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China film title

The Fifth Element

English movie names

The Fifth Element

More Chinese titles

Element 5

More foreign movie names

Cyndi Melemen ... (France)

The fifth element ... (USA) (alternative spelling)

Film genre

Action/thriller/science fiction/adventure

The length of a movie (according to the screening time)

126 minutes

Country/region

America/France

conversational language

English German Swedish Chinese (China)

colour

colour

Match to the original tape

Old SDDS· Dolby

Release date?

1May 7, 997 France

grade

Graded as PG- 13, it contains strong sci-fi violence, some sexual behaviors and short nudity.

subtitle

www.ifuzhu.com

grade

United States: PG- 13

Australia: PG

United Kingdom: PG

Germany: 12

Chile: Special

Portugal: M/ 12

Spain: 7

France: USA

Norway: 1 1

Sweden: 1 1

Finland: K- 12

Property in copyright

1997 Gao Meng

IMDB score: 7.3/10 (86,865 votes)

IMDB link:/title/tt0119116/

[Edit this paragraph] Credit

be in charge of/supervisor

Luc besson luc besson

dramatist

Luc besson luc besson (Story)

Luc besson luc besson (screenplay) &

Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay)

executant

Bruce Willis Bruce Willis ... Corbin Dallas.

Gary Oldman Gary Oldman ... Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zog

Ian holm ian holm ... father Vito cornelius.

Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich ... Chen Feng.

Chris tucker chris tucker ... Ruby Rhodes.

Luke perry luke perry ... sticks.

Brian James ... General Munro

Tommy lister tommy lister ... President Lindbergh (as Tommy Liszt Jr.)

producer

John Amicarrera ... Deputy producer.

Patrice Ledoux ... producer.

Iain smith ... Co-producer

[Edit this paragraph] Production and distribution

camera

Arriflex camera

press

Bright colors

Claire laboratory, Paris, France

Shooting format

35 mm

Manufacturing and processing method

Super 35

layout

35 mm (deformation)

Film length

2869 meters

3468 m (Sweden)

width

35 mm film deformation

Production company

Gaomeng design company [France]

Issuing company

Columbia Film Company [USA] (1997) (USA) (Cinema)

BMG Video [Germany] ... (Germany) (Video)

Columbia Samsung Film Company? Spain ... (Spain)

Columbia Samsung Home Video (USA) (1997) (USA) (DVD)

Film distribution [Italy ]...( 1997) (USA) (laser disc)

Portuguese Film Company ... (Portugal)

Gomont Buena Vista International (GBVI)[ France] ... (Portugal)

Pioneer Film Company [Japan] ... (Japan)

Pathé Distribution Co., Ltd. [UK] ... (UK)

Sony Pictures Entertainment [USA] ... (UK)

Tobies Farm Kunst [Germany] ... (Germany)

Special effects production company

Digital Domain [USA] ... (Special Visual Effects and Digital Animation)

Hollywood Numbers [USA] ... (Special Visual Effects and Digital Animation)

Magic camera company [UK] ... (special visual effects and digital animation)

Unlimited visual crew [USA] ... (special visual effects and digital animation)

Other companies

2020 Foundry Co., Ltd. [UK] ...

Atomic Force Microscope Lighting Co., Ltd. [UK] ...

Arr media[ UK] ... camera equipment

Allen Studio ... Special thanks.

Chanel [France] Cosmetic Products

Film Research Company [USA] ... Title and Options

Clydedale Bank [UK] ... Special thanks.

Low temperature ... computer special effects software.

Dake Technology ... Thank you very much.

Leipzig Getec AG ... Special thanks.

Release date?

Canada

Canada

1May 9, 997

United States of America

United States of America

1May 9, 997

Australia

Australia

1997 May

Singapore

Singapore

1997 May

Argentina

Argentina

1May 22, 997

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

1May 22, 997

Mexico

Mexico

1May 23, 997

the Netherlands

the Netherlands

1May 29, 997

Spain

Spain

1May 30, 997

Britain, England

Britain

1June 6, 997

Ireland

Ireland

1997 June 13

the Philippines

the Philippines

1July 9, 997

South Korea

South Korea

1997

Norway

Norway

1August 8, 997

Sweden

Sweden

1August 22, 997

Germany

Germany

1August 28, 997

Portugal

Portugal

1August 29, 997

Japan

Japan

1997 September 13

Russia

Russia

125 September 1997

Hungary

Hungary

1997 65438+ 10/0/6

Poland

Poland

1997 65438+ 10/0/7

Italy

Italy

1997 10 October 30th

[Edit this paragraph] Introduction to the plot

The four elements of nature are: wind, fire, water and earth, and each element has a sacred stone. Together with the fifth element, these four sacred stones were taken away from the earth by an alien, Mondoshawan, in 19 14. 300 years later, in the 23 rd century, the earth is facing a catastrophe: a hot planet will hit the earth. The Mondushawa people returned to the earth with the fifth element and the four elements of the sacred stone to help the earth survive the disaster. Unfortunately, the spacecraft carrying the fifth element was shot down by another kind of alien, Mongolol. People on earth can only get the remnants of the fifth element.

Using the DNA of the remains of the fifth element, the earthlings successfully reconstructed the fifth element: a beautiful red-haired girl, Li Lu Li Lu, ran out of the laboratory and accidentally ran into a taxi driven by Cobain Dallas. Li Lu was chased by the police, and Dallas risked his life to send Li Lu to Father Canarius. Father Ka knows the ins and outs of the fifth element like the back of his hand. He is the contact of Montessori Shawan people on earth, waiting for the fifth element generation to return to earth. Father Ka learned from Li Lu that the four elements of wind, fire, water and earth were not with Li Lu, but were entrusted by the Montessori Shawa people to bring an alien singer to the "Paradise Lost" planet. The priest decided to go to the lost paradise to retrieve four sacred stones.

At the same time, a prominent scum on the earth, Zog, colluded with the Mongaros in an attempt to seize four sacred stones. However, to Zog's great annoyance, Mon Galos brought him only an empty box, instead of the four sacred stones he longed for. At this time, the president of the Earth Federation also learned from Montessori Shawa that four sacred stones had been taken to Paradise Lost, so he ordered a general to send agents to get the sacred stones. The general immediately found Cobain Dallas, a retired special forces colonel, hoping that he could complete the task. Dallas and Li Lu went to the lost paradise on the space shuttle together.

In the lost paradise, Dallas and Li Lu fought fiercely with Mongolos and Zog who heard the news. Finally, Dallas got four sacred stones from an alien singer (strictly speaking, her belly), but Li Lu was also seriously injured. It was less than two hours before the fiery planet hit the earth. Dallas arrived at the Egyptian Five Elements Altar with four sacred stones and Li Lu. Encouraged by Dallas, Lillou finally gathered the strength of the four elements of wind, fire, water and earth at the last minute, stopped the progress of the fiery planet and avoided the coming of the end.

[Edit this paragraph] Related comments

We must find it.

Without it, there is no future.

After 250 years, everything will be lost unless the fifth element is found.

The fifth is life.

Is it love or life?

Time is not important, only life is important.

The Fifth Element has changed science fiction films and will be imitated by others in the next few years.

-San Francisco Chronicle

[Edit this paragraph] behind-the-scenes production

highlight

Dazzling stunts, hot and fierce gun battles, magnificent music, funny and rich jokes, etc. Add it up to form this film with great entertainment characteristics. However, there is more than that. What is war? How did it come into being? How can we stop it? Is there only war left in mankind, so it is hopeless? If you watch the whole movie carefully, you will find that these classic topics are actually discussed and demonstrated from beginning to end. Fighting violence with violence will only expand the war, and destroying the fifth element of the fireball-love is a powerful weapon for us to truly avoid extinction. We have not only war, but also love. It is because of love that we have the meaning and value of being saved, and have the belief and dependence of living. It is not difficult to see that film creators have a deep understanding of human society. The ideological realm buried under the excellent light and shadow effect determines that this film is by no means a simple entertainment film. It can be regarded as one of the excellent science fiction movies in the 1990s.

About conception

It can be said that The Fifth Element is the return of director luc besson in the field of sci-fi movies, because his first film is the decisive battle with sci-fi theme. "When I shoot a movie, I want to keep the audience away from their daily life," Besson said. "I would say, let me take you to places you have never been to, places you have only been to in your dreams, such as underground, underwater and space. Out of dreams and escape, I am fascinated by such movies. "

The film title "The Fifth Element" comes from the four elements of the ancient Greek material composition theory: earth, air, water and fire. In the middle ages, the theory of four elements was taken as the theoretical basis of alchemy. Alchemists believe that ordinary metals can be turned into gold by changing the proportion of these four primitive properties in matter. In addition, these four elements together can produce a fifth element, that is, people.

Luc besson conceived this story from the age of 16, when he didn't know the concept of the fifth element. Besson recalled: "At that time, writing was just for fun, in order to escape from daily life and enter this dream world. Unexpectedly, one day, the story gradually developed to 2 or 300 pages. Many years later, I began to think about making this story into a movie. "

It was not until Blue Sea and Blue Sky and Nikita won international acclaim and achieved commercial success that Besson really considered the fifth element. He said, "After filming Nikita, I began to take this story seriously and adapted it into a script. The first draft has 400 pages, and the shooting cost is $65.438+45 billion. However, in the first draft, I was at my wit's end and didn't consider the feasibility at all. I wrote everything I wanted to see, and then I began to think about it. "

After the completion of the third draft, Besson began to revise the script with screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. They finally decided to divide the story into two parts. "We finished the script, so we can shoot it," Besson explained. "So once there is demand, the sequel script is completed, although it is not planned."

It is also worth mentioning that Besson once said a little-known coincidence: "One day, my father stumbled upon Plato's related works on this subject. He said to me with a book, do you know that your film has been pirated? Let me see. What Plato wrote is strikingly similar to my script. "

In The Fifth Element, Besson put forward a hypothesis: If there is a relative life form in another space, it is not made of vitality, but a dark evil. Besson explained: "vitality is opposite to this evil life form, just like fire and ice." The more vigorous the vitality, the more it will arouse the evil corresponding to anger. "

The 23 rd century in the fifth element. Humans shuttle between planets, spreading this vitality everywhere, making the dark forces more and more uneasy. "Our existence suffocates them, and they want to fight back, destroying all the sources of energy and light, destroying animals, plants and humans. But they exist in another space, and that's the limit, "Besson said.

The most unique feature of the film is to show the future world to the audience. Besson said: "We focus on the history of all mankind to get the most reasonable setting in 2259. The time of the story is very accurate-what will the world be like at 2 am on March 18, 2259? How do people live and think? This is very important for me to create this story because I want the audience to accept the possibility of this real future. "

Thus, in the future world, there will be an ugly Mundushawar representing the power of goodness in the universe, a greedy and cruel Mungaro army led by Zog, the agent of the evil black star earth, and, of course, a brand-new earth that we have never seen before.

About preparation

In order to bring the future world to the big screen, production designer Dan Weil shoulders an arduous mission. As early as 1988, he participated in the filming of luc besson's Blue Sea and Blue Sky. 1993, under the supervision of Weil, a team of top designers and illustrators began a long preparation process, during which they also worked closely with the makeup department and the famous fashion designer Jean-Paul jean paul gaultier. In order to screen this elite production and design team, Besson consulted the works of hundreds of designers. Besides Dan Weil and Jean-Claude Mezieres, a famous French illustrator, Besson took a fancy to seven artists. The whole design process lasted 1 year. When it was finally completed, some people were even a little afraid of this huge project, because it was impossible to implement it at that time.

Besson quickly turned disappointment into motivation. At that time, he was not too cold about black boy. Within 30 days, Besson finished the script. Two months later, the not too cold black boy began to enter the preparatory stage. As we all know, Black Boy Not Too Cold has achieved greater success than Nikita, Besson's reputation in the international film industry has been further enhanced, and Columbia University immediately took a fancy to the shooting plan of The Fifth Element.

Nick Dudman worked as a makeup artist in Batman, Interview with Vampires at Night and Alien 3, and was responsible for making full-size clothes, automatic puppets, alien spacesuits and a large number of organ props. Besson said: "Nick always presents the best to us. What convinces me most is his enthusiasm for work."

The picture of the future city in the film consists of models and digital special effects. The special effects director is Mark Tai Sen, who has made more than 100 films, such as True Lies and Night Interview with Vampires.

Eric serra, who wrote the music for this film, was still a little-known guitarist when he wrote music for Besson's The Last Battle. Since then, the two have been working together. As an important figure in today's French music scene, eric serra brought the 007 series into the 1990s, and his soundtrack, golden eye, became a modern classic in 007 music. In Besson's view, the director is the eye and the film composer is the ear. He worked with Serra for 15 years, and co-produced seven films. Needless to say, there is a tacit understanding between them.

Besson knew Bruce Willis long before he co-produced the film with him. He recalled: "Bruce and I first met five years ago, and since then we have discussed the script together." We always keep in touch. All the shooting funds were in place. After the script was ready, I went to new york and gave it to him. Then I went shopping. I called him back two hours later, and he said, OK, let's shoot. "

About shooting

After a week's shooting in Mauritania, the film was mainly shot in 1996 65438+ 10, and the beautiful scenery in the film was built in 9 studios of London Pine Forest Studio. It is worth mentioning that Besson's directing method, like a photographer, is a habit he developed from early small-budget movies. When shooting, especially close-ups, Besson always appears in the scene, modifying the actor's performance while shooting. "Sometimes I grab the actor by the shoulder and let him move to the position I want," he said. "If this shot is not good, I will talk to the actor directly without shouting' stop'. I don't want to waste the energy of' action' and' cutting' and come back. "

Besson compared this method to surgery: "You can cut someone's chest, put your hand in and massage his heart, and his life can be revived. Anything can happen between calling' action' and' stop', and I won't say' stop' until the actor is tired or breathless. "

Except Gary Oldman, who worked with Besson, other actors were surprised by Besson's zero-distance director. Bruce and ian holm were a little nervous at first, but soon they began to like this way, because they knew that the director was not staring at the monitor from a few yards away, but was with them during the performance.

[Edit this paragraph] Highlights

This film is the fourth collaboration between luc besson and Patrice Ledoux (producer and chief operating officer of Gomon Pictures).

One year before the film started, all the storyboards were completed.

This film is the opening film of the 50th Cannes Film Festival.

The language used by Li Lu in movies was invented by luc besson and perfected by Milla Jovovich. By the end of the filming, the two people were completely able to talk in this language.

The explosion scene in the lobby of Paradise Lost in the film is the largest indoor explosion scene in the film history, and the fire caused almost made the scene out of control.

When Cobain Dallas woke up, the date on the bedroom wall was March 18, 2263, and 18 was luc besson's birthday.

Dallas and Zog, the representatives of good and evil in the film, have never met and have never been in contact with each other.

The number "5" appeared many times in the movie. For example, Zog stopped the bomb from exploding with five seconds left in the timer, and the Mongalorian bomb detonated in five seconds. Towards the end of the film, Ruby said that a bomb would explode every five minutes. Finally, the doctor said that Li Lu and Dallas need five minutes, and Ruby's program starts at five.

The film cost 90 million dollars, which was the most expensive film shot by Gaomeng Film at that time.

The film's special effects cost 80 million dollars, making it the highest special effects investment record at that time.

Lenny kravitz and Prince are the archetypes of Ruby in the film.

The song played by Diva in the film comes from La Mermore's opera Lucia.

Zog's ZF- 1 weapon system originated from Aksu -74 compact assault rifle.

When the film started, the producer decided to dye Milla Jovovich's brown hair orange. In order to keep bright colors, Jovovich's hair had to be dyed repeatedly, so that it was seriously damaged. Later, he had to wear a wig to shoot.

[Edit this paragraph] Wonderful dialogue

Mr. King: You have a message.

Mr. Jim: You have a message.

Cobain Dallas: Yes.

Coburn Dallas: OK.

Mr king: aren't you going to open it? This may be important.

Mr. Jim: Don't you want to open it? Could be important.

Cobain Dallas: Yes, like the last two I got are very important. The first one was from my wife, telling me that she was leaving. The second letter came from my lawyer, telling me that he was leaving ... with my wife.

Cowen Dallas: Yes, it's like the last two news I got. The first one was my wife, who told me that she was leaving. The second one is my lawyer. He told me that he was leaving ... with my wife.

Mr. King: Ah, that's bad luck. Grandfather said it doesn't rain every day. This is good news, I promise. I bet your lunch.

Mr. Jim: Oh, what bad luck. Grandpa will say that it doesn't rain every day. This is good news, I promise. I bet you lunch.

Coburn Dallas: OK, it's your turn.

Coburn Dallas: OK, go ahead.

Mr. King: Come on. ...

Mr. Jim: Come on. ...

[reading]

Mr. King: You are fired. oh

Mr. Jim: You are fired. oh

Cobain Dallas: Well, at least I won lunch.

Coburn Dallas: Well, at least I won lunch.

Mr. King: It's a good philosophy. I like it.

Mr. Jim: This is a cool idea. I like to see the bright side in bad luck.

[Edit this paragraph] goof shot

Display error: At the beginning of the film, just before Li Lu broke the glass, it should be "unbreakable". You can see that the glass has cracked, which indicates that it is about to be broken.

Coherence: Throughout the movie, it can be seen several times that Zhuoge's limp first changed from his right leg to his left leg, and then returned to his right leg.

Scene setting: When Li Lou fights an ugly alien warrior (at the beginning of the climax of Diva's song), there are several bodies of alien warriors in the white place outside the fighting room (Diva's room), but when Li Lou fights another alien warrior, the alien warrior is shot out by Li Lou, and the bodies on the ground disappear, leaving only the shot alien warrior on the ground.

[Edit this paragraph] Award winning record

This film is the opening film of 1997 Cannes Film Festival, and won 1998 César Awards for best director and best photography. At the same time, he was nominated for 1998 Oscar for best special effects and sound effects.

[Edit this paragraph] Album of the same name

Album track

0 1 Little love light

02 Mondo Shawan

03 time collapse

04 Corbin Dallas

05 Cullen

06 Akta

Leeloo

Five thousand years later

09 Pravaraguna

10 Ruby Rap

1 1 heat

12 Badabom

13 Mangalore

14 lucia di lammermoore

/kloc-Dance in 0/5 days

16 Leeloominai

There is a bomb in the hotel.

18 Mina Hinoo

19 No cash, no garbage

20 radio waves

2 1 humanity

22 pictures of war

23 Lakta Ligunayi

24 protect life

25 Little love light (Opening Edition)

26 Aknot！ Bonus tracking

Plato's fifth element:

Plato's cosmology is basically a mathematical cosmology. He imagined that there were two kinds of right-angled triangles at the beginning of the universe, one was half of a square and the other was half of an equilateral triangle. From these triangles, four kinds of regular polyhedrons are reasonably produced, which constitute particles of four elements. Fire particles are regular tetrahedrons, gas particles are regular octahedrons, water particles are regular icosahedrons, and soil particles are cubes. The fifth regular polyhedron is a dodecahedron formed by a regular pentagon, and it is the fifth element that constitutes the matter in the sky, called ether. The whole universe is a sphere, because the sphere is symmetrical and perfect, and any point on the sphere is the same. The universe is also alive and moving, and a soul fills all the spaces. The motion of the universe is circular, because circular motion is the most perfect and does not need hands or feet to push it. The quantities of the four elements in the universe are as follows: the ratio of fire to gas is equal to the ratio of gas to water, and the ratio of water to soil. Everything can be named by a number, which is the proportion of the elements they contain.

About the episode in the film:

The Fifth Element: Beautiful Teana Female Voice ── A classic melody of Tianhou Dance that can't be missed.

I believe everyone has heard of the classic melody of this song. This is an episode of the movie The Fifth Element. The first time I heard this song, I listened to it on my friend's VCD. Unfortunately, I didn't know the title of the song at that time. Later, after several searches, I found out that this song was adapted from the beginning of Donizetti's opera aria "Candle has been lit", and only in the second half of the song was the dance of the goddess interspersed, with a lively rhythm. It was an episode of the Hollywood 1997 sci-fi movie The Fifth Element-The Fifth Element.

I hope you can listen to this song patiently, because it is really a classic melody.