Details

Release year: 1997

Storyline

In the colorful future, cabdriver Korben Dallas unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep the great evil and Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg at bay.

Top credits

Directors

Luc Besson

Writers

Cast

Bruce Willis — Korben Dallas
Milla Jovovich — Leeloo
Gary Oldman — Zorg
Ian Holm — Cornelius

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• The "Divine Language" spoken by Leeloo was invented by co-writer and director Luc Besson, and further refined by Milla Jovovich, who had little trouble learning and developing it, as she was already fluent in four languages. The language had only 400 words. He and Milla Jovovich held conversations and wrote letters to each other in the language as practice. By the end of filming, they were able to have full conversations in this language.

• Luc Besson demanded that most of the action shots in the movie take place in broad daylight, as he was reportedly tired of the dark spaceship corridors and dimly lit planets common in science fiction movies, and wanted a brighter "cheerfully crazy" look as opposed to a gloomy, realistic one.

• The explosion in the Fhloston main hall was the largest indoor explosion ever filmed. The resulting fire almost went out of control. It took 25 minutes to put out.