Costume design was by Jean-Paul Gaultier. He hired comic artists Jean 'Moebius' Giraud and Jean-Claude Mézières, whose books inspired parts of the film, for production design. Besson wanted to shoot the film in France, but suitable facilities could not be found filming took place in London and Mauritania instead. To accomplish this, Dallas joins forces with her to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against the impending attack of a malevolent cosmic entity.īesson started writing the story that was developed as The Fifth Element when he was 16 years old he was 38 when the film opened in cinemas. Primarily set in the 23rd century, the film's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxicab driver and former special forces major, after a young woman (Jovovich) falls into his cab. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich. Here are 25 Hidden Details Only True Fans Noticed In The Fifth Element.The Fifth Element is a 1997 English-language French science fiction action film directed by Luc Besson and co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen from a story by Besson. It’s one of the best sci-fi/action movies of all time. She doesn’t need saving, although having Willis around for quippy one-liners and blowing things up is certainly helpful.

She subverts what an action heroine usually is. With all of the insanity going on, Milla Jovovich steals the show at Leeloo, the savior tasked with saving the galaxy. Bruce Willis is of course still playing the everyman character that he popularized. 300 some odd years in the future, the galaxy is a super dense place with all kinds of colorful aliens. But much like George Lucas did twenty years prior, writer and director Luc Besson took a simple story and crafted an entirely new way to tell it. Yes, the story of a savior and the people trying to help him or her save the world or the galaxy or what have you has been told before. In fact, some critics heralded it as “the next Star Wars.” In some ways, there still hasn’t been a film like this one. When The Fifth Element came out in 1997, there was just about nothing like it.

But those movies also launched franchises or are a part of one. It happened with Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. Sometimes, a good science fiction epic comes from almost out of nowhere and becomes an instant classic.

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