Film poster for Léon (The Professional)

Léon (aka The Cleaner, aka The Professional) ( 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...1994) is a French For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...film written and directed by Luc Besson Luc Besson (born March 18, 1959) is a French film director, writer, and producer. ...Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno (born Don Juan Moreno y Jederique Jimenez, July 30, 1948 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French actor. ...Jean Reno, Leonard Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958) is a British actor. ...Gary Oldman and Campaigning for John Kerry in 2004 Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981) is an Israeli_American actress. ...Natalie Portman. Léon is a common French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...French language A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. ...first name.

In the film, Léon (played by Jean Reno (born Don Juan Moreno y Jederique Jimenez, July 30, 1948 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French actor. ...Reno), a "cleaner" or professional Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ...assassin, saves the life of a twelve-year-old girl, Mathilda (played by Portman), after her family is killed by crooked Since 1973, the DEA has enforced the drug laws in the United States. ...DEA agents, and is obligated to take care of her. She tries to convince him to teach her his trade so she can avenge her family's murderer; in return, she helps him with his house work, and may teach him a little humanity as well.

Léon is to some extent an English-language variation on the theme of Besson's earlier film, This article is about the film and TV series entitled Nikita a. ...Nikita. Besson has said he considers Jean Reno's character in Nikita (a cleaner) to be a 'cousin' of Léon.

There is a version marketed in the US as the "International Version", which is also referred to as Version Intégrale, that has approximately 20 minutes of extra footage that was felt to be too risqué for mainstream US audiences. (This, however, was the version of the film released on DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...DVD in North America in January 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005).

Luc Besson often releases his movies in extended versions, which are simply called version longue in France - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...France, and not version intégrale. They get a limited run in normal theaters, in larger cities. The existence of an extended version does not mean that the original one was somehow censored. Extended versions are targeted at fans which enjoy a slower-paced show, Eric Serra (born on September 9, 1959) is a French composer, often working with Luc Besson on his movies. ...Eric Serra's music and the general climate, like in 1988s The Big Blue (French: Le Grand Bleu) was the first film made in English by French director Luc Besson. ...The Big Blue. Léon was shown in France in the normal version, not in the international, intégrale or long cut. Similarly, small differences in movie durations, as accounted by the The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon. ...IMDb, do not necessarily result from the presence of censoring in the shorter version, as European television and video standards show movies slightly accelerated, shortening for example a 2 hours movie by nearly 5 minutes; video labelling can reflect the actual duration rather than the theatrical one.

External links

• Léon (http://www.imdb.com/Title?0110413) at the The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon. ...Internet Movie Database
• LEON _ A Luc Besson film (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/5102/index.html)
• Natalie Portman Empire (http://www.natalieempire.com/)

• Léon is also a commune in the Landes is a département in southern France. ...Landes The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ...département, in France _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...France.
• For the former kingdom of León, now Castile_León (Spanish Castilla y León), an autonomous community of Spain, see Capital Valladolid Area  _ total  _ % of Spain Ranked 1st 94,223 km² 18,6% Population  _ Total (2003)  _ % of Spain  _ Density Ranked 6th 2,480,369 5. ...Castile_Leon.