Léon (1994)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.6/10   

Director:

Luc Besson

Guionista:

Luc Besson (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 noviembre 1994 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Crimen | Drama | Romance | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

If you want a job done well hire a professional.

Plot:

Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Girl | Revenge | Hitman | Apartment

Premios:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Where are the accolades?

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 4

5:30 PM

OXYGEN

Reparto

Jean Reno	...	Léon
Gary Oldman	...	Stansfield
Natalie Portman	...	Mathilda
Danny Aiello	...	Tony
Peter Appel	...	Malky
Willi One Blood	...	1st Stansfield man
Don Creech	...	2nd Stansfield man
Keith A. Glascoe	...	3 rd Stansfield man
Randolph Scott	...	4 th Stansfield man
Michael Badalucco	...	Mathilda's Father
Ellen Greene	...	Mathilda's Mother
Elizabeth Regen	...	Mathilda's Sister
Carl J. Matusovich	...	Mathilda's Brother
Frank Senger	...	Fatman
Lucius Wyatt Cherokee	...	Tonto (as Lucius Wyatt 'Cherokee')

También conocida como:

Leon: The Professional (UK) (USA) (longer version)
The Professional (USA)
El perfecto asesino (Argentina) (South America: Spanish title) (Uruguay) [es]
El profesional (Léon) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for scenes of strong graphic violence, and for language.

Duración:

110 min | France:136 min (uncut version) | 133 min (International version) | Turkey:100 min (TV version)

País:

France

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Clasificación:

South Korea:18 (original rating) | Brazil:14 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M (tv rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Philippines:R-18 | Italy:T | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 (director's cut) | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) (2002) | South Korea:18 (director's cut) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:18 | France:-12 (original version) | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB (director's cut) | Israel:PG | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Canada:16+ (Quebec)

Locaciones de Filmación:

71 97th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Gaumont

Trivialidades:

When the film was first tested in LA, the version that was screened was what is today called 'The International Cut'. However, during the scene when Mathilda puts on the pink dress and tells Léon that she wants him to be her first lover, the audience became extremely uncomfortable and began to laugh nervously, completely destroying the tone of the film. The film received terrible test scores at the screening, and as such, producer Patrice Ledoux and writer/director Luc Besson decided to cut the scene for subsequent American theatrical release.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: When Leon tells Mathilda, at the very end, to "grab the ax off the wall", when she opens the glass door, you can see the director Luc Besson's reflection in the glass, behind the camera filming her.

Citas:

[first lines]
Tony: Allora, come stai, Leone?
Léon: Bene.
[Tony puts out his cigarette in an ashtray]
Tony: OK. OK. Let's talk business.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Natalie Portman: Starting Young (2005) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Shape Of My Heart

Where are the accolades?

This movie is rated 63 on the imdb top 250 movie list, showing that people obviously like this movie, and with good reason. But why the hell didn;t this movie garner at least one single oscar or golden globe nomination??

natalie portman's performance was terrific as the emotionally ravaged matildha - best actress nomination for sure.

jean reno should have been nominated for a best actor nomination. the fact that the audience is led to feel sympathy and sorrow for a hitman speaks words enough about his performance.

gary oldman is fantastic as the corrupt and psychotic cop. his character is so repulsive and chilling, but at the same time so quirky and interesting to watch. best supporting actor nomination.

luc besson. when this man will get some kudos for his work i never know. the professional, in my opinion, is his greatest achievement as a director and, considering the fact he has helmed classic cult films such as nikita and the fifth element, the professional must rate highly as one of the best films of the 90's atleast! best film and best director nominations should have been given.

but no, it was all too easy to heap praise on the feel good movie forrest gump, and shun the movie that, through its intensity and tragedy, better highlights the value of life and love.