gives lead actress Shailene Woodley the chance to zip-line from the top of Chicago's Hancock Center (1,127 feet, 100 floors).

8. "Adventures in Babysitting" and the Stone Container Building

This 1987 film starring Elisabeth Shue features a scene in which a girl is rescued from the slanted facade of Chicago's Stone Container Building (582 feet, 49 floors). The building is now known as the Crain Communications Building.

9. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and Sears Tower

This John Hughes movie from 1986 includes a scene at the observation deck of Chicago's Sears Tower (1,450 feet, 108 floors). The building is now known as Willis Tower.

10. "Tower Heist" and Trump International Hotel and Tower

This 2011 film starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy and Matthew Broderick unfolds at New York's Trump International Hotel and Tower (583 feet, 44 floors). Fun fact: This movie was titled "Trump Heist" before a pre-release name change.

Star online editor Channing King contributed to this report. Call Star reporter David Lindquist at (317) 444-6404. Follow him on Twitter: @317Lindquist.