Additional information for The Fifth Element, which has a domestic theatrical release set for May 9, 1997. The film is being distributed by Columbia Pictures and has not yet been rated. The Fifth Element has a total running time of 126 minutes.
PG
Australia
KT
Belgium
14+
Canada
TE
Chile
K-12
Finland
U
France
12
Germany
12
Ireland
PG
Israel
T
Italy
6
Netherlands
11
Norway
M/12
Portugal
PG
Singapore
12
South Korea
7
Spain
11
Sweden
PG
UK
13
Argentina
12
Iceland
PG-13
USA
PG
New Zealand
PT
Peru
126min
El quinto elemento
Argentina
El quinto elemento
Mexico
El quinto elemento
Peru
El quinto elemento
Spain
El quinto elemento
Uruguay
Peti element
Croatia
Peti element
Serbia
Peti element
Slovenia
Das fünfte Element
Austria
Das fünfte Element
Germany
Det femte element
Denmark
Det femte element
Norway
Le cinquième élément
Canada
Le cinquième élément
France
O Quinto Elemento
Brazil
O Quinto Elemento
Portugal
Piaty element
Poland
Piaty element
Slovakia
Το Πέμπτο Στοιχείο
Greece
Петият елемент
Bulgaria
Пятый элемент
Russia
5. güç
Turkey
Az ötödik elem
Hungary
Det femte elementet
Sweden
Het vijfde element
Belgium
Il quinto elemento
Italy
O 5º Elemento
Portugal
Pátý element
Czech Republic
The 5th Element
USA
The Fifth Element - puuttuva tekijä
Finland
To pempto stoiheio
Greece
Viies element
Estonia
May 07, 1997
France
May 07, 1997
France
May 08, 1997
Belgium
May 08, 1997
Switzerland
May 09, 1997
Canada
May 09, 1997
Luxembourg
May 09, 1997
USA
May 14, 1997
New Zealand
May 15, 1997
Australia
May 15, 1997
Singapore
May 16, 1997
Brazil
May 16, 1997
Panama
May 22, 1997
Argentina
May 22, 1997
Hong Kong
May 23, 1997
Mexico
May 29, 1997
Netherlands
May 30, 1997
Spain
May 30, 1997
Uruguay
June 06, 1997
Finland
June 06, 1997
UK
June 13, 1997
Iceland
June 13, 1997
Ireland
July 02, 1997
Kuwait
July 09, 1997
Philippines
July 10, 1997
Israel
July 17, 1997
South Korea
August 01, 1997
Denmark
August 08, 1997
Norway
August 22, 1997
Sweden
August 28, 1997
Germany
August 28, 1997
Switzerland
August 29, 1997
Portugal
September 11, 1997
Czech Republic
September 13, 1997
Japan
September 25, 1997
Russia
September 25, 1997
Slovenia
October 01, 1997
Serbia
October 09, 1997
Slovakia
October 10, 1997
Turkey
October 16, 1997
Hungary
October 17, 1997
Poland
October 30, 1997
Italy
January 09, 1998
Estonia
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In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay.
The story's premise is that every five thousand years, in conjunction with a planetary arrangement, a 'Great Evil' appears whose purpose is to destroy life. In preparation for the next appearance in 2263, a group of aliens called the Mondoshawan arrive on Earth in 1914 to extract the only weapon capable of defeating the Great Evil, a collection of four stones representing the Classical Elements and the eponymous Fifth Element that conjugates the other four into organic life. After taking the weapons, the Mondoshawans present a key to a priest and tell him to pass the information provoking their mission through future generations in preparation for the Evil's arrival.In 2263, the Great Evil appears and destroys an interplanetary battleship. When the Mondoshawans attempt to deliver the Elements back to Earth, they are ambushed by another alien race, the shape-shifting Mangalores. Earthly scientists are able to recover a portion of the Fifth Element and use a reconstitution device to recreate it, whereupon it takes the form of an apparently human woman named "Leeloo" described as "the perfect being". Leeloo, terrified of her unfamiliar environs, escapes the scientists and arrives in the care of taxi driver Korben Dallas, a former major in the Federated Army's Special Forces. Dallas then delivers her to Priest Vito Cornelius, the current holder of the Mondoshawans' knowledge. Dallas, Cornelius, and his acolyte David help Leeloo recover, though Dallas is forced out of Cornelius' apartment before learning her purpose. Cornelius learns from Leeloo that the four Elements were not carried by the Mondoshawans but instead entrusted to Diva Plavalaguna, a singer currently performing on a luxury space liner at Fhloston Paradise, and that Leeloo must recover the stones from her. Meanwhile, wealthy industrialist Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg has attempted to gain the stones as urged by communication with the Great Evil. After learning that the Mangalores' attack on the Mondoshawans was unsuccessful in recovering the stones, Zorg betrays and kills them, whereupon the surviving Mangalores decide to extract revenge and gain the stones for themselves.Dallas is later met at his apartment by his General Munro, who informs him that he has been drafted into the Army in order to travel to meet the Diva, having rigged the annual Gemini Croquette Contest to allow Dallas to win. Their meeting is interrupted by the arrival of Cornelius and Leeloo. Dallas, learning of Leeloo's need, offers to help, but is knocked out by Cornelius, who steals his winning transportation tickets and departs with Leeloo. Dallas accepts the job from General Munro and travels to John F. Kennedy International Airport, intercepting Cornelius, David, and Leeloo before they board their flight, and escorts Leeloo. The Mangalores and Zorg's assistant are rebuffed by the ticketing agent when they try to pose as Dallas. Cornelius instructs David to prepare the temple and then sneaks aboard the passenger spaceplane before it leaves.On the flight, Dallas meets interstellar radio personality Ruby Rhod, who escorts him for being the contest winner. Upon arrival at Fhloston Paradise, Dallas is taken by Ruby to prepare for the show, while Leeloo waits near the Diva's quarters in order to retrieve the stones from her after her performance. The Diva's show is interrupted by the Mangalores, and the Diva is fatally shot. Dallas learns from her dying words that the Diva has hidden the stones inside her body; after she dies, Dallas extracts them, giving them to Ruby to hold as he defeats the Mangalores and saves the rest of the passengers and crew. Leeloo is able to defeat the Mangalores that attempt to ransack the Diva's quarters. Zorg, having flown himself to Fhloston, fights Leeloo at the Diva's quarters, injuring her and forcing her to retreat. This allows him to take the case he believes contains the stones while starting a time bomb. When Dallas goes to recover Leeloo, Zorg finds the case to be empty. Zorg re-enters the liner just as Dallas, Leeloo, Cornelius, and Ruby leave it on Zorg's ship. Zorg is able to stop his bomb; but the defeated Mangalores activate another bomb, destroying Zorg and the liner.The four return to the temple on Earth as the Great Evil rushes towards the planet. There, Dallas finds Leeloo disillusioned and unwilling to perform her role, believing that humans will destroy themselves despite her rescue of them. As the protagonists arrange the stones in the temple to form their weapon, they are briefly baffled by their ignorance of the weapon's operation, but discover that each stone is triggered by the presence of the Classical element to which it corresponds. Dallas then convinces Leeloo to perform her role, embraces her, and kisses her. At this, Leeloo releases the weapon's "Divine Light", causing the Great Evil to become a new moon in Earth's orbit. Later, the President and General Munro go to the reconstitution lab to congratulate Dallas on his successful mission, but he and Leeloo are unavailable, despite the president's assertion that he is in a hurry. Viewers then see he and Leeloo are making love in the resurrection chamber.
Luc Besson
Director(s)
Luc Besson
Luc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen
Writer(s)
John A. Amicarella
associate producer
Patrice Ledoux
producer
Iain Smith
co-producer
Producer(s)
Eric Serra
Composer(s)
Korben Dallas
Bruce Willis
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
Gary Oldman
Father Vito Cornelius
Ian Holm
Leeloo
Milla Jovovich
Ruby Rhod
Chris Tucker
Billy
Luke Perry
General Munro
Brion James
President Lindberg (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
Fog
Lee Evans
David (as Charlie Creed Miles)
Charlie Creed-Miles
Right Arm
Tricky
General Staedert
John Neville
Professor Pacoli
John Bluthal
Mugger
Mathieu Kassovitz
Mactilburgh
Christopher Fairbank
Mr. Kim
Kim Chan
Neighbour
Richard Leaf
Major Iceborg
Julie T. Wallace
General Tudor
Al Matthews
Diva Plavalaguna (as Maïwenn Le Besco)
Maïwenn
Priest
John Bennett
Left Arm
Ivan Heng
President's Aide
Sonita Henry
Scientist's Aide
Tim McMullan
Munro's Captain
Hon Ping Tang
Head Scientist
George Khan
Head of Military
John Hughes
Omar
Roberto Bryce
Aziz
Said Talidi
Mondoshawan / Mangalore Aknot / Airport Guard
Clifton Lloyd Bryan
Mondoshawan
Justin Lee Burrows
Mondoshawan
Richard Ashton
Mondoshawan
Jerome Blake
Mondoshawan / Ground Crew
Kevin Molloy
Mactilburgh's Assistant
Bill Reimbold
Staedert's Captain
Colin Brooks
Mactilburgh's Technician
Anthony Chinn
Chief NY Cop
Sam Douglas
NY Cop
Derek Ezenagu
Flying Cop
David Kennedy
Director(s)
Luc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen
Writer(s)
associate producer
Patrice Ledoux
producer
Iain Smith
co-producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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