Description
Léon: the professional DVD 1994 / Directed by Luc Besson / Starring: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello / Uncut International version / Additional 24 min of footage
UPC 043396061965
ISBN: 076786831X
REGION 1 NTSC DVD
MADE IN THE USA
AUDIO: English 2.0, English 5.1
SUBTITLES: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Total Runtime: 133 minutes
English Summary:
Léon: The Professional (French: Léon), titled Leon in the UK and Australia (and originally titled The Professional in the US) is a 1994 English-language French action crime thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno and Gary Oldman, and features the motion picture debut of Natalie Portman. In the film, Léon (Reno), a professional hitman, reluctantly takes in 12-year-old Mathilda (Portman), after her family is murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration agent Norman Stansfield (Oldman). Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman's trade.
Léon Montana is an Italian hitman (or "cleaner", as he refers to himself) living a solitary life in New York City's Little Italy. His work comes from a mafioso named Tony. Léon spends his idle time engaging in calisthenics, nurturing a houseplant, and watching old films.
One day, Léon meets Mathilda Lando, a lonely 12-year-old girl. Mathilda lives with her dysfunctional family in an apartment down the hall, and has stopped attending class at her school for troubled girls. Mathilda's abusive father attracts the ire of corrupt DEA agents, who have been paying him to stash cocaine in his apartment. After they discover he has been cutting the cocaine to keep for himself, DEA agents storm the building, led by sharply dressed drug addict Norman Stansfield. During the raid, Stansfield quickly becomes unhinged and murders Mathilda's entire family while she is out shopping for groceries. When Mathilda returns, she realizes what has happened just in time to continue down the hall to Léon's apartment, who hesitantly gives her shelter.
Cast
- Jean Reno as Léon Montana
- Natalie Portman as Mathilda Lando
- Gary Oldman as Norman Stansfield
- Danny Aiello as Tony
- Michael Badalucco as Mathilda's father
- Ellen Greene as Mathilda's stepmother
- Elizabeth Regen as Mathilda's sister
- Peter Appel as Malky
- Adam Busch as Manolo
- Joseph Malerba as Stairway Swat
- Maïwenn as The Blond Babe
- George Martin as The Hotel Receptionist
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Cameo
- Keith A. Glascoe as Benny
| Directed by | Luc Besson |
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| Produced by | Patrice Ledoux |
| Written by | Luc Besson |
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| Music by | Éric Serra |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
| Edited by | Sylvie Landra |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont Buena Vista International |
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133 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
