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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, including "Bears Discover Fire" (1990), which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards.
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.
Bisson has also written several novels, including Fire on the Mountain (Avon, 1988), Voyage to the Red Planet (Morrow, 1990), Pirates of the Universe (Tor, 1996), and The Pickup Artist (Tor, 2001). 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 Zelaznys " Amber" series. Bisson also finished the writing of Walter Miller's novel Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman, the sequel to the classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, which was left unfinished at Miller's death.
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)".
Bisson graduated from the University of Louisville in 1964. As of 2005, he lives in Oakland, California.
The Film
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The Fifth Element is pure eye candy for the Sci-Fi lovers soul. With the ever-so-cool Bruce Willis and the brilliant Gary Oldman leading up a supremely talented cast, mixed in with way-out-there costumes by Jean-Paul Gaultier, this movie is a classic camp can't miss.
Luc Besson
Luc Besson (; born 18 March 1959) also known under his pseudonym David Booth is a French film director, writer and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company.
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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 a German?American actor and film producer. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since. One of his more popular roles was that of John McClane in the Die Hard series, which were critical and financial successes. Willis has released several albums and has appeared in several television shows. 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 US$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; ; ; /?????? ???????; Montenegrin: Milica Jovovi? (born Militza Nata?a Jovovi?; December 17, 1975) is an 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 Revlon's "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 Married with Children "Fair Exchange" (1989) and film roles, she gained notoriety with the romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), the sequel to The Blue Lagoon. 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 has gone on to spawn two sequels: Category: Resident Evil: Apocalypse - (2004) and Category: Resident Evil: Extinction - (2007). Milla's cumulative World Wide Box Office Gross is $810,000,000 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000170/
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. The line ceased operations in early 2008.http://www.zimbio.com/Jovovich-Hawk/articles/19/Jovovich+Hawk+Close Jovovich also has her own production company, Creature Entertainment.
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Gary Oldman
Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is a British actor, writer, director, producer, voice-over artist and occasional musician who found fame in roles such as Sid Vicious in 1986 biopic Sid & Nancy and the title character of the 1992 blockbuster Dracula. He has garnered critical acclaim for his diverse performances and portrayals of real-life historical figuresGary Oldman - BiographyGary Oldman at Hollywood.com
and is noted for his avoidance of the Hollywood celebrity scene,[http://blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2007/06/moring_mix_pariss_interview_no.html Morning Mix: Paris's Interview - Not So 'Hot' - Celebritology] often being referred to as an "actor's actor".Gary Oldman At Thespian Net Oldman is well known for playing the main villain in a number of popular motion pictures. In addition to lead and supporting roles in Hollywood blockbusters, he has frequently acted in independant films.
Other notable acting credits include: Prick Up Your Ears, State of Grace, JFK, True Romance, Immortal Beloved, Léon, The Fifth Element, The Contender, the Harry Potter film series (Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix) and Christopher Nolan's Batman film series (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight). In 1997, Oldman directed, produced, and wrote the award-winning Nil by Mouth, a film partially based on his own childhood.Nil by Mouth (1997) - News Among other awards, Oldman has won two BAFTA Awards, a Saturn Award and a Critics' Choice Award, having been nominated for three BAFTA Awards and three Saturn Awards in total. He received an Emmy Award nomination for his work on Friends in 2001. His performance in The Contender brought forth predictions of an Academy Award nomination, which never materialised; he was, however, nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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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
Luc Besson Ruined It.

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Joan4 wrote...
Great lenses like this make me want to watch more movies! Good one!
00gt00 wrote...
Great site....favorite movie of all time...I LOVE BRUCE WILLIS.....yummy!
I agree with biggirlblue, they had awesome chemistry!
BigGirlBlue wrote...
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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