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Léon (1994) -- Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.
Léon (1994) -- Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.
Léon (1994) -- Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.
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Overview

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Director:
Luc Besson
Writer:
Luc Besson (writer)
Contact:
View company contact information for The Professional on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
18 November 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
If you want a job done well hire a professional. more
Plot:
Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 8 nominations more
User Comments:
A Brilliant Conflict more (645 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sun. Nov. 1512:30 PMOXYGEN   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jean Reno ... Léon

Gary Oldman ... Stansfield

Natalie Portman ... Mathilda

Danny Aiello ... Tony

Peter Appel ... Malky
Willi One Blood ... 1st Stansfield man
Don Creech ... 2nd Stansfield man
Keith A. Glascoe ... 3rd Stansfield man (Benny)
Randolph Scott ... 4th Stansfield man

Michael Badalucco ... Mathilda's Father
Ellen Greene ... Mathilda's Mother

Elizabeth Regen ... Mathilda's Sister
Carl J. Matusovich ... Mathilda's Brother

Frank Senger ... Fatman
Lucius Wyatt Cherokee ... Tonto (as Lucius Wyatt 'Cherokee')
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Léon (UK)
Leon: The Professional (USA) (longer version)
The Professional (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for scenes of strong graphic violence, and for language.
Runtime:
110 min | France:136 min (uncut version) | 133 min (International version) | Turkey:100 min (TV version)
Country:
France
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)
Certification:
South Korea:18 (original rating) | Brazil:14 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M (tv rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Philippines:R-18 | Italy:T | Finland:K-15 (director's cut) | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) (2002) | South Korea:18 (director's cut) | UK:15 (DVD re-rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:18 | France:-12 (original version) | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB (director's cut) | Israel:PG | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Canada:16+ (Quebec)
Company:
Gaumont more

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Trivia:
The second shot (a tracking shot traveling down a New York street without stopping) could only be accomplished after carefully studying the pattern of the traffic signals so as to insure the camera truck didn't encounter any red lights. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The bathroom mirror disappears and reappears during Mathilda's charades game. It is on the wall for 'Madonna', off the wall for Marilyn Monroe, back on the wall for Charles Chaplin, and off again for 'Gene Kelly'. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Tony: Allora, come stai, Leone?
Léon: Bene.
[Tony puts out his cigarette in an ashtray]
Tony: OK. OK. Let's talk business.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "South Park: Follow That Egg (#9.10)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
I Like Myself more

FAQ

What film does Léon go to see?
What are the tablets which Stansfield takes twice during the course of the film?
Why didn't Mathilda like the pink dress that Léon bought her?
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132 out of 155 people found the following comment useful.
A Brilliant Conflict, 14 August 1998
10/10
Author: Sickfrog from Norfolk, VA

This film, better known in the U.S. as "The Professional", is a wonderful and intense film. Jean Reno plays his role as a "cleaner" with incredible subtlety. Leon tries to keep his emotions completely suppressed, yet Matilda (in an extraordinary performance by a young Natalie Portman, who is destined to become a very powerful actress into her adult life) bring out in him a new-found joy for life that accompanies his growing paternal instincts. But, the most dynamic element of this film is undeniably Gary Oldman's performance as a wildly sadistic and crooked DEA agent with his own narcotic-induced demons. His obsessions eventually lead him to the brink of absolute madness in his hunt for the cleaner. Truly, this is Oldman's finest performance to date, worthy of Oscar glory, though sadly forgotten. And so, Luc Besson did indeed top his triumph of "La Femme Nikita" by far with this masterpiece. Though, I cannot exactly praise his most recent effort with the sci-fi misfire, "The Fifth Element."

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