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Sarandon and Besson land Stockholm film festival honours -
22 October 2009
-Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon and French filmmaker Luc Besson are due to accept high honours at the Stockholm Film Festival in Sweden next month (Nov09).-
-Sarandon, 63, will receive the lifetime achievement award at the event - with organisers celebrating the s
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WIN! Luc Besson classics on Blu-ray -
17 September 2009
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-To celebrate the Blu-ray release of Luc Besson cinema classics, available to buy now, we’ve got 5 sets of his greatest films to giveaway. This cool prize includes Atlantis, The Big Blue, Léon, The Last Battle, Nikita, Subway, and Angel-A.-
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Besson to produce 'wiseguy' flick -
23 June 2006
Controversial French director Luc Besson looks set to adapt Tonino Benacquista's mafia novel Malavita, not to be confused with the 1951 Italian film of the same name. - -Besson, who found fame in the early 1990s with assassin films Nikita and the exceptional Leon, w
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Luc Besson - filmography
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Arthur And The Invisibles
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Madonna
Director: Luc Besson
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Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, a tiny people living in harmony with nature.
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Angel-A - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Serge Riaboukine, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki
Director: Luc Besson
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ANGEL-A follows self-described liar and shady businessman Andre (Jamel Debbouze), who is down on his luck and owes Parisian gangsters money. In a desperate and weak state, Andre finds himself on the edge of one of the City of Light's majestic bridges, ready to plunge into the river below. After one ..read more »
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Angel-A
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Serge Riaboukine, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
ANGEL-A follows self-described liar and shady businessman Andre (Jamel Debbouze), who is down on his luck and owes Parisian gangsters money. In a desperate and weak state, Andre finds himself on the edge of one of the City of Light's majestic bridges, ready to plunge into the river below. After one ..read more »
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Fifth Element, The - BLU-RAY Version
(1997)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Director: Luc Besson
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A visual feast combining ancient mysticism, cyberpunk sensibilities, flamboyant entertainment personalities, and gun-toting alien mercenaries. In the 23rd century, Korben Dallas, an ex-special forces agent who now practices as a down-and-out cabbie, finds himself caught in a struggle to defy a ..read more »
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The Fifth Element
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Director: Luc Besson
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A visual feast combining ancient mysticism, cyberpunk sensibilities, flamboyant entertainment personalities, and gun-toting alien mercenaries. In the 23rd century, Korben Dallas, an ex-special forces agent who now practices as a down-and-out cabbie, finds himself caught in a struggle to defy a ..read more »
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Leon - BLU-RAY Version
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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French director Luc Besson tackles his first American movie in this unusual tale of Leon (Jean Reno), a stoic assassin who develops a reluctant relationship with an orphaned 12-year-old girl (Natalie Portman, in an excellent debut performance). When a corrupt DEA official (Gary Oldman) murders the ..read more »
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Leon
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate: 
A murder on the streets of New York leads to a deadly game of cat and mouse while an orphaned twelve-year-old girl becomes caught in the middle...
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Atlantis
on DVD
(1993)
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate: 
French director Luc Besson (LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, LA FEMME NIKITA) spent 3 years diving all over the globe, movie camera in tow, to capture the natural, awe-inspiring ballet of undersea life. Set to an ever-changing soundtrack, fish, sharks, sea snakes, whales, dolphins, and more are beautifully ..read more »
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Atlantis - BLU-RAY Version
(1993)
Director: Luc Besson
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French director Luc Besson (LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, LA FEMME NIKITA) spent 3 years diving all over the globe, movie camera in tow, to capture the natural, awe-inspiring ballet of undersea life. Set to an ever-changing soundtrack, fish, sharks, sea snakes, whales, dolphins, and more are beautifully ..read more »
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from 32 members
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Nikita
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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A beautiful junkie condemned to death for the murder of a policeman is given a chance to live - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government. Her lonely existence is warmed when she falls in love with a gentle, humorous man who knows nothing of her bizarre and mysterious life. Remade ..read more »
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Nikita - BLU-RAY Version
(1990)
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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A beautiful junkie condemned to death for the murder of a policeman is given a chance to live - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government. Her lonely existence is warmed when she falls in love with a gentle, humorous man who knows nothing of her bizarre and mysterious life. Remade ..read more »
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Big Blue, The - BLU-RAY Version
(1988)
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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Jacques (Barr, BREAKING THE WAVES) and his friendly rival Enzo (Reno, THE PROFESSIONAL) are considered masters of free-diving and have made a career out of this one-of-a-kind competition. Jacques feels an unusual bond with the sea and Enzo is in it for the sheer danger involved. A new dimension of ..read more »
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The Big Blue
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available.
Jacques (Barr, BREAKING THE WAVES) and his friendly rival Enzo (Reno, THE PROFESSIONAL) are ..read more »
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Subway
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Richard Bohringer
Director: Luc Besson
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An early work from director Luc Besson, Subway is a dark and highly stylised picture which concerns an enigmatic safecracker (Christopher Lambert) hiding out in the Paris Metro system. While living in the underground and eluding both gangsters and Metro police he meets up with a group of colourful ..read more »
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Le Dernier Combat - BLU-RAY Version
(1983)
Starring: Jean Bouise, Pierre Jolivet
Director: Luc Besson
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Director Luc Besson's (THE FIFTH ELEMENT, LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL) first feature tells the tale of a bleak post-nuclear war world where survival is a day-to-day struggle. One man (known only as The Man) struggles to build an airplane so that he can fly about in search of a mate. His goal is ..read more »
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Le Dernier Combat
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Jean Bouise, Pierre Jolivet
Director: Luc Besson
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Director Luc Besson's (THE FIFTH ELEMENT, LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL) first feature tells the tale of a bleak post-nuclear war world where survival is a day-to-day struggle. One man (known only as The Man) struggles to build an airplane so that he can fly about in search of a mate. His goal is ..read more »
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Luc Besson facts
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Brilliant 15 September 2003
...s, and a clinically effective hitman, performing jobs with a lethal detachment. Luc Besson handles the mix between action and burgeoning relationship with great skill, an...
A film of two halves 19 December 2004
