The Fifth Element
The novel takes place on 23rd century earth and relates to inter-dimensional cohesion. Every 5,000 years, a door opens between the dimensions. In one dimension lies the universe and all of its multitude of varied life forms. In another exists an element made not of earth, air, fire or water, but anti-energy, anti-life. This element waits at the threshold of the universe for an opportunity to extinguish all life and all light. But there is another "element" which is the key to fighting back the darkness, this is the "Fifth Element".
Contents at a Glance
The Novel
The Author
A Look At Terry Bisson
Terry Ballantine Bisson (born February 12, 1942, Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his short stories. Several of his works, including "Bears Discover Fire", have won top awards in the science fiction community, such as the Hugo and the Nebula.
Bisson graduated from the University of Louisville in 1964. As of 2005, he lives in Oakland, California.
In the 1960s, early in his career, Bisson collaborated on several comic book stories with Clark Dimond, and he edited Major Publications' black-and-white horror-comics magazine Web of Horror, leaving before the fourth issue. Artist Bernie Wrightson, with whom he worked, recalled [http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/04wrightson.html], "That was done by a guy named Richard Sproul out in Long Island. His company ... put out Cracked magazine.... A fellow named Terry Bisson tracked down me, Mike Kaluta and Jeff Jones and presented us with a proposal to do this black-and-white horror magazine in competition with Creepy... Bisson (who was writing blurb copy for romance magazines when I first met him) left after the third issue under very mysterious circumstances ? and the running of the whole magazine, for some reason, fell into writer-artist Bruce Jones' and my laps (and I can't remember if Terry said, 'Here, you guys take over the editorial', or if we volunteered)".
In 1996, he wrote two three-part comic book adaptations of Nine Princes in Amber and The Guns of Avalon, the first two books in Roger Zelazny's "Amber" series. A year later, Bisson also finished the writing of Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman sequel to the classic A Canticle for Leibowitz.
A distinctive characteristic of many of Bisson's short stories is that they consist only of dialogue, with a total absence of bridging text such as "he said". The reader is encouraged to visualize the characters, the setting and situation without the aid of any descriptive narration. A notable example of Bisson's "dialogue only" technique is his 1991 story "They're Made Out of Meat". This story consists entirely of a discussion between two alien intelligences discussing whether it would be wise to grant the human race membership in some sort of galactic federation. The aliens (whose physiologies are never disclosed) ultimately decide that humans, being entirely organic creatures, are simply too disgusting to be accepted. Shortly after its original publication, this story was reprinted in the "Readings" section of Harpers'' magazine: an extremely rare honor for a science-fiction story.
The Film
The Fifth Element (Remastered) [Blu-ray]
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Luc Besson
Luc Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, writer and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer, including the Transporter series.
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Master of Sci-Fi
"The always efficient flame-thrower...
---Zorg"
Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955), better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor and producer. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. He is well known for the role of John McClane in the Die Hard series, which were critical and financial successes. He has also appeared in over sixty films, including Pulp Fiction, Sin City, 12 Monkeys, Armageddon, and The Sixth Sense.
Motion pictures featuring Willis have grossed US$ 2.55 to 3.05 billion at North American box offices, making him the seventh highest-grossing actor in a leading role, and ninth highest including supporting roles. Willis was married to actress Demi Moore and they had three daughters, before their divorce in 2000 after thirteen years of marriage. He is a two-time Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning, and four-time Saturn Award-nominated actor.
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Mila Jovovich
Milla Jovovich "Yo-vo-vitch"; ; ; Serbian: ?????? ?????? ???????/Milica Jovovi? (born Milica Nata?a Jovovi? Serbian: ?????? ?????? ???????/Milica Jovovi?'; December 17, 1975) is a Ukrainian-born American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".
Jovovich began modeling at eleven, when Richard Avedon featured her in Revlons "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements, and she continued her career with other notable campaigns for L'Oréal cosmetics, Banana Republic, Christian Dior, Donna Karan, and Versace. In 1988, she had her first professional acting role in the television film The Night Train to Kathmandu, and later that year she appeared in her first feature film, Two Moon Junction. Following more small television appearances like the "Fair Exchange" (1989) and a 1989 role as a french girl (she was 14 at the time then) on a Married with Children http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&v=37jxyHvEebk&fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3D37jxyHvEebk episode and film roles, she gained notoriety with the romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), the sequel to The Blue Lagoon. She appeared in 1993's Dazed and Confused alongside Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey. Jovovich then acted alongside Bruce Willis in the science fiction film The Fifth Element (1997), and later played the title role in Category: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc - (1999). In 2002, she starred in the video game adaptation Resident Evil, which spawned three sequels: Category: Resident Evil: Apocalypse - (2004), Category: Resident Evil: Extinction - (2007) and Category: Resident Evil: Afterlife - (2011).
In addition to her modeling and acting career, Jovovich released a critically acclaimed musical album, The Divine Comedy in 1994. She continues to release demos for other songs on her official website and contributes to film soundtracks as well; Jovovich has yet to release another album. In 2003, she and model Carmen Hawk created the clothing line Jovovich-Hawk, which ceased operations in early 2008.http://www.zimbio.com/Jovovich-Hawk/articles/19/Jovovich+Hawk+Close In its third season prior to its demise, the pieces could be found at Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Harvey Nichols, and over 50 stores around the world. Jovovich also has her own production company, Creature Entertainment.
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Gary Oldman
Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker who has resided in the United States since the early 1990s. He came to prominence in roles such as Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy, Jackie Flannery in State of Grace and Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK, which led to his most successful, and arguably best known, leading role as Count Dracula in the 1992 blockbuster Dracula. Following the success of Dracula, Oldman was frequently cast as dark and morally corrupt characters, becoming well-known to audiences as the main villain of such films as True Romance, Léon, Murder in the First, Air Force One, The Fifth Element, The Contender and The Book of Eli. He is also known for his portrayals of real-life figures: as well as Vicious and Oswald, he portrayed Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears and Ludwig Van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved. In recent years he is recognisable as heroic characters such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter film series and James Gordon in Christopher Nolan's reboot of the Batman film series.
Referred to by The Guardian as "arguably the best actor never Oscar-nominated,"http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars Oldman has nonetheless won and received nominations for multiple major film and television awards during his career and has received acclaim for his diverse on-screen performances, being described as an "actor's actor". He has also been cited as an influence by a number of younger actors.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Oldman#Popularity_and_influence In addition to leading and central supporting roles in big-budget Hollywood films, Oldman has frequently acted in independent films, as well as having appeared on television shows such as Fallen Angels and Friends. He also directed, produced, and wrote the award-winning Nil by Mouth, a film partially based on his own childhood.Nil by Mouth (1997) - News Allmovie has characterised Oldman as having "consistently amazed viewers with his ability to completely disappear into his roles."Gary Oldman All Movie Guide biography at MTV.com
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archetekt says:
The 5th Element is one of my favorites! I never read the book so I can't quite answer that. Luc Besson makes amazing films.
Posted February 15, 2009
00gt00 says:
My FAVORITE movie of all time.....I love Bruce Willis, he may be older than me but man oh man......mmmmmmmm LOL.
Books are usually better than movies all around.
Posted August 03, 2008
The_Homeopath says:
No movie can fully flesh out an entire novel, but I really enjoyed the film.
Posted June 29, 2008
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- Louis_Dubois Louis_Dubois Sep 22, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
- Loved Milla in Joan of Arc!
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- Joan4 Joan4 Aug 30, 2008 @ 5:47 pm
- Great lenses like this make me want to watch more movies! Good one!
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- dc64 dc64 Aug 4, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
- Oh my gosh! A lens on my favorite movie? 5 stars!
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- 00gt00 00gt00 Aug 3, 2008 @ 8:36 am
- Great site....favorite movie of all time...I LOVE BRUCE WILLIS.....yummy!
I agree with biggirlblue, they had awesome chemistry!
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- BigGirlBlue BigGirlBlue Jul 12, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
- This is one of my favorite moves. I wish Milla and Bruce would make another movie together. I think they had good chemistry worth repeating.
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