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LÃ©on the Professional

Léon the Professional

Genre: Action/Adventure

Release Date: 17/11/2009

Runtime: 242 min

Director: Luc Besson

Starring: Natalie Portman, Jean Reno, Peter Appel, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello

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"I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds one of Beethoven."
— Stansfield (Gary Oldman) before he kills a family in a DEA raid. "Is life always this hard, or is it just when you're a kid?"
— Mathilda (Natalie Portman) "Always like this."
— Léon (Jean Reno) "No women, no kids. That's the rules."
— Léon, instructing Mathilda on how to "clean"

Description

Leon (Jean Reno) is a precise, calculating hit man—a consummate professional, with no family and no friends. However, he has casually befriended Mathilda (Natalie Portman, in an auspicious debut), a 12 year-old neighbor whose entire family, including her adored 4-year-old brother, is wiped out by some crooked DEA agents. The girl pleads with Leon to teach her how to be a "cleaner" and avenge her little brother's death. However, once she learns a few skills, Mathilda saunters into the DEA offices with the sole intention of killing the psychotic agent (Gary Oldman) who actually masterminded the executions. But her intended victim turns the tables on her, and Leon must rescue her. LEON was French director Luc Besson's first film shot in America.

CAST

Natalie Portman	Actress/"Professional"
Jean Reno	French Actor
Peter Appel	ACTOR\"LEON"
Gary Oldman	British actor, SID AND NANCY/TRUE ROMANCE
Danny Aiello	American Actor

CREW

Screenwriter	Luc Besson (French director/writer: LEON/THE FIFTH ELEMENT)
Producer	Claude Besson (EXEC. PRODUCER\ATLANTIS)
Composer	Eric Serra (Composer)
Costume Designer	Magali Guidasci
Production Designer	Dan Weil (Production Designer)
Cinematographer	Thierry Arbogast (Director of Photography)
Editor	Sylvie Landra (Editor)

Video: Color

Original release: 242 min , English (Original)

Weight factor: 1 item(s)

Area	Runtime	Box
USA	242 min	(normal)
Rating
R (MPAA)

Catalog #: 3856670

UPC: 043396329188

Release Notes

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
DTS HD Master Audio - English, French
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish

Title Notes

Theatrical Release: September 30, 1994 (U.S.)

Color by Technicolor. Shot in Technovision Anamorphic on location in New York City and Hoboken and West New York, New Jersey. In SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound.

Clip used from the film "It's Always Fair Weather" (with Gene Kelly dancing on rollerskates) and the television show "Transformers."

Additional cast: Willie One Blood, Don Creech, Keith A. Glascoe, Randolph Scott, Jernard Burkes, Matt De Matt (Stansfield's Men); Elizabeth Regan (Mathilda's Sister); Carl J. Matusovich (Mathilda's Brother); Frank Senger (Fatman); Luc Bernard (Mickey); and George Martin (Hotel Receptionist).

Additional credits: Bernard Grenet (line producer); John Garland (line producer NY); Chris Silano (Steadicam); Gérard Drolon (art director); François Groult & Bruno Tarriére (rerecording mixers); Pascal Chaumeil, Eric McGinty (NY), Camille Lipmann, James Bradney (New York) (assistant directors).

On June 26, 1996, the 132 minute "director's cut" of the film was released theatrically in France. This version included 26 minutes of additional footage, including scenes of the 12-year-old Mathilda attempting (unsuccessfully) to seduce Leon.

Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.

Copyright 1994 Gaumont and Les Films du Dauphin.