THE FIFTH ELEMENT

It is several centuries in the future and the forces of evil search for “THE FIFTH ELEMENT,” which when united with water, wind, earth, and fire, will enable them to destroy all living things. Only the unwavering efforts of a sardonic cab driver (Bruce Willis), an enlightened priest (Ian Holm), and a valiant female super-being from an incorruptible distant world (Milla Jovovich) can save civilization. In their quest, the three must elude capture by the authorities on their own pleasure-seeking, celebrity-obsessed home planet, as well as battle nefarious villains of all species, shapes and sizes, including the bloodthirsty Zorg (Gary Oldman).

Twenty-five years ago, director Luc Besson blew the doors off Sci-Fi cinema with his 23rd-century thriller about a flying-cab driver, an alien beauty, and a quest to save the world. 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.

“Besson did everything I thought a great artist should do,” sound designer Mark Mangini, who worked on the film, told The Post. “He hired the most creative people in every department, and just told them to do what they do, without any micromanagement. That, to me, was an epiphany.”

For your absolute pleasure, we offer a pristine and gloriously unrestored 35mm print so that you may experience it exactly the way audiences did on its theatrical release.

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