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- BFI identifier458567
- Date1997 (Copyright)
- Production countryFrance, Ukrainian SSR
- Production company
- SynopsisScience fiction. In 2259 Earth is suddenly threatened by a massive collision with a huge planet. Conventional weapons only seem to add to the planet's power. The seeming planet contains a huge evil force or entity. An alien civilization attempts to aid Earth by sending it the only hope to counter the force - the "fifth element" entity. The vessel carrying it crashes though, but through regeneration technology the entity is re-formed and appears in the shape of a young woman. She escapes and falls in with ex-military man and taxi driver Korben Dallas, who hides and assists her, with the help of the religious mystic Cornelius. They attempt to utilise her to save the Earth whilst having to ward off and battle against the psychopathic arms dealer and gang leader Zorg, who tries to prevent them at the instigation of the evil entity. (Synopsis)
- Work historyBudget $80million, also cited at $70million.
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Title
Le Cinquième élément (Original)
The Fifth Element (Alternative)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
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- StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-sqn
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view all - ArticlesLe Film Francais n2685 19 Sep 1997 - ArticleVariety 12 May 1997 - Credits, Review, SynopsisPremiere n243 Cannes June 1997 - Credits, ReviewEyepiece v17 n5 Oct/Nov 1996 - Prod. Detailsview all
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- +Le Cinquième élément
Work - 458567 - 1997 (Copyright)
France - Film - Fiction
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