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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   5,356 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Luc Besson (dialogue)
Luc Besson (scenario)
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Release Date:
6 November 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
An underground story where lives intertwine
Plot:
Fred is living in the Paris Metro system. He is blackmailing Helena, whose safe he has robbed. Fred... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations more
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(3 articles)
DVD Release Roundup – Mon 14th September 09
 (From FilmShaft.com. 11 September 2009, 11:02 AM, PDT)

Teaser for Luc Besson's Banlieue 13: Ultimatum
 (From QuietEarth. 11 December 2008, 11:48 AM, PST)

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Absolute timeless great movie more (40 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Isabelle Adjani ... Héléna

Christopher Lambert ... Fred (as Christophe Lambert)
Richard Bohringer ... The Florist
Michel Galabru ... Inspector Gesberg
Jean-Hugues Anglade ... The Roller Skater
Jean Bouise ... The Station Master
Jean-Pierre Bacri ... Inspector Batman
Jean-Claude Lecas ... Robin
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam ... Jean

Jean Reno ... The Drummer

Eric Serra ... The Bassist
Arthur Simms ... The Singer
Michel D'Oz ... The Guitarist
Alain Guillard ... The Saxophonist
Jimmy Blanche ... The Percussionist
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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min | Argentina:102 min | USA:98 min (English dubbed version) (edited version)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Director Trademark: [Luc Besson] [reno] more
Quotes:
Commissioner Gesberg: [handcuffing the Roller to a bar inside the train just after he finished eating his sandwich] Police... menottes... prison. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Vollidiot (2007) more
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Guns and People more

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14 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Absolute timeless great movie, 29 March 2004
10/10
Author: serialspice from Copenhagen, Denmark

I was 19 when this movie was released and it made a great impact on me. It was the first time that I really got a sense of passion for a movie, a passion for movies that have remained with me ever since, of curse

Luc Besson has this great visual side with use of light and smoke along with great music that I still love and that make Ridley Scott my favorite director. He also has this twisted character gallery that I can compare with directors like Tarantino, Almodovar, David Lynch, Lars Von Trier

Luc Besson also always has great cast for all his characters, taking his movies to the absolute top. This movie is my favorite Luc Besson movie followed by Nikita (I have also seen The Big Blue, Leon and The Fifth Element)

The stunning visuals of this movie along with the great music, the skilled cast and then the twisted character gallery (that I really found was innovative for its time, 1985) makes me rate it not only 9/10 (great movie) but in fact 10/10 (great and innovative). But with that in mind it is an old movie now and is of curse not any longer innovative with 2004 standards :-)

If I am to compare this movie with any others I am going to mention Blade Runner and Pulp Fiction

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