The Fifth Element

19971997
1212
2h 6min

Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element (1997)

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Action Adventure Sci-Fi

In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.

Director
- Luc Besson
Writers
- Luc Besson(screenplay by)
- Robert Mark Kamen(screenplay by)
Stars

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 10 wins & 39 nominations total

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In the twenty-third century, the universe is threatened by evil. The only hope for mankind is the Fifth Element, who comes to Earth every five thousand years to protect the humans with four stones of the four elements: fire, water, Earth and air. A Mondoshawan spacecraft is bringing The Fifth Element back to Earth but it is destroyed by the evil Mangalores. However, a team of scientists use the DNA of the remains of the Fifth Element to rebuild the perfect being called Leeloo. She escapes from the laboratory and stumbles upon the taxi driver and former elite commando Major Korben Dallas that helps her to escape from the police. Leeloo tells him that she must meet Father Vito Cornelius to accomplish her mission. Meanwhile, the Evil uses the greedy and cruel Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg and a team of mercenary Mangalores to retrieve the stones and avoid the protection of Leeloo. But the skilled Korben Dallas has fallen in love with Leeloo and decides to help her to retrieve the stones. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Trivia
The "Divine Language", spoken by Leeloo, was invented by co-writer and director Luc Besson, and further refined by Milla Jovovich, who had little trouble learning and developing it, as she was already fluent in four languages. The language had only four hundred words. He and Milla Jovovich held conversations, and wrote letters to each other in the language as practice. By the end of filming, they were able to have full conversations in this language.

Goofs
Zorg's limp switches from his right leg to his left leg and then back again several times throughout the film.

Quotes
Police: Are you classified as human?
Korben Dallas: Negative, I am a meat popsicle.

Alternate versions
In the theatrical release, Korben Dallas initially opens his door after hearing the door chime. He looks into the monitor, sees the empty hallway, opens the door, and then almost gets mugged. This scene was edited for the ABC presentation.

Connections
Edited into Hollywood Burn (2006)

Soundtracks
Alech Taadi
Performed by Khaled
Composed by Khaled
© Barclay 1993
Courtesy of Polygram Special Projects

Top review

Multi Pass.

Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich star in this wonderful sci-fi tale. Chock full of killer performances and excellent effects.

Korben Dallas is your average ordinary New York taxi driver. Fresh out of the military, unlucky in love and this close to losing his job. One day the ultimate fare literally falls into his lap as Leeloo enters his life via the roof of his cab. Leeloo it seems was genetically manipulated to be the ultimate weapon against pure evil but her beauty and butt-kicking hide a more fragile nature that Dallas and a host of others will have to step up and help her save humanity.

This amazing sci-fi adventure from Luc (Leon) Besson has a little something for everyone. Beauty (the gorgeous Jovovich with orange hair even), action and gun-play, excellent acting, amazing visual effects, romance, creative sets and costume design, dynamic and interesting music and a mildly annoying but funny Chris Tucker. You name itthis film has it in spades. 5th Element is hands down one of the best science fiction films ever.

I've seen it many times and always want more. I highly recommended it.

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Jan 23, 2005

Budget
- $93,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $63,820,180
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,031,345
- May 11, 1997
Gross worldwide
- $263,920,180

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Runtime
- 2h 6min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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