The Fifth Element

This article is about the lm. For other uses, see Fifth in the form of a giant ball of black re, and destroys
Element (disambiguation).
an attacking Earth spaceship. The Mondoshawans current contact on Earth, priest Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm),
informs
the President of Earth (Tom Lister Jr.) of the
The Fifth Element (French: Le Cinquime lment) is a
history of the great evil and the weapon that can stop
1997 English-language French science ction action lm
directed and co-written by Luc Besson. It stars Bruce it. As the Mondoshawans return to Earth they are ambushed by Mangalores, a race hired by the industrialist
Willis, Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich. Mostly set in
the 23rd century, the lms central plot involves the sur- Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman), who has
vival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility been instructed by the great evil to acquire the stones.
of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxicab driver and former
special forces major, after a young woman (Jovovich)
falls into his cab. Dallas joins forces with her to recover
four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth
against an impending attack.

The Mondoshawans spacecraft is destroyed, though the

stones are not on board; the only item recovered is a
hand of The Fifth Element. Scientists take it to a New
York City laboratory and use it to reconstruct a humanoid
woman who takes the name Leeloo (Milla Jovovich). Terried of the unfamiliar surroundings, she escapes connement and jumps o a ledge, crashing into the ying taxicab of Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), a former major in
the special forces.

Besson started writing the story that became The Fifth Element when he was 16 years old; he was 38 when the lm
opened in cinemas. Besson wanted to shoot the lm in
France, but suitable locations could not be found; lming
took place instead in London and Mauritania. Comics
writers Jean Giraud and Jean-Claude Mzires, whose
comics provided inspiration for parts of the lm, were
hired for production design. Costume design was by Jean
Paul Gaultier.

Dallas delivers Leeloo to Cornelius and his apprentice, David (Charlie Creed-Miles), whereupon Cornelius
learns that the Mondoshawans entrusted the four element
stones to the alien Diva Plavalaguna (Mawenn Le Besco),
an opera singer. Zorg kills many of the Mangalores because of their failure to obtain the stones, but their compatriots determine to seize the artifacts for themselves.
Upon learning from the Mondoshawans that the stones
are in Plavalagunas possession, General Munro (Brion
James), Dallas former superior, re-enlists Dallas and orders him to travel undercover to meet Plavalaguna on a
luxury intergalactic cruise; Dallas takes Leeloo with him.
Meanwhile, Cornelius instructs David to prepare the ancient temple designed to house the stones, then stows
away on the space plane transporting Dallas to the cruise
liner.

The Fifth Element received mainly positive reviews, although it tended to polarise critics. It has been called both
the best and worst summer blockbuster of all time. The
lm was a nancial success, earning more than $263 million at the box oce on a $90 million budget. At the time
of its release it was the most expensive European lm ever
made, and it remained the highest-grossing French lm
at the international box oce until the release of The Intouchables in 2011.

Plavalaguna is killed when the Mangalores attack the

ship, but Dallas succeeds in retrieving the stones. During
his struggle with the Mangalores he kills their leader. After shooting and seriously wounding Leeloo, Zorg nds a
carrying case which he presumes contains the stones, and
takes it back to his spacecraft, leaving behind a time bomb
that forces the liners occupants to evacuate. Discovering
the case to be empty, Zorg returns to the ship and deactivates his bomb, but a dying Mangalore sets o his
own device, destroying the ship and killing Zorg. Dallas,
Cornelius, Leeloo, and talk-show host Ruby Rhod (Chris
Tucker) escape with the stones aboard Zorgs spacecraft.

Plot

In 1914, aliens known as Mondoshawans arrive at an ancient Egyptian temple to collect, for safekeeping, the only
weapon capable of defeating a great evil that appears every 5,000 years. The weapon consists of four stones, representing the four classical elements, and a sarcophagus
containing a fth element in the form of a human, which
combines the power of the other four elements into a
divine light capable of defeating the evil. The Mondoshawans promise their human contact, a priest from a
secret order, that they will come back with the element
The four join up with David at the weapon chamber in the
stones in time to stop the great evil when it returns.
Egyptian temple as the great evil approaches. They actiIn 2263,[lower-alpha 2] the great evil appears in deep space
1

vate the stones, but having witnessed and studied so much

violence, Leeloo has become disenchanted with humanity and refuses to cooperate. Dallas confesses his love for
Leeloo and kisses her. In response, Leeloo combines the
power of the stones and releases the divine light; the great
evil, now dormant, becomes another moon in Earth orbit.

Cast
Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas
Gary Oldman as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
Milla Jovovich as Leeloo
Ian Holm as Father Vito Cornelius
Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod
Charlie Creed-Miles as David
Brion James as General Munro
Tricky as Right Arm
Tommy Tiny Lister Jr. as President Lindberg
Christopher Fairbank as Professor Mactilburgh
Lee Evans as Fog
John Bluthal as Professor Massimo Pacoli
Luke Perry as Billy Masterson
John Bennett as Priest
Kim Chan as Mr. Kim
John Neville as General Staedert
Al Matthews as General Tudor
Mawenn Le Besco as Diva Plavalaguna

Themes

In an interview Besson stated The Fifth Element was not a

big theme movie, although the lms theme was an important one. He wanted viewers to reach the point where
Leeloo states Whats the use of saving life when you
see what you do with it?", and agree with her.[9] Jay P.
Telotte, writing in the book Science Fiction Film, credited the lm with exploring the theme of political corruption.[10]
An article by Brian Ott and Eric Aoki in the feminist journal Womens Studies in Communication considered gender
to be one of the lms main themes. The authors accused
the lm of erasing women from the introductory scenes,
noting that Leeloos reconstruction marked only the second appearance of a female in the lms rst 20 minutes;

PRODUCTION

the other is an androgynous, speechless presidential aide.

When females appear in the lm, they do so as passive objects, such as the sexualised ight and McDonalds attendants; or stripped of their femininity, such as the "butch"
Major Iceborg.[11] Stefan Brandt, in the book Subverting
Masculinity, also said that the lm echoes stereotypical
beliefs about gender of all females in the lm, including Leeloo, who leaves her passive role in the lm only
during her ght with the Mangalores. With the exception
of Tiny Listers portrayal of the President, all males in
the lm were considered to be as unmanly as possible in
various ways, such as Ruby Rhods eeminacy, Vito Corneliuss clumsiness, and General Munros stupidity; their
purpose was to make Korbens masculinity appear godlike by comparison.[12]
In the book The Films of Luc Besson, Susan Hayward considered The Fifth Element to be a classic story of a man
making his break from the tribe, proving his manhood,
over-throwing the malevolent forces and killing the chief,
nally to reap the rewards of security and marriage.[13]
Korbens journey, however, is under threat not only from
the Mangalores and Zorg, but also from Leeloo, who only
relents and helps him at the last minute, accepting his
declaration of love.[13] The love story within The Fifth
Element was considered to be one of the main narratives in the lm, and it faces the same deadline as the
main storyline.[13] Hayward also considered the issue of
environmental damage, in so far as waste and pollution
are visible throughout the lm.[14] Whereas science ction lms often show a world wherein some new technology or threat either surpasses or fails humanity, The
Films of Luc Besson included The Fifth Element amongst
the minority of science ction lms that hold up a mirror and show humankind as responsible.[15] The lm was
said to be skeptical of capitalist consumerism, in so far as
the gadgets in Zorgs oce make an unhealthy obsession
of his lust for technology.[15] The tension between technology and man is treated as a problem requiring a nal
resolution.[15]

4 Production
As a teenager, Besson envisioned the world of The Fifth
Element in an attempt to alleviate boredom. He began
writing the script when he was 16, though it was not released in cinemas until he was 38.[16] The original storyline was set in the year 2300, and was about a nobody named Zaltman Bleros (later renamed Korben Dallas) who wins a trip to the Club Med resort on the planet
Fhloston Paradise. There he meets Leeloo, a sand-girl
who has the beauty of youth despite being over 2,000
years old.[17] Besson continued to work on and modify
the storyline for years; by the time his lm Atlantis was
released in 1991 he had a 400-page script. Nicolas Seydoux and Patrice Ledoux from Gaumont were the rst
people to take on the project. In November 1991, while

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looking for actors for the lm, Besson met French comics
creators Jean Giraud and Jean-Claude Mzires and recruited them[18] for the lms production design.[19][20]
Giraud and Mziress comics were a major source of inspiration for Bessons futuristic New York City.[21] Mzires wrote the book The Circles of Power, which features
a character named S'Traks, who drives a ying taxicab
through the congested air trac of the vast metropolis on
the planet Rubanis. Mzires showed images of the ying taxi to Besson, who was inspired to change the background of Korben Dallas from a worker in a rocketship
factory to that of a taxi driver who ies his cab around
a Rubanis-inspired futuristic New York.[22][23] Five other
artists were hired for the project, and Jean Paul Gaultier
was hired to design the lms costumes. The team spent
a year creating over 8,000 drawings, during which time
Besson approached both Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson for
the lead role. Willis expressed interest, though he was reluctant to take on the role as the lm was considered risky
after his previous two lms, Hudson Hawk and Billy Bathgate, had been received poorly; Gibson eventually turned
down the role.[24] While the team impressed lm companies with their designs, they struggled to nd one willing
to take on the lms budget of almost $100 million. In
December 1992 production of the lm stopped[25] without any prior warning, and the team disbanded.[3]

Korbens ying taxicab (top), which was inspired by the comics

series The Circles of Power

Besson went on to direct the commercially successful lm

Lon: The Professional, which was released in September
1994. While shooting and releasing Leon, he continued
to work on the script for The Fifth Element, shortening it
and reducing the lms budget to $90 million before attempting to nd a studio willing to produce it. Columbia

Pictures, who had a partnership in Leon, agreed to nance

the lm. By this time Besson had decided to go with a
lesser known lead actor in order to save on production
costs.[3][9] Besson was in Barry Josephson's oce when
Willis called regarding a dierent lm. Besson asked to
speak to Willis just to say hello, and told him that The
Fifth Element was nally going ahead, explaining the decision to go with a less expensive actor. After a short silence, Willis stated If I like the lm, we can always come
to an arrangement";[3] he agreed to take on the role after
reading the script. Production of the lm commenced in
early August 1995. Besson traveled to various places for
casting, including Paris, London and Rome.[26] He chose
to hire Gary Oldman, who had starred in Lon, for the
role of Zorg, describing Oldman as one of the top ve
actors in the world.[9] For the character Leeloo, Besson
chose Milla Jovovich from the 200 to 300 applicants he
met in person.[9] The Divine Language spoken in the
lm by Leeloo is a ctional language with only 400 words,
invented by Besson. Jovovich and Besson held conversations and wrote letters to each other in the language as
practice.[27] Besson was in a relationship with Mawenn
Le Besco, who played the role of Diva Plavalaguna, for
six years when lming commenced; however, he left her
for Jovovich during lming.[28] Jovovich and Besson later
married, but divorced in 1999.[29]
Despite wishing to shoot the lm in France, Besson could
not nd suitable facilities and with a heavy heart instead lmed in London.[30] It was primarily lmed at
Pinewood Studios on seven soundstages[31] including the
007 Stage.[32] Construction of sets began in October
1995.[18] The opera scene was lmed at the Royal Opera
House.[33] Scenes depicted as being in Egypt were lmed
in Mauritania;[34] the rst shoot for the lm, a background shot of the desert, occurred there on 5 January
1996.[35] Filming with actors began in late January, and
was completed 21 weeks later.[36] Willis nished lming on 16 May,[37] while Oldman only commenced lming the following week;[38] the lms protagonist (Korben) and antagonist (Zorg) never actually share any screen
time.[39] Despite being lmed in London, The Fifth Element was a French production,[40][41] and went on to
become the costliest European lm ever made at the
time.[42] The buildings in New York were derived from
both metabolist-inspired masses of modular apartments
from the 1960s, and the futuristic designs of architect
Antonio Sant'Elia in the 1910s.[43] Besson demanded that
most of the action shots in the lm take place in broad
daylight, as he was reportedly tired of the dark spaceship
corridors and dimly lit planets common in science ction
lms, and wanted a brighter cheerfully crazy look as
opposed to a gloomy realistic one.[21] Gaultier designed
every one of the 900 costumes worn by extras in the
lms Fhloston Paradise scenes, and checked each costume every morning.[39] His designs, described as intellectually transgressive",[44] were said to challenge sexuality and gender norms.[45] A single jacket he designed for
the lm cost $5,000.[46]

The original name of the character Ruby Rhod was Loc

Rhod. The name appears in both the original script and
in the novelisation of the lm.[47] Speculation has been
raised that the name change was a play on information in
the periodic table. Rubidium is the rst of the Period 5 elements, and exactly halfway down that row is the element
Rhodium. Taking the rst half of each element yields
Rubi Rhod.[48] Others have speculated his name is a
play on his gender bending personality; having a feminine
rst name and phallic surname.[11] The term ruby rod
also refers to the essential component of the rst working
laser design.[49]

4.1

Eects

PRODUCTION

ers ve months to build the models used in the lm.[53]

The windows of the buildings were cited by the team
as one of the most time-consuming tasks, along with
details behind the windows, such as furniture, blinds,
lightboxes and tiny pieces of at artwork.[53] Virtual sets
built within digital environments were created to enhance
the use of miniatures.[54] Motion control cameras moved
throughout the scale sets, and the data they collected
was exported to track and generate the CG animation
and particle systems.[43] Other techniques used in the
lm included digital matte paintings for backgrounds[55]
and the NURBS mathematical model for certain animations, including the sequence in which Leeloos body is
reconstructed.[56]

4.2 Soundtrack

One of the models used to portray an NYPD car in the lm

Three dierent teams handled the three dierent types of

special eects used in the lm. Nick Allder was placed
in charge of mechanical and pyrotechnical eects, Nick
Dudman was placed in charge of 'creature' eects and
Mark Stetson headed the visual eects team.[31] Visual
eects company Digital Domain was hired for the lm,
and Karen Goulekas was given the role of digital eects
supervisor.[50] Alias,[34] Autodesk Softimage, Arete, Side
Eects Prisms, RenderMan, as well as in-house software, were used by Digital Domain to create eects.[51]
Some individual shots used a combination of live action,
scale models, computer-generated imagery and particle
systems.[52] The lanes of trac in the scenes in New York
City were created with particle systems:
We had maybe 80 cityscape shots with CG
cars hurtling around, and you couldn't animate them all by hand because there were just
too many of them in each scene ... When
the cars turned a corner, the velocity changes
were automatic, so the animator didn't have
to worry about that. They just planned the
moves in a very blocky way, and the mathematics smoothed out the rest.
Amongst the scale models used for lming were the buildings seen in New York City. Dozens of apartment blocks
and 25 skyscrapers, some 20 feet (6.1 m) high, were constructed in 1/24th scale.[53] It took a team of 80 work-

The Fifth Element is one of Bessons lms which have

been described as intrinsically musical";[57] some kind
of music is playing during about 90 percent of the lm.[58]
The lms score was composed by ric Serra. He relies
heavily on the use of orchestral textures, such as the oboe
and strings heard as the surgeons prepare to regenerate
Leeloo, and the pizzicato as she is reconstructed. Serra
also used many exotic inuences, such as the Stalinist
fanfare heard before the spaceport sequence, the reggae
piece played in preparation for the ight, and the hula music that greets the passengers as they arrive in Fhloston.[59]
More conventional scoring techniques are present in the
leitmotif that rst appears when professor Pacoli mentions the fth element, the militaristic snares as the warship prepares to attack the dark planet, and the Mahlerian
funereal piece heard when Leeloo learns about war.[59]
The music used for the taxicab chase scene, titled Alech
Taadi by Algerian performer Khaled,[60][61] is excluded
from the lm soundtrack, but is available on Khaleds album Nssi Nssi.[62]
The Diva Dance opera performance featured music from
Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor: "Il dolce
suono",[63] the mad scene of Act III, Scene 2. It is one
of the few pieces of music in the lm that is diegetic.[64]
It was sung by Albanian soprano Inva Mula,[65] while
the role of Plavalaguna was played by French actress
Mawenn Le Besco.[28] Part One (titled Lucia di Lammermoor) and Part Two (titled The Diva Dance) of
this piece are included as separate tracks on The Fifth Element soundtrack, but are sequenced to create the eect
of the entire performance seen in the lm. The end of
Part One blends into the beginning of Part Two, creating
a smooth transition between the two tracks.[66]
Released as an album under Virgin Records, the soundtrack peaked at No. 99 on the Billboard 200.[67] More
than 200,000 copies of the lengthy soundtrack were sold
in France alone.[68] Rodney Batdorf of AllMusic gave the
album three out of ve stars, stating it was diverse and
accomplished, and it is just as eective outside of the lm
as it is within it.[69] A review from Filmtracks.com also

5.4

Legacy and related media

awarded the album three out of ve stars.[70]

5
5.1

Release
Initial screening

5
movies, and concluding, I would not have missed seeing
this lm, and I recommend it for its richness of imagery.
But at 127 minutes, which seems a reasonable length, it
plays long.[4]
The lm was, however, subject to a number of harsh reviews that expressed disapproval of its overblown style.
Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote, A largely misred European attempt to make an American-style sci- spectacular, The Fifth Element consists of a hodgepodge of elements that don't comfortably coalesce.[72] David Edelstein of Slate was even more critical, saying, It may or
may not be the worst movie ever made, but it is one of
the most unhinged.[5]

The lm premiered on 7 May 1997 at the 1997 Cannes

Film Festival, where it was selected as the opening
lm.[71][72] Gaumont built an area for the screening that
was over 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2 ). Guests were
given a Fifth Element Swatch, which was used as their
ticket for entry. The event featured a futuristic ballet, a
fashion show by Jean Paul Gaultier, and reworks. Gau- Chris Tuckers performance as Ruby Rhod also polarised
mont spent between US $1 million and $3 million on the critics.[81] He was praised in the Los Angeles Times[82] and
event, a record at the time.[73]
in Time; the latter called him the summers most outrageous special eect.[83] Josh Winning of GamesRadar,
however, singled out Tuckers performance as the low
5.2 Box oce
point of the lm, ranking it as No. 20 on his 2011 list,
50 Performances That Ruined Movies.[84]
The lm debuted at number 1 in the US, earning $17
million on its opening weekend.[40] It went on to become a box-oce success, grossing over $263 million,
almost three times its budget of $90 million.[8] Seventy- 5.4 Legacy and related media
six percent of the receipts for The Fifth Element were
from markets outside the United States,[8] and it was the The lm has been described in various publications as a
[85][86][87]
However lm critic
ninth highest-grossing lm of the year worldwide.[8] It science ction cult classic.
Mark
Kermode
reported
that
The
Fifth Element was
was the most successful lm at the box oce in France in
[7]
[6]
one
of
the
most
divisive
lms
among
his readers, re1997, with more than 7.69 million seeing the lm. In
garded
as
both
the
best
and
the
worst
summer blockGermany the lm was awarded the Goldene Leinwand, a
buster
of
all
time.
Kermode
recalled
his
own
experience:
sales certication award for selling more than three mil[74]
I
remember
very
clearly
being
in
Cannes
when
[The]
lion tickets at the box oce.
The Fifth Element went
Fifth
Element
was
rst
played,
and
it
really
divided
the
on to become the highest grossing French lm at the for[88]
[42][75]
audience.
Stephen
Cass
of
Discover
ranked
the
lm
eign box-oce,
a record it held for 16 years until
the third-best science ction movie on subscription serthe release of The Intouchables in 2011.[76]
vice Hulu, writing, People seem to either like or loathe
The Fifth Element ... Lavish visuals and entertaining performances from Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary
5.3 Critical response
Oldman make this movie worth watching.[89] In some
The Fifth Element holds a 71 percent approval rating at circles the lm has gained a so-bad-its-good status;
Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews. The sites con- Meredith Woerner of io9 listed The Fifth Element as one
sensus reads: Visually inventive and gleefully over the of The 20 Best Worst Science Fiction Movies of All
top, Luc Bessons The Fifth Element is a fantastic piece Time.[90] In 2007 the Visual Eects Society placed The
of pop sci- that never takes itself too seriously.[77] It Fifth Element at No. 50, tied with Darby O'Gill and the
has a weighted score of 52/100 at Metacritic, based on Little People, on their list of the 50 most inuential visual
22 professional reviews, indicating mixed or average eects lms of all time.[91] In 2014, Time Out listed the
lm at No. 42 on their 100 best sci- movies list.[92]
reviews.[78]
The Fifth Element polarised critics on release. Kevin
Thomas of the Los Angeles Times described the lm as
an elaborate, even campy sci- extravaganza, which is
nearly as hard to follow as last years Mission: Impossible.
He concluded that The Fifth Element was a lot warmer,
more fun and boasts some of the most sophisticated, witty
production and costume design you could ever hope to
see.[79] On lm review show At the Movies, both Roger
Ebert and Gene Siskel gave the lm a thumbs up";[80]
in his own review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert gave
the lm 3 stars out of 4, calling it One of the great goofy

Willis spoke favourably of the lm in a 1999 interview,

concluding it was a real fun movie to make.[93] Tucker
and Jovovich also spoke favourably of both their experiences making the lm and working with Besson in interviews on the Ultimate Edition DVD; Jovovich described
Besson as the rst really amazing director I had worked
with.[94] Asked in a 2014 interview if he liked the lm,
Gary Oldman stated, Oh no. I can't bear it.[95] He had
explained in 2011: It was me singing for my supper because Luc had come in and partly nanced [my lm] Nil
by Mouth.[96]

8 NOTES

Alejandro Jodorowsky and Jean Giraud sued Besson after

the lm was released, claiming The Fifth Element had plagiarised their comic The Incal. Giraud sued for 13.1 million euros for unfair competition, 9 million euros in damages and interest and two to ve percent of the net operating revenues of the lm. Jodorowsky sued for 700,000
euros. The case was dismissed in 2004 on the grounds
that only tiny fragments of the comic had been used[97]
and also due to the fact that Giraud had been hired by
Besson to work on the lm before the allegations were
made.[19]
A novel adaptation of The Fifth Element, written by Terry
Bisson, was published by HarperPrism in 1997.[98][99]
There were rumors after the lms release that it would
be followed by a sequel, tentatively titled Mr. Shadow.
In 2011, Besson stated that a sequel was never planned,
and that he has no desire to make one.[100]
A video game adaptation of The Fifth Element was created by Activision for the PlayStation game console and
PC in 1998. The PlayStation version was generally met
with negative reviews,[101] though the PC version was better received.[102] Lauren Fielder from GameSpot called
the PlayStation version quite possibly the worst game
I've ever played.[103] Doug Perry from IGN commented:
Take Tomb Raider, add in Leeloo Multipass and boring puzzles, and you've got Fifth Element.[104] A racing
game based on the lm, New York Race, was released in
2001.[105] Eurogamer gave the game 6 out of 10, concluding: "New York Race is a fun little arcade racer which
oozes style, but its something you'll grow tired of extremely quickly and as such remains fun only in short
bursts.[105]

Accolades

The Fifth Element was nominated for Best Sound Editing at the 70th Academy Awards,[106] and for Best Sound
Editing at the 1998 Golden Reel Awards,[107] but lost to
Titanic in both cases. It won the BAFTA Award for Best
Special Visual Eects,[108][109] and the Lumires Award
for Best Director.[110] It was nominated for seven Csar
awards, winning three: Best Director,[111] Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.[109][112] It was
nominated for Film of the Year at the 1997 European
Film Awards,[113] as well as the Hugo Award for Best
Dramatic Presentation,[114] and the Satellite Award for
Best Visual Eects.[115] Thierry Arbogast was awarded
the Technical Grand Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film
Festival for his work on both The Fifth Element and
Shes So Lovely.[109] The lm received four Saturn Award
nominations: Best Science Fiction Film, Best Costume,
Best Special Eects,[116] and Best Supporting Actress for
Milla Jovovich.[117] Jovovichs ght against the Mangalores was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best
Fight,[117][118] and the actress was also nominated for Best
Actress Newcomer at the Blockbuster Entertainment

Awards.[119]
Conversely, Jovovich received a Razzie nomination for
Worst Supporting Actress, and Chris Tucker was nominated for Worst New Star for his performances in both
The Fifth Element and Money Talks.[120]

7 Home media
The original home video release of The Fifth Element
took place in North America on 10 December 1997,
on VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD.[121] The original DVD
presented the lm in its original 2.39:1 anamorphic
widescreen format though carried no special features.[122]
The lm was released in Sonys Superbit format in October 2001.[123] In his review, Conrad Jeremy from IGN
gave the picture quality of the original DVD release 9
out of 10, though awarded the Superbit version a perfect
score for picture quality. Overall the Superbit version was
given 8 out of 10; the nal score was brought down by the
versions complete lack of special features.[123]
An Ultimate Edition set of two DVDs was released on
11 January 2005.[121][124] The only dierence between
the Superbit version and the Ultimate Edition disc one
is the addition of a fact track, which when turned on
displays trivia about the lm, cast and crew as the lm
plays. The second disc provides various special features,
focusing on visual production, special eects, fashion in
the lm, featurettes and interviews with Willis, Jovovich,
and Tucker, as well as featurettes on the four dierent
alien races in the lm and Diva Plavalaguna. Ian Jane
of DVD Talk praised the Ultimate Edition for its special
features.[124]
The rst Blu-ray Disc release of the lm on 20 June 2006
was criticised as having poor picture quality by Blu-ray
standards, and for its lack of special features.[125] In what
has been called an extremely rare move Sony responded
to complaints by making a remastered Blu-ray version
available, released on 17 July 2007, and also oered a
replacement exchange program for customers unhappy
with the original Blu-ray release.[126] Ben Williams from
Blu-ray.com stated the remastered version absolutely
made up for the lacklustre initial release and praised its
high video and audio quality; however, he criticised the
continued lack of special features.[125]

8 Notes
[1] Conicting sources stated the lms budget to be various
gures between $50 million and $100 million, however,
$90 million is the most frequently cited gure, and is also
the gure cited by Besson in his book, The Story of The
Fifth Element.
[2] The lms opening scene states the year is 1914, and the
following scene in space states it is 300 years later,

though Korbens alarm clock clearly shows the year as being 2263. The year is given as 2257 on the DVD sleeve
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