Episode 697: The Fifth Element (1997)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 163 minutes

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Summary

Sci-Fi July continues with a look at Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element. Written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, the film stars Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas, a cab driver who becomes embroiled in a crisis that threatens to destroy the Earth (if not love itself).

Actor Galen Howard and writer Paul Zimmerman join Mike to discuss this beloved cult classic. Interviews include screenwriter Kamen, Sound Supervisor Mark A. Mangini, and Production Manager John A. Amicarella,

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Andrew! Every 5,000 years,
0:51.5	Remove the shield.
0:56.3	When the three planets are in eclipse, the black hole like a door is open.
1:01.0	Evil comes.
1:02.9	Spreading terror and chaos.
1:05.1	There's nothing that could stop this.
1:07.2	There is only one thing.
1:09.4	Perfect.
1:15.6	The Monda Chiewan having their possession the only weapon to defeat evil. Four elements gathered around a fifth.
1:19.6	The...
1:28.3	Corby!
1:29.3	You got a big!
1:30.3	You got broken figures you can't punch my number.
1:46.0	Hi, Mom.
1:47.0	Welcome on.
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