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In the movie, MaÃ¯wenn is actually lip synching to soprano Inva Mula. She practiced thirty times a [...]	D
The parasites being disinfected from the landing gear of the spaceship (bound for Fhloston Paradise) [...]	D
This is one of two science fiction movies featuring Sir Ian Holm in which there is a character by th [...]	D
WILHELM SCREAM: Heard when Zorg blows up Right Arm at the airport, and when Leeloo tosses two Mangal [...]	D
In every New York City visual effects scene with flying traffic, there is a flying bus with the Digi [...]	D
First movie where Milla Jovovich shows a radically altered appearance since her last film La vita Ã [...]	D
The text scrolling across a Times Square theater marquee as Korben dives down through traffic is act [...]	D
If you look closely when Ruby Rhod sings "All Night Long", Bruce Willis can be seen trying not to la [...]	D
While cartoonist Jean-Claude MÃ©ziÃ¨res isn't directly credited in the movie, he is indeed the c [...]	D
Cartoonist Jean-Claude MÃ©ziÃ¨res of "My Fifth Element", also says that Luc Besson approached hi [...]	D
When filming began, the production decided to dye Milla Jovovich's hair from its natural brown color [...]	D
Julia Roberts was considered for the role of Leeloo.	D
Mel Gibson was considered for the role of Korben Dallas.	D
Mac McDonald, who plays a New York City policeman in the movie, is best known for playing Captain Fr [...]	D
Bruce Willis spoke favorably of this movie in a 1999 interview, concluding "it was a real fun movie [...]	D
Korben Dallas is a former space commando turned taxi driver. In Luc Besson's The Transporter (2002), [...]	D
The grappa bottle in the opening scene bears a 1929 vintage label designed by artist Sante Cancian. [...]	D
Milla Jovovich was covered in bruises throughout the entire shoot. According to Luc Besson, even Bru [...]	D
The people populating the roofs, decks, and windows during the visual effects sequences in New York [...]	D
The visual effects crew said figuring out what "evil" should look like was the hardest part of their [...]	D
Luc Besson has expressed interest in making a sequel.	D
When Korben first meets Leeloo, and she starts talking to him in her language, Luc Besson didn't tel [...]	D
Even as Luc Besson went way over budget, he didn't have to allow the financiers on-set, nor show the [...]	D
In Korben Dallas' apartment, a framed Medal of Honor certificate can be seen on a shelf among other [...]	D
Jean-Paul Gaultier personally checked the costumes of 500 extras used in one scene.	D
Luc Besson said that casting Bruce Willis was the easiest part of the movie. "I came to New York Cit [...]	D
Just after Korben has lunch, his mother calls and he strikes a match, which apparently falls apart, [...]	D
The Diva Plavalaguna is played by MaÃ¯wenn, Luc Besson's fiancÃ© at the time. She took the role [...]	D
In an original draft of the script, Zorg would have faced Korben during the hotel evacuation, where [...]	D
Luc Besson, an admitted comic book fan, had two famous French comic book artists in mind for this mo [...]	D
The actors inside the Mondoshawan suits used mini television monitors to see where they were going. [...]	D
The wonder on Bruce Willis' face when the Diva sings is real. That was the first time he'd heard it [...]	D
Jean Reno was the original choice for the part of Korben Dallas.	D
In most shots of Gary Oldman, there is a circle around his head. In fact, a circle in the middle of [...]	D
At the end of the movie, when Korben's mother calls, and the President passes off the phone, you can [...]	D
Tom Lister Jr. (President Lindberg) and Chris Tucker (Ruby Rhod) appeared in Ci vediamo venerdÃ¬ ( [...]	D
Leeloo's full name is "LeeloominaÃ¯ Lekatariba Lamina-TchaÃ¯ Ekbat De Sebat", as sourced by vari [...]	D
Because of the shape of the Mangalore masks, actors had to have sloping foreheads to play them.	D
Luc Besson wrote the original screenplay when he was in high school. He had conceived the story of t [...]	D
The movie contains quite a few actors who had appeared in Alien franchise up to then: Ian Holm from [...]	D
Gary Oldman played Zorg as a cross between then-Presidential candidate Ross Perot and Bugs Bunny.	D
This movie was supposed to be a trilogy. Luc Besson had three scripts that he condensed into one.	D
Jamie Foxx was considered for the part of Ruby Rhod.	D
The flying traffic created by the visual effects team at Digital Domain allowed artists to create pe [...]	D
During the shootout on the Fhloston Paradise cruise ship, there is a synthesized bell sound that can [...]	D
Luc Besson described Zorg with these words: "dandy", "nouveau riche", and "Hitler".	D
The fast-paced song played by the ensemble at Fhloston is the music for the traditional Tahitian tam [...]	D
Kevin Costner was considered for the role of General Munro.	D
Just after Zorg says he admires a cold-blooded, clean, methodical killer, an explosion blasts out of [...]	D
Bruce Willis was initially reluctant to do this movie, as it was considered risky after his previous [...]	D
The original storyline was set in the year 2300, and was about a "nobody" named Zaltman Bleros (late [...]	D
Brion James and Tom Lister Jr. appeared in Pazzi da legare (1986).	D
Selected as the opening film for the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.	D
Nick Dudman's creature crew created a group of spindly, long-nosed alien garbage collectors that nev [...]	D
Early in this movie, Zorg (Gary Oldman ) quotes Friedrich Nietzsche, "What doesn't kill you, makes y [...]	D
The number "5" appears in the movie on several occasions: There are five elements; Korben Dallas' li [...]	D
Many of the Mangalores aboard the Fhloston Paradise can be seen wearing "combat goggles". This was a [...]	D
At the time, it was the most expensive movie ever produced outside of Hollywood, most expensive prod [...]	D
The voice of Mrs. Dallas (Korben's mother) is not credited.	D
Volumes of two manga series; "Sanctuary", by Ryoichi Ikegami and Sho Fumimura (Buronson); and "Adolf [...]	D
The explosion in the Fhloston main hall was the largest indoor explosion ever filmed. The resulting [...]	D
In her death scene, Diva Plavalaguna says to Korben about Leeloo that she needs his help and his lov [...]	D
When the ship leaves Earth for Fhloston Paradise, there's a "constellation" of a cat, walking with i [...]	D
Despite Luke Perry being credited 6th, he says fewer than 100 words.	D
Amongst the scale models used for filming are the buildings seen in New York City. Dozens of apartme [...]	D
Gary Oldman is such a good friend of Luc Besson that he took the part without reading the script, do [...]	D
Luc Besson continued to work on and modify the storyline for over twenty years. By the time Atlantis [...]	D
Before Ruby is having sex with the stewardess (before the spaceship takes off), he tells her "I neve [...]	D
Chris Tucker (Ruby Rhod) and Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr (President Lindberg) appeared together in Friday [...]	D
The cast includes one Oscar winner: Gary Oldman, and one Oscar nominee: Sir Ian Holm.	D
When the Mondoshawan aliens appear in 1914 Egypt, the Professor, panicking, says, "A... A... Are you [...]	D
The windows of the buildings were cited by the visual effects team as one of the most time-consuming [...]	D
In the taxi scene, after Leeloo has crashed through the roof, the police show up to winch the taxi c [...]	D
Plavalaguna, Diva's name, is actually composed of two words: Plava and Laguna. "Plava" in Serbian, C [...]	D
When Zorg is leaving the Mangalores behind with the one crate of weapons, setting them up to kill th [...]	D
All but two of the Mondoshawan suits were destroyed after production. At least one of the surviving [...]	D
The movie begins in Egypt in 1914. When the Mondoshawans arrive at the temple, one of them tells the [...]	D
As Korben and Leeloo approach an intersection in his cab, the camera whips forward to reveal to the [...]	D
The Zorg Industries ZF-1 Pod Weapons System was actually based upon an AKSU-74 compact assault rifle [...]	D
Despite this movie's success and positive reviews from critics, Luc Besson decided not to make a seq [...]	D
The stars in the background were created by poking holes in a sheet of black fabric.	D
When the President tells Father Vito Cornelius he has "twenty seconds" to state his point, Vito talk [...]	D
Elizabeth Berkley auditioned for the role of Leeloo, but after the failure of Showgirls (1995), stud [...]	D
Zorg is also the name of another character in a famous French movie, the lead character in Betty Blu [...]	D
The animatronic mechanisms used for the Mangalore masks were later recycled for the Neimodians in St [...]	D
The make-up device David gives Leeloo is black, and bears the iconic Chanel CC logo. Milla Jovovich [...]	D
Luc Besson wrote this story in high school and made the hero a taxi driver because his own father wo [...]	D
The alien who detonates the final bomb at the hotel uses a device which is actually a MasterLock wit [...]	D
Final movie of Sonny Caldinez (Emperor Kodar Japhet).	D
The "Divine Language", spoken by Leeloo, was invented by co-writer and director Luc Besson, and furt [...]	D
It took a team of eighty workers five months to build the models used in this movie.	D
Gary Oldman and Tom Lister Jr. appeared in Il cavaliere oscuro (2008).	D
The hero, Korben Dallas, and the villain, Jean Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, never meet, nor do they commun [...]	D
Terry Pratchett spoofed the title in his Discworld Novel "The Fifth Elephant".	D
In the final scene, a scientist says "one minute" referring to the length of time before "Mr. Shadow [...]	D
All of the societal elites that Ruby points out at the Opera were originally going to have more to d [...]	D
When composer Ã‰ric Serra showed soprano Inva Mula (who dubs the voice of the Diva) the sheet mus [...]	D
Second time actor Mac McDonald has a secondary role in a world populated by aliens, the first was "A [...]	D
The only phrases from Leeloo's alien language that are included in the captioning are "mlarta," "big [...]	D
According to the Ultimate Edition DVD, Prince and Michael Jackson were sources of inspiration for th [...]	D
Charlie Creed-Miles (David) was also in Niente per bocca (1997), which was directed by Gary Oldman a [...]	D
Triangles feature frequently in this movie. They appear on the Egyptian ruins, on the displays of th [...]	D
The buildings in New York City were derived from both metabolist-inspired masses of modular apartmen [...]	D
Listening carefully to Finger's voice reveals that it is sometime voice actor Vin Diesel.	D
In 2006, the rock band Ever We Fall released a song named after a line of dialogue from this movie: [...]	D
Luc Besson demanded that most of the action shots in the movie take place in broad daylight, as he w [...]	D
The boys seen outside the Egyptian temple are different to those seen inside. The outside scene was [...]	D
Bruce Willis ad-libbed the line "look lady, I only speak two languages, English and bad English."	D
One of the Mondoshawan suits can be found at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in downtown Disney in O [...]	D
Final movie pairing of Bruce Willis and Brion James after I protagonisti (1992) and Impatto imminent [...]	D
Alejandro Jodorowsky and Jean 'Moebius' Giraud sued Luc Besson after this movie was released, claimi [...]	D
The buildings in the New York City miniature were up to twenty feet tall, the street was eighty feet [...]	D
Zorg's monologue about destruction creating productivity is actually a classic economics fallacy exp [...]	D
According to October 1996 New York Times article, while working on The Fifth Element, Luc Besson was [...]	D
Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, and Gary Oldman are all left-handed.	D
Milla Jovovich beat out over 3,000 women who auditioned for the role of Leeloo.	D
Luc Besson cast Milla Jovovich as Leeloo, because "Milla has the physical thing, she can be from the [...]	D
Korben's termination notice reads, in part, "Notice of termination of your contract, effective as of [...]	D
Luc Besson has stated in several sources (amongst them his own production diary) that the Fifth Elem [...]	D
Luc Besson wanted to show the future is not dark and dangerous. "This future is very funny."	D
One of the few movies released on the short-lived Superbit format.	D
In the future New York City, Central Park is the same size as the real one and is in the same place, [...]	D
This movie takes place in 1914 and 2263.	D
Ruby Rhod was not the original name for Chris Tucker's character, it was Loc Rhod. The original name [...]	D
After working on this movie, Lenny McLean (The Police Chief) appeared in Lock & Stock - Pazzi scaten [...]	D
Ruby Rhod's name is an inside joke. One of the original lasers used a ruby rod as the core element.	D
Part of the song that the Diva sings is from the opera "Lucia Di Lammermoor", and very often goes by [...]	D
Diva Plavalaguna sings "Il dolce suono", an aria from the opera Lucia de Lammermoor. It is one of th [...]	D
The Fhloston Paradise model weighed over five hundred pounds.	D

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