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Director:
Writer:
Luc Besson (writer)
Release Date:
18 November 1994 (USA)
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Tagline:
If you want a job done well hire a professional. more
Plot:
Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins
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8 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(63 articles)
Comparing 'Twilight' And 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' With MTV's Gore Girls
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Shelf Life: The Professional
(From Cinematical. 19 November 2009, 7:33 AM, PST)
(From MTV Movies Blog. 20 November 2009, 9:00 AM, PST)
Shelf Life: The Professional
(From Cinematical. 19 November 2009, 7:33 AM, PST)
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Excellent, smart action film.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jean Reno | ... | Léon | |
| Gary Oldman | ... | Stansfield | |
| Natalie Portman | ... | Mathilda | |
| Danny Aiello | ... | Tony | |
| Peter Appel | ... | Malky | |
| Willi One Blood | ... | 1st Stansfield man | |
| Don Creech | ... | 2nd Stansfield man | |
| Keith A. Glascoe | ... | 3rd Stansfield man (Benny) | |
| Randolph Scott | ... | 4th Stansfield man | |
| Michael Badalucco | ... | Mathilda's Father | |
| Ellen Greene | ... | Mathilda's Mother | |
| Elizabeth Regen | ... | Mathilda's Sister | |
| Carl J. Matusovich | ... | Mathilda's Brother | |
| Frank Senger | ... | Fatman | |
| Lucius Wyatt Cherokee | ... | Tonto (as Lucius Wyatt 'Cherokee') |
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MPAA:
Rated R for scenes of strong graphic violence, and for language.
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Runtime:
110 min | France:136 min (uncut version) | 133 min (International version) | Turkey:100 min (TV version)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital |
SDDS (8 channels)
Certification:
South Korea:18 (original rating) |
Brazil:14 |
Iceland:16 |
Australia:M (tv rating) |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Philippines:R-18 |
Italy:T |
Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) |
Finland:K-15 (director's cut) |
South Korea:15 (DVD rating) (2002) |
South Korea:18 (director's cut) |
UK:15 (DVD re-rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:R |
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Chile:18 |
France:-12 (original version) |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB (director's cut) |
Israel:PG |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R (original rating) |
USA:Unrated (director's cut) |
Canada:16+ (Quebec)
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Natalie Portman was originally turned down by Todd M. Thaler (the casting director) due to being too young, but she returned to the auditions and performed the scene where Mathilda laments the loss of her brother. Luc Besson was so impressed with the depth of emotion she summoned during the audition that he gave her the role.
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Errors in geography: According to the headmistress's phone call, the Spenser School is supposed to be in Wildwood New Jersey, but the end of the film shows that it overlooks Manhattan. Wildwood is a oceanfront community at almost the southernmost tip of New Jersey, over 150 miles from NYC.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Naked Fear (1999)
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Soundtrack:
Happy Birthday
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What are the tablets which Stansfield takes twice during the course of the film?What special features are on the DVD?
Why didn't Mathilda like the pink dress that Léon bought her?
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Luc Besson's "The Professional" is sort of a companion piece to his international breakthrough hit "La Femme Nikiti", and in many ways it's an even better film. It raises the stakes of Besson's playful women-with-guns theme by making the heroine a 12-year-old, played by a then unknown Natalie Portman. Jean Reno is excellent as her assassin trainer and surrogate father. Oldman is completely over the top in one of his best bad-guy roles, obsessed with both Beethoven and butchery. As a gritty, suspenseful thriller, this film won't leave action fans feeling cheated, but the film is so much more than that. At the center of "The Professional" is a wonderful father and daughter-like relationship between two damaged strangers who find solace in each other.