![]() This two-day only presentation is in theaters on Sunday, June 26 and Wednesday, June 29. ![]() © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.Fathom Events and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment are giving fans a chance to relive the Summer of ’97 by bringing Luc Besson’s groundbreaking The Fifth Element back to over 800 cinemas nationwide in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary. But it was one of those things where, as much as you’re prepared, the unexpected happens.” I had to make the call to Luc.” They managed to fix the damage, but the experience was, Amicarella said, “not good. And the scene that got mangled was the big scene, the shootout in the opera house where all the stars are running around. As they were unloading the negatives off the airplane at LAX, they’d fallen off, and got run over by a forklift. “I got a call from the lab, and they said, ‘We suggest you come down to the airport.’ They put me in a waiting room, and three big guys came in with these huge bags full of negatives. “We were in London, and we had to ship the negatives to LA,” said Amicarella. The two broke up during filming when he became involved with Jovovich. The 20-year-old French actress who played the diva, Maïwenn, was Besson’s then-wife she’d given birth to their child when she was 16. In one of the film’s big set pieces, the character Diva Plavalaguna sings an aria from the opera “Lucia di Lammermoor” (dubbed by opera singer Inva Mula). The scriptĨ The character Diva Plavalaguna sings an aria from the opera “Lucia di Lammermoor” (dubbed by opera singer Inva Mula) in “The Fifth Element.” (c) Columbia Pictures “The bottom line is, it’s really unique and in today’s world, it holds up.”īelow, a look at some of the film’s high points (and occasional mishaps). You’ve got these wacky unforgettable characters, and it’s a little baffling at times,” he said. “It’s funny, it’s imaginative, it’s got romance and action, it’s kind of dazzling. Twenty-five years on, Amicarella, who most recently worked on Roland Emmerich’s “Moonfall,” is still impressed with Besson’s work. “He hired the most creative people in every department, and just told them to do what they do, without any micromanagement. “Luc Besson did everything I thought a great artist should do,” sound designer Mark Mangini, who worked on the film (and just won an Oscar for “Dune”), told The Post. The sprawling action movie was stuffed with color, music and eccentric humor it made a star of Chris Tucker, who played flamboyant TV personality Ruby Rhod, and enlisted comic-book artists to render a future New York City and designer Jean-Paul Gaultier to engineer cutting-edge costumes. Set in 2263, it sees ex-military cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) team up with a mysterious orange-haired woman named Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) to save the planet from a malevolent alien force, which is being helped by ruthless businessman Zorg (Gary Oldman). “And,” he said, “you had ‘The Fifth Element.’ “Īmicarella was an associate producer on French auteur Luc Besson’s futuristic sci-fi head trip. Confidential’ and ‘Donnie Brasco,’ ‘Good Will Hunting’ and ‘Titanic,’ and ‘As Good as It Gets,’ ” producer John Amicarella told The Post. The year 1997 was a banner one for movies in every genre. ‘Die Hard’ crew feared Bruce Willis was dead after filming his first big scene Bruce Willis’ wife Emma freaked out after searching his dementia symptomsīruce Willis’ daughters praise stepmom Emma Heming after giving update on actor’s dementiaĮmma Heming says it’s ‘hard to know’ if Bruce Willis is aware of his dementia in tearful interview
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