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Missing/Alternate Scene?

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:23:27 GMT

This has been bothing me for a while. I downloaded a zip file that had the original script for Leon and some pictures that came with it. Well, one of the pictures is Mathilda in what looks like a black dress putting heavy makeup on her face. The quality isn't that good, but it's not horrible either. Now, I haven't seen the movie in a long time, but I really don't remember this scene at all. I'm wondering if it's an alternate version of the 'pink dress' scene that they went back and re-shot for some reason. I've looked all over the place for info on possible missing or unused scenes, but I couldn't find anything. Unless my memory is just that bad and the scene is in the movie and I just don't remember it. Here's the picture:

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I also thought that maybe it's not from the movie, but from something else, but Natalie has the same haircut and all the other pictures in the zip file are from the movie. I don't see why just this picture would be thrown in for no reason. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks a bunch!!! :)

first post, fullscreen woes

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:11:24 GMT

Name: Natalie
Age: 19
Sex: female
Why Do You Love The Professional?: The characters, the absolutely spot-on acting, Luc Besson and Éric Serra's amazing use of music, and the general plot. Oh, and Stansfield.
Favorite Character?: Stansfield is probably my favorite character in all of cinema.
Favorite Scene?: The scene after they've killed Mathilda's family; Stansfield is standing in the hall, and that old lady pokes her head out of her apartment to chastise him. He shoots the glass behind her, and tells her to go back inside. I laughed for at least three minutes the first time I saw it.
Favorite Quote?: Everything that Stansfield says to Mathilda's father when they ransack the house... about Beethoven, Mozart, and Brahms. Oldman is pure genius.

The end, I guess. I'm getting the 2 disc DVD set in the mail soon, and am wicked excited. It'll be refreshing to be able to see the film in better quality than Youtube videos. Also, and this is very lame, I saw the film in FULLSCREEN because I just rented it for a film class. When I bought my first copy of the DVD, I realized that it too was FULLSCREEN. I returned that copy. So, now, I'll finally get to see the full widescreen version. Am I the only one that thinks widescreen films are a completely different experience than their cropped counterparts?

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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:37:45 GMT

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Music Video!

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:45:55 GMT

If anybodys interested, I maded my first The professional video to Avril Lavigne's Nobody home for Mathilda ^_^

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First Post

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:56:28 GMT

Hello everyone!

Name: Laura
Age: 16
Sex: F
Why Do You Love The Professional?: It manages to be tough and heartbreaking at the same time, weaving a beautiful score and an interesting plot together.
Favorite Character?: Leon, though Mathilda takes a close second
Favorite Scene?: Either the scene where they're playing the game, or the ending scenes. They get me every single time.
Favorite Quote?: Either the speech Leon makes before sending Mathilda down the pipe, or "I think we'll be okay here, Leon."

10 viewing

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:37:21 GMT

I have the directors 2 cd special edition. Is there yet another one out with more movie in it? How did Tony get his face so messed up.

Is there ever going to be a sequil? Is there a chance Leon made it?

Kitten age 47.

Bichhoo

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:20:06 GMT

...is the name of the 2000 Bollywood movie that is a remake of Besson's Leon. I heard about Bichhoo just last year. I came across a copy of the film in an Indian video/music store in Little India the other day. (I'm working in Singapore for the summer, so I thought I'd check out Little India to look for the dvd and I was so surprised that I actually found it!) I haven't watched it yet but, in true Bollywood fashion, it's bound to be delightfully campy. The movie is in Hindi...not a language I am fluent in by any means, but I can usually follow Bollywood movies, haha. Plus, since this is a remake it should be considerably easier to follow. I do know that Bichhoo means scorpion in Hindi. This is the title of the film because instead of keeping a plant, the hitman keeps a pet scorpion. I've heard that the movie didn't get rave reviews in India, but after wondering about this movie for so long, I'm excited to finally see it, haha!

Here are a few plot summaries/reviews from www.imdb.com under
the cut:

This Bollywood remake of Luc Bessons Leon was surprisingly good. I'm quite new to Bollywood films and didn't know what to expect. I chose a remake first so I could test the water a bit. I was quite surprised. Its no where near as good as the original but still its a really enjoyable action movie.
I had a bit of culture shock at first due to the amount of singing, but soon I began to enjoy that too. Its quite a stylish film as well and is not just a straight remake, although for the most part its sticks closely to the original. The performances are great and the action scenes all work quite well as well. We are also given more background on the Leon characters past. Something the original didn't have.
If you've never seen a Bollywood film before you could do a lot worse than see this...
Written by Markmainwaring

Jeeva (Bobby Deol) comes from a middle-class & strugging family, and is employed as a salesman in a store. He has the misfortune of falling in love with Kiran (Malaika Arora), who comes from a wealthy and influential family. Her dad (Mohan Joshi) is enraged and livid at Jeeva, and as a result has Jeeva's mom (Farida Jalal) and two sisters publicly arrested for prostitution, and eventually all three kill themselves. Jeeva with the help of a colleague (Ishrat Ali) extracts vengeance against Kiran's dad and his men. He is unable to save Kiran from killing herself. Now Jeeva is a professional killer, who will kill anyone for a price. He is in between jobs in his small apartment, when his neighbor's daughter, Kiran Bali (Rani Mukherjee) comes to deliver his milk. While she is in his apartment, both of them bear witness to the brutal killing of the entire Bali family. Kiran Bali decides to report this incident to the police, not realizing that it was the police themselves who had carried out this execution. Now Kiran is on the run for her life. Will a cold-blooded assasin such as Jeeva, protect her from her assailants, or will he himself kill her for a price?
Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

All in all the movie is a remake of Luc Besson's 1994 classic "Leon the professional" including the presentation of the protagonists life before becoming the professional. While in the first two thirds of the movie, the plot varies and plays with the original script, the last third is a direct copy of Besson's flick. Watching the movie gives certain deja-vu moments, for example Rani Mukerjees necklace reminds a lot of Mathilda's in "Leon". The scenes of the movie's last unit don't remind of the original, but are the original scenes "hindunized". It seems that the director took over the complete story-board from the police raid in the hotel room, the knocking signal of Mathilda (here Kiran), Mathilda's fled through the A/C system, Leon's supposed escape in a special units uniform and the final blast. Anyway it's fun to watch although it plays in another league than the original flick. Written by Segun Stephen

Has anyone else heard of this film? Have you seen it? If so, what were your thoughts on it? :)

HB

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:25:56 GMT

Happy Birthday to you!

soundtrack track by track

Mon, 14 May 2007 00:53:48 GMT

Noon-Eric Serra
Cute Name-Eric Serra
Ballad For Mathilda-Eric Serra
What's Happening Out There-Eric Serra
She Is Dead-Eric Serra
Fatman-Eric Serra
Leon the Cleaner-Eric Serra
Can I Have A Word With You-Eric Serra
The Game Is Over-Eric Serra
Feel the Breadth-Eric Serra
Room 4602-Eric Serra
Very Special Delivery-Eric Serra
When Leon Does His Best-Eric Serra
Back On the Crime Scene-Eric Serra
Birds of Storm-Eric Serra
Tony the IBM-Eric Serra
How Do You Know It's Love-Eric Serra
The Fight: The Swat Squad-Eric Serra
The Fight: Bring Me Everyone-Eric Serra
The Fight: The Big Weapon-Eric Serra
The Fight: One Is Alive-Eric Serra
Two Ways Out-Eric Serra
Hey Little Angel-Eric Serra feat. Natalie Portman

Shape Of My Heart-Sting
Venus As A Boy-Bjork

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:27:39 GMT

hello. could someone either give me or point me in the right direction as to where to find the other pictures like this, in good quality? or at least not awful quality? THANK YOU. =)

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:44:45 GMT

lady_tron has more Leon.

Icons

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:18:29 GMT

Leon x 51

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70 The Professional icons

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:11:55 GMT

Hiya!! I made 70 "The professional" icons, and thought you might want to see them :)

TEASERS

Follow the fake cut, if you want to see the rest.

( Life is always this hard, or is it just when you're a kid? )

The Original Score

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:18:55 GMT

This is the original score for Leon: The Professional with a few bonus tracks thrown in. I hope this kind of post is allowed (if not, feel free to delete it). I know it took me years to track this down and I just thought I'd share it with people who could really appreciate it.

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The Professional (Complete Score)
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1. Noon
2. Cute Name
3. Ballad For Mathilda
4. What's Happening Out There?
5. A Bird In New York
6. She Is Dead
7. Fatman
8. Leon The Cleaner
9. Can I Have A Word With You?
10. The Game Is Over
11. Feel The Breath
12. Room 4602
13. Very Special Delivery
14. When Leon Does His Best
15. Back On The Crime Scene
16. Birds Of Storm
17. Tony The IBM
18. How Do You Know It's Love?
19. Two Ways Out
link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/yhkzd8

I hope you enjoy it!

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:01:25 GMT

Leon - is one of my favorite films =).
I think that all actors are excelent! =)))
Leon - is an ideal man ))
Mathilda... I think that this is is her best role. May be because all children acts good.
Gary Oldman is marvelous evildoer =)))

my icons for film

I have 61 icons for this film =)) You can find them at my site
http://dreamingaloud.ucoz.ru - russian version and http://dreamingaloud.8m.com english version with awful advertisings!!

Also i'll be glad if you u'll be my "friend" =))

Thank you for community and excuse me for my English ))

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:01:23 GMT

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Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:24:20 GMT

Name:Sarah
Age:17
Sex:Female
Why Do You Love The Professional?:because im in love with Jean Reno
Favorite Character?: Leon, obviously
Favorite Scene?:when leon and matilda are sat at the table after he introduces piggy, she asks him his name and then tells him its a cute name and he spits his milk out.
Favorite Quote?: "how do you know its love if you've never been in love before?"
"I feel it"
"Where?"

Mon, 29 May 2006 23:15:31 GMT

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Tue, 16 May 2006 06:39:59 GMT

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Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:11:39 GMT

Name:Sarah

Age:22

Sex: Female

Why Do You Love The Professional?: I saw the film when I was about 14 on the Sundance channel. My family is nowhere near as bad as Matilda's, but I identified with her. Her personality was older than her physical body. And I fell in love with Leon. The concept reminded me of 'Lolita,' only this was in some way better. It was an innocent love between them. Great movie, I watch the dvd every now and then.

Favorite Character?: I love everything about Mathilda, the boots and leggings, her haircut; I enjoy her style. Everytime I see Natalie Portman, I see a little of Mathilda.

Favorite Scene?: I kinda have two. The first scene introducing Leon, when he's sent to give the fat guy a 'message.' Also, when Matilda starts doing the celebrity impressions and Leon misses all except the one from 'Singin in the Rain'. Then he comes out as John Wayne. It was too cute.

Favorite Quote:
Mathilda: I don't wanna lose you, Leon.
Léon: You're not going to lose me. You've given me a taste for life. I wanna be happy. Sleep in a bed, have roots. And you'll never be alone again, Mathilda. Please, go now, baby, go. Calm down, go now, go.

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:05:07 GMT

I really want a Leon layout for my LJ page that's as spazzy as the one for this community. If anyone knows where i can get an image or who could do it for me i'd be really grateful

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:54:11 GMT

Name: Xebi
Age: 18
Sex: Female

Why Do You Love The Professional?: There are many reasons why I love this film. I wrote a whole essay on it for my media project. I love this film because it's different. It's not some hollywood produced piece of meat, that mass audiences enjoy because it has a character in it that blows people's head off. It's a good film because people appreciate how it's made and the things that it does stand for. I liked the film personally because of all the elements in it that attributed to the finished result, such as the mise en scene, contrustion, characters, dialogue. Its a good film because it's honest. It doesn't have a happy ending. It tells the truth of the world. The ending is not a shot of a family all cuddled up with the hero who has saved the day. It's of a girl in a wide open space, with the rest of the world to face on her own, which is how life should be portrayed. In an honest light.

Favorite Character?: Leon and Matilda's relationship combined I think. Because he acts like a strong character when he's really just a child and she brings out all the right emotions in him that he has been missing before.

Favorite Scene?: It would have to be the entire ending, from when he is trying to get Matilda out of the apartment. Oh and when they play dress up.

Favorite Quote?:

Matilda: Is life always like this or is it just when you're a kid?
Léon: Always like this.

Survey

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:28:58 GMT

Name: Roddy
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Why Do You Love The Professional?: I love the plot. Jean Reno captures so much emotion. Ugh, that was cliche, heh. Of course, me just typing this stuff seems so weak, the reason why I love this movie can't really be put into words.
Favorite Character?: Oh Jesus, this is hard. Either Leon, Mathilda or Norman Stansfield. Really, it's tough.
Favorite Scene?: When Mathilda first walks up to Leon's door and quietly, tearfully, so so perfectly begs to be let in. It's just flawless.
Favorite Quote?: "He's not my father. He's my lover."-Mathilda or "Mathilda, I'm glad you don't have a stomach ache any more. I don't think it means anything."-Leon

I can't believe I didn't join this community earlier.

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:46:32 GMT

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Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:22:42 GMT

Name: Joe
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Why Do You Love The Professional?: The Professional (the international version, Leon) is my favorite movie. The acting is amazing. Jean Reno gives such life to Leon, usually without having to even say a word. Aside from being a "cleaner", he's also extremely sweet, caring and childlike, and Jean Reno accomplishes this duality of the character wonderfully. Natalie Portman is better than she ever was as Mathilda. Gary Oldman does a really great job as an insane, corrupt cop. It is really the sweetest love story you'll ever see.
Favorite Character?: Leon. He's so internally complex. The face he makes while watching "Singing in the Rain" in the theater says it all. Jean Reno at his top form.
Favorite Scene?: The scene when Leon puts Mathilda down the hole in the wall to get her out of the apartment building. The relationship between Leon and Mathilda is definitely the best part of the movie. It gives me chills.
Favorite Quote?: Mathilda- Can we try with real bullets now?