- The film is the fourth collaboration between Luc Besson and Patrick Leduc, the producer and chief operating officer of Gaomeng Pictures.
- Before the filming started, all the storyboards were completed.
- The film is the opening film of the 50th Cannes Film Festival.
- The language Lilu spoke in the film was invented by Luc Besson and perfected by Milla Jovovich. By the end of the filming, the two could talk in this language.
- The explosion scene in the Fhloston lobby in the film is the largest indoor explosion scene in movie history, and the resulting fire almost made the scene out of control.
- When Cobain Dallas woke up, the date on the bedroom wall displayed March 18, 2263. March 18 was Luc Besson’s birthday.
- Dallas and Zog, the representatives of both good and evil in the film, have never met and never contacted.
- The film cost 90 million US dollars and was the highest investment in Gaomeng Pictures at the time.
- The special effects of the film cost 80 million U.S. dollars, becoming the highest record of investment in special effects at that time.
- The song Diva sings in the film is derived from the opera "Lucia of Latin America".
- Zog's ZF-1 weapon system is derived from the AKSU-74 compact assault rifle.
- At the beginning of the filming, the producer decided to dye Milla Jovovich’s brown hair orange. In order to maintain the bright color, Jovovich’s hair had to be dyed repeatedly, and the hair quality was seriously damaged. Later, he had to change it. Wearing a wig to shoot.
The Fifth Element behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Billy: When is this "Snake" act supposed to occur?
Professor Pacoli: Well, if this is the five and this is the one...
[counting under his breath]
Professor Pacoli: Every 5,000 years.
Billy: So I've got some time then.
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[Cornelius bursts into Korben's room and holds him at gunpoint]
Priest Vito Cornelius: I'm really sorry to have to resort to these methods, Mr. Wallace...
Korben Dallas: Dallas.
Priest Vito Cornelius: Er, Mr. Dallas. But we heard about your good luck on the radio, and we need your tickets for Fhloston.
Korben Dallas: Is this how priests normally take vacations?
Priest Vito Cornelius: We're not on a vacation, we're on a mission!
Korben Dallas: What mission is that?
Priest Vito Cornelius: We have to save the world, my son.