“It’s funny, it’s imaginative, it’s got romance and action, it’s kind of dazzling. Twenty-five years on, Amicarella, who most recently worked on Roland Emmerich’s “Moonfall,” is still impressed with Besson’s work. “He hired the most creative people in every department, and just told them to do what they do, without any micromanagement. “Luc Besson did everything I thought a great artist should do,” sound designer Mark Mangini, who worked on the film (and just won an Oscar for “Dune”), told The Post. The sprawling action movie was stuffed with color, music and eccentric humor it made a star of Chris Tucker, who played flamboyant TV personality Ruby Rhod, and enlisted comic-book artists to render a future New York City and designer Jean-Paul Gaultier to engineer cutting-edge costumes. Set in 2263, it sees ex-military cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) team up with a mysterious orange-haired woman named Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) to save the planet from a malevolent alien force, which is being helped by ruthless businessman Zorg (Gary Oldman). “And,” he said, “you had ‘The Fifth Element.’ “Īmicarella was an associate producer on French auteur Luc Besson’s futuristic sci-fi head trip. Confidential’ and ‘Donnie Brasco,’ ‘Good Will Hunting’ and ‘Titanic,’ and ‘As Good as It Gets,’ ” producer John Amicarella told The Post. The year 1997 was a banner one for movies in every genre. ‘Moonlighting’ creator, Cybill Shepherd on ‘brilliant’ Willis: We ‘fought’ for himīruce Willis’ wife Emma freaked out after searching his dementia symptomsīruce Willis’ daughters praise stepmom Emma Heming after giving update on actor’s dementia Bruce Willis is ‘still Bruce’ despite not being ‘totally verbal’, ‘Moonlighting’ creator says
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