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The Fifth Element
Release Date	May 9, 1997
Genre	Sci Fi Fantasy Comedy
Director	Luc Besson
Screenwriter	Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen
Stars	Bruce Willis Milla Jovovich Chris Tucker Gary Oldman Ian Holm
Studio	Columbia Pictures Gaumont-Buena Vista International Pathé Distribution Ltd.

The Fifth Element is a 1997 sci-fi/fantasy film written and directed by Luc Besson. The film starred Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker and Gary Oldman. Notable French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier created detailed and unusual costumes for the film.

The film was set two hundred and fifty years in a future dystopian New York when Earth is threatened by the appearance of an asteroid heading for the planet which turns out to be, not an astronomical object, but evil incarnate. Only the fifth element can stop Evil from overwhelming and destroying the planet.

Cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) becomes entangled in the plot to save the planet when the fifth element, Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), falls into his cab. Dallas must find and gather the five elements (water, air, earth, fire, Leeloo) together, protect Leeloo, and escape the henchmen of the evil Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman) to destroy the evil threatening the planet.

The Fifth Element was filmed at Pinewood Studios in England with several scenes shot on location in Mauritania.

Cast

• Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas
• Gary Oldman as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
• Ian Holm as Father Vito Cornelius
• Milla Jovovich as Leeloo
• Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod
• Luke Perry as Billy
• Brion James as General Munro
• Tommy 'Tiny' Lister as President Lindberg
• Lee Evans as Fog
• Charlie Creed-Miles as David
• Tricky as Right Arm
• John Neville as General Staedert
• John Bluthal as Professor Pacoli

External Links

• The Fifth Element at IMDB.com
• The Fifth Element at MRQE.com

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