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| − | [[Image: | + | |name = The Fifth Element |
| − | + | |picture = Fifth element poster 28199729.jpg | |
| + | |caption = ''Cinema poster' | ||
| + | |country = [[Image:FRA.jpg|25px]] France | ||
| + | |director = [[Luc Besson]] | ||
| + | |date= 1997 | ||
| + | |language = English | ||
| + | |studio=Gaumont | ||
| + | |distributor=Columbia Pictures | ||
| + | |character1=Korben Dallas | ||
| + | |actor1=[[Bruce Willis]] | ||
| + | |character2=Leeloo | ||
| + | |actor2=[[Milla Jovovich]] | ||
| + | |character3=Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg | ||
| + | |actor3=[[Gary Oldman]] | ||
| + | |character4=Father Vito Cornelius | ||
| + | |actor4=[[Ian Holm]] | ||
| + | |character5=Ruby Rhod | ||
| + | |actor5=[[Chris Tucker]] | ||
| + | |character6=Billy | ||
| + | |actor6=[[Luke Perry]] | ||
| + | |character7=General Munro | ||
| + | |actor7=[[Brion James]] | ||
| + | |character8=Mugger | ||
| + | |actor8=[[Mathieu Kassovitz]] | ||
| + | |character9= | ||
| + | |actor9= | ||
| + | |character10= | ||
| + | |actor10= | ||
| + | }} | ||
| − | + | {{Film Title|The Fifth Element}} | |
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| − | + | =Handguns= | |
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==Korben's Handgun (Vektor CP1)== | ==Korben's Handgun (Vektor CP1)== | ||
| − | The handgun used by Korben Dallas ([[Bruce Willis]]), Leeloo ([[Milla Jovovich]]) and Father Vito Cornelius ([[Ian Holm]]) throughout the film appears to be a [[Vektor CP1]] pistol | + | The handgun used by Korben Dallas ([[Bruce Willis]]), Leeloo ([[Milla Jovovich]]) and Father Vito Cornelius ([[Ian Holm]]) throughout the film appears to be a visually modified [[Vektor CP1]] pistol. |
| + | [[Image:VectorCP1PistolOtherSide.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Vektor CP1 - 9x19mm (Base weapon)]] | ||
[[Image:KorbenPistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Screen Used Gun]] | [[Image:KorbenPistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Screen Used Gun]] | ||
| − | + | [[Image:5th 05.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Korben Dallas ([[Bruce Willis]]) draws the handgun on a robber.]] | |
| − | [[Image:5th 05.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Korben Dallas ([[Bruce Willis]]) | + | [[Image:5th 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Leeloo ([[Milla Jovovich]]) draws the handgun on Korben.]] |
| − | [[Image:5th 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Leeloo ([[Milla Jovovich]]) | ||
[[Image:5th 25.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Father Vito Cornelius ([[Ian Holm]]) points the handgun at Korben.]] | [[Image:5th 25.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Father Vito Cornelius ([[Ian Holm]]) points the handgun at Korben.]] | ||
| − | == | + | ==Mangalore handgun (Vektor CP1)== |
| − | The [[Vektor CP1]] pistol also appears to be the basis for the Mangalore handgun. | + | The [[Vektor CP1]] pistol also appears to be the basis for the Mangalore handgun. Korben Dallas ([[Bruce Willis]]) also is seen using this handgun when "negotiating" with the lead Mangalore, Aknot. |
| + | [[Image:VectorCP1PistolOtherSide.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Vektor CP1 - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:MangaloreGun1.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The Mangalore handgun]] | [[Image:MangaloreGun1.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The Mangalore handgun]] | ||
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[[Image:5th 47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Aknot holds his handgun on Priest Vito Cornelius ([[Ian Holm]])]] | [[Image:5th 47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Aknot holds his handgun on Priest Vito Cornelius ([[Ian Holm]])]] | ||
[[Image:5th 45.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Korben Dallas ([[Bruce Willis]]) also is seen using this handgun when "negotiating" with Aknot.]] | [[Image:5th 45.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Korben Dallas ([[Bruce Willis]]) also is seen using this handgun when "negotiating" with Aknot.]] | ||
| − | == | + | =="NYPD" Weapon== |
| − | The | + | The NYPD is seen using a futuristic handgun of some sort as their main weapon. It's also used by the crew of the ''Fhloston Paradise'' space liner during the assault by the Mangalores. It is never seen being fired and is likely just a fabricated prop. |
| − | + | [[Image:5th 33.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NYPD officer wields the pistol.]] | |
| − | [[Image:5th | + | [[Image:5th 45.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crewmembers of the ''Fhloston Paradise'' wield the pistols.]] |
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| − | == | + | ==Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer== |
| + | A [[Mauser C96#Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer|Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer]] machine pistol is used by Billy Masterson ([[Luke Perry]]) in Egypt in 1914. While it ''looks'' appropriate for the time period, the Schnellfeuer was produced in the early 1930s and is thus an anachronism. That said however, it is the only real weapon in the film not buried in Hollywood embellishments to pass for a futuristic or alien weapon. | ||
| + | [[Image:MauserM712Schnellfeuer.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Mauser M712 - 7.63x25mm Mauser]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A [[Mauser C96|Mauser M712]] machine pistol is used by Billy ([[Luke Perry]]) in Egypt in 1914.]] | ||
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| − | == | + | ==AKS-74U (as the "Zorg ZF-1 Pod Weapon System")== |
| + | Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg ([[Gary Oldman]]) makes a deal with the Mangalores that involves selling them his company's new Zorg ZF-1 pod weapon system. The ZF-1 contains a machine gun with a feature Zorg calls the "replay button" which uses one shot as a lock-on point for guided bullets, rocket launcher, arrow launcher, net launcher, flamethrower (Zorg's favorite), and the "all-new Ice Cube System" that sprays what is presumably liquid nitrogen. Simon Atherton, the armorer who designed and built the weapons used in ''The Fifth Element'', has said in an interview for a science-fiction magazine that firing versions of the ZF-1 were built around 5.45x39mm [[AK-74#AKS-74U|AKS-74U]] carbines. It is also possible to see the AKS-74U magazine on the weapon in some scenes. In scenes where the ZF-1 is not fired, inert models are used instead; the blank firing ZF-1 can be distinguished by an ejection port on the right side of the upper body shell. Each individual function of the ZF-1 during the demonstration is actually a separate prop which only has that single function: the main assembly of each of the 15-pound props is made from machined aluminum, with the body shells made from fiberglass. Among the various parts at the front of every prop are several industrial piping fittings: this appears to have been done so that functional versions using air or fuel lines would not look different to the other props. None of the props have the ability to fold down to the pod form, and the folded weapons are separate prop shells. The effect of the weapon unfolding when Zorg first introduces it appears to have been accomplished using a stop-motion model. | ||
| − | + | It is not clear what happened to the blank-firing ZF-1 after the film was made (most likely it was dismantled because Simon Atherton wanted his AK back), but the firing "hero" flamethrower ZF-1 is currently owned by Prop Store: this includes a metal fuel line inside the body that was linked to an external gas supply, using a small butane torch (which is present on all of the props) as an igniter. The version with the functional arrow launcher, which includes a compressed air line and drawstring trigger to be operated from off-screen by an armorer, was also in their possession but was sold at auction in 2015 for £25,000. | |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:AKSU-Krinkov.jpg|thumb|none|400px|AKS-74U - 5.45x39mm]] |
| − | [[Image:5th | + | [[Image:ZF-1 500.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Promotional image of the blank-firing ZF-1; note the single barrel opening and AK magazine visible below the "ice cube system" barrel. The lower part of the pop-up scope, interestingly enough, is the lower engineering section of a 1:677 scale plastic model of the starship ''Voyager'' from ''Star Trek'', made by Monogram.]] |
| + | [[Image:5th 09.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg ([[Gary Oldman]]) demonstrates the capabilities of the "Zorg ZF-1" to a group of Mangalores. The large yellow rocket is the front of an Estes Bullpup 12D flying model rocket. During this sequence he refers to the gun as having a "3,000 round clip," which for once is not strictly incorrect since as an energy weapon its "clip" has no moving parts, though it is a little odd calling a shot from an energy weapon a "round."]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|First, he demonstrates the "replay" feature, firing a single shot and then fully automatic fire in the opposite direction. Note the firing version's ejection port just ahead of the "arrow launcher" bulge on the right side, not present in the previous shot. The inert models also have multiple openings in the front of the barrel while the firing props have only one for the real barrel.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Further demonstration of the replay feature, showing the special effect of the guided bullets arcing in mid air. Given Zorg's personality, their being guided ''and'' still tracers makes perfect sense.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 19.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Arrow launcher, with exploding or poisonous gas heads."]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Flamethrower feature.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 18.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Ice-Cube System" feature, accomplished using a combination of a compressed air line and a fog machine.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Mangalores forgot to ask what the red button is for...]] | ||
| − | == | + | ==AK-47== |
| + | The Mangalore assault rifles props were built around the [[AK-47]] series assault rifles. | ||
| + | [[Image:Ak 54.jpg|thumb|none|450px|AK-47 - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 37.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Mangalore with a modded AK-based assault rifle.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 38.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Korben wields one of the assault rifles along with a Mangalore pistol.]] | ||
| − | + | ==Norinco Type 56-1== | |
| − | [[Image: | + | A visually modified [[Norinco Type 56|Norinco Type 56-1]] rifle is seen in the hands of a ''Fhloston Paradise'' space liner crew member when Korbin Dallas ([[Bruce Willis]]) and Ruby Rhod ([[Chris Tucker]]) are heading to the ship's control room. |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Type56S.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56-1 (under-folding stock variant) - 7.62x39mm]] |
| − | + | [[Image:Fifth 517.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A crew member takes cover with a modded Type 56-1.]] | |
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| − | + | ==WZ.83 Pallad D (As the 'ZF-140')== | |
| − | [[Image: | + | The ZF-140 assault gun the mugger ([[Mathieu Kassovitz]]) pointed at Korben Dallas is a dressed up Polish [[WZ.83 Pallad D]] Grenade Launcher. Two AK mags were mounted at an angle and the underfolding stock was covered by a rubber motorcycle fork gaiter. |
| − | [[Image:5th | + | [[Image:Grenade_launcher_wz.83_Pallad_D-1-.jpg|thumb|400px|none|WZ.83 Pallad D - 40x46mm.]] |
| − | + | [[Image:5th 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Give me the casssshhhhh!"'' The mugger ([[Mathieu Kassovitz]]) with a 'ZF-140' assault gun.]] | |
| − | + | [[Image:5th 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Corbin puts away the ZF-140.]] | |
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==Steyr AUG== | ==Steyr AUG== | ||
| + | A modified [[Steyr AUG]] rifle can be seen among the weapons Korben Dallas has collected from various sources at his apartment. | ||
| + | [[Image:Steyr-AUG.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Steyr AUG - 5.56x45mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A modded Steyr AUG is seen on Korben's weapons rack.]] | ||
| − | A modified [[ | + | ==Colt Commando== |
| + | A modified [[Colt Commando]] can be seen among Korben Dallas' gun collection. | ||
| + | [[Image:ColtM177E2.jpg|thumb|none|450px|XM177E2 Colt Commando - 5.56x45mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A modded Colt Commando is seen on Korben's weapons rack.]] | ||
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| − | == | + | =Submachine Guns= |
| + | ==Calico M960== | ||
| + | A visually modified [[Calico Series of Rifles and Pistols#Calico M960A|Calico M960]] is used by one of the Mangalores disguised as humans to shoot at NYPD officers at JFK International Airport. | ||
| + | [[Image:Calico960a.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Calico M960 - 9x19mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:5th 30.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A disguised Mangalore opens fire with a modded Calico.]] | ||
| − | + | =Machine Guns= | |
| − | [[ | + | ==Browning M2HB== |
| − | [[Image: | + | The heavy machine gun used by the Mangalores onboard the Fhloston Paradise space liner is a [[Browning M2]] heavy machine gun. The Browning M2 used in the film has a shortened barrel and was fitted with rockets, flexible metal hoses and a ballistic shield to make the weapon look more futuristic. |
| − | + | [[Image:Browning-M2-Heavy-Barrel-w-Tripod.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M2HB on M3 tripod - .50 BMG.]] | |
| − | + | [[Image:5th 44.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mangalores man the heavy machine gun turret.]] | |
| − | + | [[Image:5th 42.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cocking the heavy machine gun.]] | |
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[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
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[[Category:Science-Fiction]] | [[Category:Science-Fiction]] | ||
[[Category:French Produced/Filmed]] | [[Category:French Produced/Filmed]] | ||
[[Category: Luc Besson]] | [[Category: Luc Besson]] | ||
Revision as of 03:30, 6 May 2022
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The following weapons were used in the film The Fifth Element:
Handguns
Korben's Handgun (Vektor CP1)
The handgun used by Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) and Father Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm) throughout the film appears to be a visually modified Vektor CP1 pistol.
Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) draws the handgun on a robber.
Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) draws the handgun on Korben.
Father Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm) points the handgun at Korben.
Mangalore handgun (Vektor CP1)
The Vektor CP1 pistol also appears to be the basis for the Mangalore handgun. Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) also is seen using this handgun when "negotiating" with the lead Mangalore, Aknot.
Aknot holds his handgun on Priest Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm)
Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) also is seen using this handgun when "negotiating" with Aknot.
"NYPD" Weapon
The NYPD is seen using a futuristic handgun of some sort as their main weapon. It's also used by the crew of the Fhloston Paradise space liner during the assault by the Mangalores. It is never seen being fired and is likely just a fabricated prop.
Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer
A Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer machine pistol is used by Billy Masterson (Luke Perry) in Egypt in 1914. While it looks appropriate for the time period, the Schnellfeuer was produced in the early 1930s and is thus an anachronism. That said however, it is the only real weapon in the film not buried in Hollywood embellishments to pass for a futuristic or alien weapon.
Rifles
AKS-74U (as the "Zorg ZF-1 Pod Weapon System")
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman) makes a deal with the Mangalores that involves selling them his company's new Zorg ZF-1 pod weapon system. The ZF-1 contains a machine gun with a feature Zorg calls the "replay button" which uses one shot as a lock-on point for guided bullets, rocket launcher, arrow launcher, net launcher, flamethrower (Zorg's favorite), and the "all-new Ice Cube System" that sprays what is presumably liquid nitrogen. Simon Atherton, the armorer who designed and built the weapons used in The Fifth Element, has said in an interview for a science-fiction magazine that firing versions of the ZF-1 were built around 5.45x39mm AKS-74U carbines. It is also possible to see the AKS-74U magazine on the weapon in some scenes. In scenes where the ZF-1 is not fired, inert models are used instead; the blank firing ZF-1 can be distinguished by an ejection port on the right side of the upper body shell. Each individual function of the ZF-1 during the demonstration is actually a separate prop which only has that single function: the main assembly of each of the 15-pound props is made from machined aluminum, with the body shells made from fiberglass. Among the various parts at the front of every prop are several industrial piping fittings: this appears to have been done so that functional versions using air or fuel lines would not look different to the other props. None of the props have the ability to fold down to the pod form, and the folded weapons are separate prop shells. The effect of the weapon unfolding when Zorg first introduces it appears to have been accomplished using a stop-motion model.
It is not clear what happened to the blank-firing ZF-1 after the film was made (most likely it was dismantled because Simon Atherton wanted his AK back), but the firing "hero" flamethrower ZF-1 is currently owned by Prop Store: this includes a metal fuel line inside the body that was linked to an external gas supply, using a small butane torch (which is present on all of the props) as an igniter. The version with the functional arrow launcher, which includes a compressed air line and drawstring trigger to be operated from off-screen by an armorer, was also in their possession but was sold at auction in 2015 for £25,000.
Promotional image of the blank-firing ZF-1; note the single barrel opening and AK magazine visible below the "ice cube system" barrel. The lower part of the pop-up scope, interestingly enough, is the lower engineering section of a 1:677 scale plastic model of the starship Voyager from Star Trek, made by Monogram.
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman) demonstrates the capabilities of the "Zorg ZF-1" to a group of Mangalores. The large yellow rocket is the front of an Estes Bullpup 12D flying model rocket. During this sequence he refers to the gun as having a "3,000 round clip," which for once is not strictly incorrect since as an energy weapon its "clip" has no moving parts, though it is a little odd calling a shot from an energy weapon a "round."
First, he demonstrates the "replay" feature, firing a single shot and then fully automatic fire in the opposite direction. Note the firing version's ejection port just ahead of the "arrow launcher" bulge on the right side, not present in the previous shot. The inert models also have multiple openings in the front of the barrel while the firing props have only one for the real barrel.
AK-47
The Mangalore assault rifles props were built around the AK-47 series assault rifles.
Norinco Type 56-1
A visually modified Norinco Type 56-1 rifle is seen in the hands of a Fhloston Paradise space liner crew member when Korbin Dallas (Bruce Willis) and Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker) are heading to the ship's control room.
WZ.83 Pallad D (As the 'ZF-140')
The ZF-140 assault gun the mugger (Mathieu Kassovitz) pointed at Korben Dallas is a dressed up Polish WZ.83 Pallad D Grenade Launcher. Two AK mags were mounted at an angle and the underfolding stock was covered by a rubber motorcycle fork gaiter.
"Give me the casssshhhhh!" The mugger (Mathieu Kassovitz) with a 'ZF-140' assault gun.
Steyr AUG
A modified Steyr AUG rifle can be seen among the weapons Korben Dallas has collected from various sources at his apartment.
Colt Commando
A modified Colt Commando can be seen among Korben Dallas' gun collection.
Submachine Guns
Calico M960
A visually modified Calico M960 is used by one of the Mangalores disguised as humans to shoot at NYPD officers at JFK International Airport.
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB
The heavy machine gun used by the Mangalores onboard the Fhloston Paradise space liner is a Browning M2 heavy machine gun. The Browning M2 used in the film has a shortened barrel and was fitted with rockets, flexible metal hoses and a ballistic shield to make the weapon look more futuristic.
