Luc Besson Box Vol 2 (Blu-ray 4-Film Box Set, 2010, Region-Free) NEW and SEALED!

Description: Offered with this listing – in BRAND NEW and SEALED Condition – is the 2010 4-Film4-Disc French import Gaumont region-free Blu-ray box set release entitled “Luc Besson Box: Vol 2” (aka “LucBesson Coffret: Vol 2”). This release is still shrink-wrapped in the extremelyrare, long out-of-print, and much sought-after, box-set packaging. The contentsof the set are four of the Besson’s early hits – each in its individual,original packaging – which show his growth as a director over the period theycover. Included are:– “Subway” (1985): A French-language thriller film, classified as part ofthe “cinéma du look” movement, it stars Isabelle Adjani (as Héléna Kerman), ChristopherLambert (as Fred), Richard Bohringer (as The Florist), Michel Galabru (asCommissioner Gesberg), Jean-Hugues Anglade (as The Roller), Jean Bouise (as TheStation Master), Jean-Pierre Bacri (as Inspector Batman), Jean-Claude Lecas (asRobin), Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (as Jean), Jean Reno (one of Besson’s favoredperformers, as The Drummer), Éric Serra (as Enrico, the Bassist), Arthur Simms (asPaul, the Singer), and Isabelle Sadoyan (as The Prefect’s Wife). “Subway” was filmed partially onlocation in the Paris Métro and Paris RER, and partially on sets that weredesigned by Alexandre Trauner. The opening car chase scene is said to payhomage to the 1971 film “The French Connection”, and the film’s ending is basedloosely on the ending of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 film “Breathless”. PLEASE NOTE: This is the only version of the film available in a formatthat will play on a Region A blu-ray player.– “Nikita” (aka “La Femme Nikita”, 1990): A French-language action-thriller film, it stars AnneParillaud (as Nikita), Jean-Hugues Anglade (as Marco), Tchéky Karyo (as Bob), JeanneMoreau (as Amande), Jean Reno (as Victor “The Cleaner”), Jacques Boudet (as TheChemist), Philippe Leroy (as Grossman), and Jean Bouise (as The Embassy Attaché). Nikita, the title character, is acriminal convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering policemenduring an armed pharmacy robbery. Her government handlers fake her death andrecruit her as a professional assassin. After intense training, she starts acareer as a killer, where she struggles to balance her work with her personallife. She shows talent at this and her career progresses until a mission in anembassy goes awry. “Nikita” was commerciallysuccessful, but received mixed reviews from critics. It was remade as “BlackCat” (1991) in Hong Kong, “Point of No Return” (1993) in Hollywood, and as “Kartoos”(1999) in India. Two English-language television series were produced based onthe film, “La Femme Nikita” (1997–2001) and “Nikita” (2010–2013).– “Léon” (aka “Léon: TheProfessional”, 1994): An English-languageFrench action-thriller film, it stars Jean Reno (as Léon), Natalie Portman (asMathilda Lando), Gary Oldman (as Norman Stansfield), Danny Aiello (as Tony), MichaelBadalucco (as Mathilda’s father), Ellen Greene (as Margie Lando, Mathilda’sstepmother), Peter Appel (as Malky), Adam Busch (as Manolo), Joseph Malerba (asStairway Swat), Maïwenn (as The Blond Babe), George Martin (as The Hotel Clerk),Jean-Hugues Anglade (as Cameo), Keith A. Glascoe (as Benny), and Willi OneBlood (as 1st Stansfield Man). The plot centers on Léon (Reno), a professionalhitman, who reluctantly takes in twelve-year-old Mathilda Lando (Portman) afterher family are murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration agent NormanStansfield (Oldman). Léon and Mathilda form an unusualrelationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman’s trade. Thefilm was released in France by Gaumont and internationally through GaumontBuena Vista International on 14 September 1994, and received mostly positivereviews from critics.– “Le CinquièmeÉlément” (aka “The Fifth Element”, 1997): AnEnglish-language French science fiction action film, it stars Bruce Willis (asKorben Dallas), Gary Oldman (as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg), Ian Holm (as VitoCornelius), Milla Jovovich (as Leeloo), Chris Tucker (as Ruby Rhod), Luke Perry(as Billy Masterson), Brion James (as General Munro), Tommy “Tiny” Lister Jr. (asPresident Lindberg), Lee Evans (as Fog), Charlie Creed-Miles (as David), IvanHeng (as Left Arm), Tricky (as Right Arm), John Neville (as General Staedert), JohnBluthal (as Professor Pacoli), and Maïwenn Le Besco (as Diva Plavalaguna, arole shared with Inva Mula, who provides Diva’s singing voice). Primarily set in the 23rdcentury, the film’s central plot involves the survival of planet Earth, whichbecomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxicab driver andformer special forces major, after a young woman (Jovovich) falls into his cab.To accomplish this, Dallas joins forces with her to recover four mysticalstones essential for the defense of Earth against the impending attack of amalevolent cosmic entity. Besson started writing the storythat was developed as “The Fifth Element” when he was 16 years old; he was 38when the film opened in cinemas. Besson wanted to shoot the film in France, butsuitable facilities could not be found; filming took place in London andMauritania instead. He hired comic artists Jean “Mœbius” Giraud and Jean-ClaudeMézières, whose books inspired parts of the film, for production design.Costume design was by Jean-Paul Gaultier. “The Fifth Element” receivedmainly positive reviews. The film won in categories at the British Academy FilmAwards, the César Awards, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Lumières Awards. “TheFifth Element” was a strong financial success, earning more than US$263 millionat the box office on a $90 million budget. At the time of its release, it wasthe most expensive European film ever made, and it remained thehighest-grossing French film at the international box office until the releaseof “The Intouchables” in 2011. Regarding the man himself, Bessonhas been described as “the most Hollywood of French filmmakers”. Scott Tobias (forThe A.V. Club) wrote that his “slick, commercial” action movies were “sointerchangeable – drugs, sleaze, chuckling supervillainy, and Hong Kong-styleeffects – that each new project probably starts with white-out on the titlepage.” American film critic Armond White (in The National Review) has praisedBesson, whom he ranks as one of the best film filmmakers, for refining andrevolutionizing action film. 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