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The Fifth Element [1997] (1 disc)

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Director:Luc Besson
Writer:Luc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen
Composer:Eric Serra
Length:126 minutes
(2 hours 6 minutes)
MPAA Rating:PG-13
Sorting Category:SciFi
Sorting Tub:India
IMDB Rating:7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating:68%
Amazon Rating:4.0/5 stars
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  • Sci-Fi
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Puppets
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Synopsis: A black planet is on a destructive path toward Earth and the only hope may be a newly-ressurrected young woman.


Reaction: This is not a terrific movie, but it has a very interesting visual style and an odd sense of humor.


Personal Rating: 7/10

Luc Besson => Director / Writer
Robert Mark Kamen => Writer
Eric Serra => Composer
Al Matthews => General Tudor
Brion James => General Munro
Bruce Willis => Korben Dallas
Charlie Creed-Miles => David (as Charlie Creed Miles)
Chris Tucker => Ruby Rhod
Christopher Fairbank => Mactilburgh
Clifton Lloyd Bryan => Airport Guard / Mangalore Aknot / Mondoshawan
Gary Oldman => Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
George Khan => Head Scientist
Ian Holm => Father Vito Cornelius
John Bluthal => Professor Pacoli
John Neville => General Staedert
Kim Chan => Mr. Kim
Luke Perry => Billy
Maïwenn => Diva Plavalaguna (as Maïwenn Le Besco)
Mathieu Kassovitz => Mugger
Milla Jovovich => Leeloo
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister => President Lindberg (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Vladimir McCrary => Human Aknot

Random Trivia For This Title:

  • Zorg's monologue about destruction creating productivity is actually a classic economics fallacy exposed in {The Parable of the Broken Window} by economist [?] Frederic Bastiat.
  • Early in the film, Gary Oldman's character quotes [?] Friedrich Nietzsche, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." Oldman's costar, Bruce Willis, released a record album on Motown Records with that title in the 1980s.
  • This is one of two science-fiction movies featuring Ian Holm in which there is a character by the name of Dallas. The other one is Alien, which stars Tom Skerritt as Captain Dallas.
  • Ruby Rhod was not the original name for Chris Tucker's character, it was Loc Rhod. The original name appears in the script and the movie novelization.
  • The actor playing the cop in the driver's seat waiting at the McDonald's restaurant is [?] Mac McDonald.
  • The hero (Bruce Willis) and the villain (Gary Oldman) never meet, nor do they communicate in any way.
  • The name of the singer at Fhloston Paradise that is hiding the stones is Plava Laguna. That is the name of a resort in Porec, Croatia where director Luc Besson spent some of his summers as a kid. The name literally means "Blue Lagoon" in Croatian.
  • Bruce Willis ad-libbed the line, "Whoa, lady, I only speak two languages, English and bad English."
  • According to the Ultimate Edition DVD, [?] Prince and Lenny Kravitz were considered for the part of Ruby Rhod