_DESCRIPTION_:
Leon (1994) [DVD9 PAL]
Original title Léon
Original language English
Country of production France
Year 1994
Duration 110 min (theatrical version)
127 min (international version)
136 min (full version)
Ratio 2.35: 1
Drama, action, thriller, sentimental genre
Directed by Luc Besson
Subject Luc Besson
Screenplay Luc Besson
Producer Patrice Ledoux
Executive producer Claude Besson
Audio: Italian Dolby digital 5.1, English Dolby surround 2.0
Subtitles for the hearing impaired
Video: 16: 9 2.35: 1
Interpreters and characters
Jean Reno: Léon
Natalie Portman: Mathilda
Gary Oldman: Norman Stansfield
Danny Aiello: Tony
Peter Appel: Malky
Michael Badalucco: Mathilda's father
Ellen Greene: Mathilda's stepmother
Elizabeth Regen: Mathilda's half-sister
Robert LaSardo: customer
Frank Senger: man threatened by Léon
Maïwenn: prostitute
Don Creech: man of Stansfield
Willi One Blood: Stansfield's man
Keith A. Glascoe: Stansfield man
Adam Busch: Manolo
Samy Naceri: member of Swat
The subject and the script are always by Besson who, for the part of the ruthless killer Léon, chose Jean Reno who had already played a very similar role in Nikita (1990).
Natalie Portman, at the beginning of the casting, looked too young for the part of Mathilda, but Besson changed his mind after seeing her play; Liv Tyler was also taken into consideration for this role, but she was considered too "old" because at the time she was already fifteen. Once 26, Portman revealed that her participation in the film led to her receiving "sexually explicit" letters from fans, and that this experience affected her a lot in her subsequent career choices, so much so that for a long time she refused. to shoot sex scenes in front of the camera.
Empire placed the film in 227th place on its list of the 500 best films in history; moreover, the same British magazine placed Mathilda at 62nd in the one reserved for the 100 most important characters in cinema.
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