The fifth element

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Label

The fifth element

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures presents a Gaumont production ; a film by Luc Besson ; story by Luc Besson ; screenplay by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen ; produced by Patrice Ledoux ; directed by Luc Besson

Title variation

5th element

Contributor

• Willis, Bruce, 1955-
• Holm, Ian, 1931-2020
• Jovovich, Milla
• Kamen, Robert Mark
• Gaultier, Jean-Paul
• Ledoux, Patrice
• Besson, Luc
• Arbogast, Thierry
• Oldman, Gary
• Serra, Eric
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Gaumont Production (Firm)
• Tucker, Chris, 1972-
• Columbia Pictures

Actor

• Jovovich, Milla
• Willis, Bruce, 1955-
• Oldman, Gary
• Tucker, Chris, 1972-
• Holm, Ian, 1931-2020

Cinematographer

• Arbogast, Thierry

Composer

• Serra, Eric

Costume designer

• Gaultier, Jean-Paul

Director

• Besson, Luc

Producer

• Ledoux, Patrice

Screenwriter

• Kamen, Robert Mark
• Besson, Luc

Subject

• End of the world
• Dystopian films
• Dystopian films
• End of the world -- Drama
• Fantasy films
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Good and evil
• Good and evil -- Drama
• Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction | Films
• Human-alien encounters
• Human-alien encounters -- Drama
• Human-alien encounters -- Juvenile fiction | Films
• Life on other planets
• Life on other planets -- Drama
• New York (N.Y.) -- Drama
• New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction | Films
• New York (State) -- New York
• Science fiction films
• Science fiction films
• Taxicab drivers
• Taxicab drivers -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Taxicab drivers -- New York (State) | New York -- Juvenile fiction | Films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Action and adventure films
• Drama
• Action and adventure films

Genre

• Dystopian films
• Action and adventure films
• Drama
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Films
• Juvenile fiction
• Science fiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the Fifth Element can stop the Evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years

Awards note

Nominee, Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing (Mark A. Mangini), 1998 Academy Awards ; Winner, Best Special Effects, 1998 BAFTA Awards ; Winner, Best Cinematography (Thierry Arbogast), Best Director (Luc Besson), Best Production Design (Dan Weil), 1998 César Awards.

Cataloging source

CGL

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by Eric Serra ; costumes, Jean-Paul Gaultier ; special visual effects supervisor, Mark Stetson ; editor, Sylvie Landra ; director of photography, Thierry Arbogast

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

English or dubbed Spanish dialogue; with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.F5484 2007

PerformerNote

Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Milla Jovovich, Luke Perry

Runtime

125

Technique

live action