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Lon (1994)
110 min - Crime | Drama | Thriller -
14 September 1994 (France)
A professional assassin rescues a young girl whose parents
were killed in a police raid.
Director: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson
Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman |
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Natalie Portman ... Mathilda
Danny Aiello ... Tony
Peter Appel ... Malky
Willi One Blood ... 1St Stansfield Man (as Willie One Blood)
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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Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family.
Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps
Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her
father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was
out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Lon's apartment in the moment of highest need.
Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour's unusual profession - killing - and
desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Lon, who is completely
unexperienced in fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep Mathilda out of
trouble - unsuccessfully. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities
to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer, who does anything in his might to get rid
of an eye witness, arises to unmeasurable proportions - all for the ...
Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
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Plot Keywords: girl | drugs | revenge | hitman | apartment | See more
Taglines: Revenge is a tough game, even for a Professional (Australia) See more
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
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Rated R for scenes of strong graphic violence, and for language | See all certifications
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Country: France
Language: English | Italian
Release Date: 14 September 1994 (France) See more
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Filming Locations: 1 Centre Street, New York City, New York, USA See more
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Budget: FRF 115.000.000 (estimated)
Gross: JPY 112.586.900 (Japan) (3 January 1997)
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Production Co: Gaumont, Les Films du Dauphin See more
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Technical Specs
Runtime: 110 min | 136 min (uncut) | 133 min (International) | 100 min (TV)
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
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The pistols that Lon use in the film are Beretta 92FS's with AL-GI-MEC compensators added
on. In some scenes, he affixes them with sound suppressor, with threads that extend past
the compensator cuts to cancel out the escaping gases that could potentially escape and
produce a loud gunshot. In the final firefight, one of Lon's Berettas is seen with a stainless
or "Inox" frame. See more
Goofs
Early in the movie, Lon gives Mathilda a revolver, which she fires six times out the window.
Later on (in the International version) she plays Russian Roulette with the same revolver,
and we see her place three bullets into the cylinder, although the audio indicates she loads
four. However when she spins the cylinder and before snapping it closed it can be seen that
three out of five chambers are loaded. It would be impossible to fire the gun six times
without reloading. See more
Quotes
[first lines]
Tony: Allora, come stai, Leone?
Lon: Bene.
[Tony puts out his cigarette in an ashtray]
Tony: OK. OK. Let's talk business.
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Crazy Credits
Under the "SPECIAL THANKS" heading you will find: Chevalier KAMEN (Prince of the Mash
Potatoes) Byblos Bill (King of Saint Tropez) Princess Trudy (Queen of Hearts) See more
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Happy Birthday
Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill (as Patty Hill)
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Q: Is this movie based on a book?
Q: Why does Leon save Mathilda's life?
Q: Why didn't Mathilda like the pink dress that Lon bought her?
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29 March 2004 | by Tom Clarke (tjcclarke@hotmail.com) (http://www.amateurscribe.webeden.co.uk) See all my reviews
I have long thought that owning films on DVD or video is a waste of money - you watch them once and after that they are left to fester at
the back of a cupboard. Occasionally I make an exception - some films simply cannot be fully appreciated on just one viewing. Every time I
watch Leon is as gripping and enjoyable as the first. Sad, funny, violent, incredibly touching - few films manage to tick all the boxes and
even fewer are about hitmen.
It obviously helps when your leading man has as much screen presence as Jean Reno. Thin and wiry with toilet brush hair and a face like a
bag of spanners, he is hardly your typical gun-toting action hero, but he has an innocence and compassion that makes you fall for him
instantly. Leon's life is as simple as a small child's: TV, lashings of milk and the odd gangland assassination. He cannot read, he doesn't sleep,
he hasn't the trappings of family or wealth (the fees for his hits are habitually trousered by his `benefactor': sleazy small-time Italian
gangster Tony (Danny Aiello)) - In short, he lives like a robot. And then he meets Mathilda.
Normally I can't stand Hollywood kids. They are all doey-eyed, bouffant-haired brats who can cry on cue and are always ready with a
cutesy, smart-alec comment that will cause their adult co-stars to tinkle with laughter or tousle their hair playfully. Often they are
kidnapped and huge ransoms demanded while their parents go demented with worry. I for one am usually rooting for the kidnappers.
Natalie Portman's Mathilda is the antithesis of these namby-pamby Dawson's Creek actors-in-waiting. For starters, she has something
justifiable to gripe about, in that her entire family has just been slaughtered by Gary Oldman and his gang of crooked DEA officers. This is a
bit of a blow, to say the least, but Mathilda takes it all in her stride and teams up with Leon in a bid for revenge. So begins one of the
stranger relationships in silver screen history, but one of the most memorable.
On the face of it, a love story between a twelve year old girl and a hairy French hitman would raise a few eyebrows among more
conservative movie-goers, but director Luc Besson handles it so beautifully, it seems like the most natural thing on earth. They are united in
being totally alone in the world - indeed, the scene where Mathilda walks quietly down the corridor past the carnage in her apartment and
knocks on Leon's door, imploring him in a tearful whisper to let her in is as breathtaking as it is heartbreaking. Leon is wary at first, but she
soon wins him round and starts to gently bring him out of the shell.
Portman is truly astonishing - one can almost forgive her for being a part of the appalling Star Wars prequels on the strength of this one
performance. The iconic image of this tiny, grubby little girl clutching Leon's beloved plant and trotting to keep up with her lanky hero's giant
strides is one that will live long in the memory.
Aiello and Oldman (at his sadistic, malevolent best) provide predictably excellent support, there is a wonderfully suspenseful yet satisfying
ending
heck, there's even a decent Sting song playing over the credits - for
this (if nothing else) it would be remiss of me to give Leon anything other than top marks.
10/10
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