The Fifth Element Page #15

FOG:

Hello, I'm head of security.

Everything is in order. You can...

The Diva enters her suite without letting him finish.

FOG:

...make yourselves at home safely.

If you need anything...give it a knock!

169INT. POLICE OFFICE HALLWAY - NIGHT

A door opens near the police officer's main entrance. Cornelius looks

both ways. Then crosses the hall, dragging the Chief of Police by the feet.

170INT. KORBEN'S STATEROOM

Korben finishes putting on his tux, still on the phone.

KORBEN:

Listen, Ma! I've only got a few days

vacation and I'll be damned if I'm

gonna spend them on the phone.

The door RINGS.

KORBEN:

...Hang on, it's the door. No!

I told you I didn't bring anybody!

I'm all alone... as usual!

Korben opens the door. It's not the champagne. Even better. It's

Leeloo.

KORBEN:

(to his mother)

...I'll call you back.

Leeloo heads right for her suitcase and starts to undress. Korben has to

turn away once more.

KORBEN:

Here we go again...

LEELOO:

(by rote)

You know women normally change five

times more than men.

KORBEN:

You get that off the screen?

LEELOO:

Yes... you know there's a lot of

differences between men women.

KORBEN:

You noticed..

LEELOO:

OK, you can turn around!

Korben turns around. Leeloo has put on a very simple dress which is sexy

to the max. He is smitten. So much so that Leeloo wonders if something

isn't quite right.

KORBEN:

Where you going?

LEELOO:

I'm going to see the Diva sing. What's

the matter?... Do I look bad?

KORBEN:

No, not at all! I mean, just the opposite,

you're... you're beautiful!

Leeloo smiles at him, his compliment pleases her. She turns, revealing

her unzippered back. Korben cannot help but stare at her bare flesh. Her

perfect bottom.

LEELOO:

Do you know how this works?

Korben's blood boils. She wriggles, pressing her hands together close to

the zipper.

KORBEN:

I have an idea.

But instead of pulling on the zipper he slips a bracelet on her wrist. A

flourescent beam bursts out of the bracelet and forms a vertical bar going

from the floor to the ceiling.

Stunned, Leeloo is held captive.

KORBEN:

I told you I need to work in peace.

Remember? I need to concentrate.

LEELOO:

And you can't concentrate with me

around?.

KORBEN:

It's difficult.

She tries to breakout.

KORBEN:

Army issue. I'm sorry.

Leeloo tries desperately to get out of the handcuffs. Impossible.

Korben sets the radio down in front of her and turns it on.

Leeloo looks like she'd like to break his head.

LEELOO:

(seething)

You're nothing but a... a...

KORBEN:

The words you're looking for weren't

in the dictionary you studied. I won't

be long.

The door flies open. Loc Rhod barges in.

LOC RHOD:

Hey Stud we gotta...

Then he sees the scene, Leeloo cuffed, in a low cut dress. His mind goes

to the obvious.

LOC RHOD:

Korben my man what's happening here?

Who's the chick? What's the gig?

We free forming here? Getting funky

with the monkey? Can I get in on this?

Korben grabs him by the collar..

KORBEN:

No..to all of the above.

And yanks Loc Rhod out of the room. Leaving Leeloo looking extremely

unhappy.

171INT. RADIO - OMIT

172INT. LOC RHOD'S STATEROOM FHLOSTON PARADISE - NIGHT - OMIT

173INT. HALL - OMIT

174INT. BATHROOM - OMIT

175INT. DIVA'S SUITE FHLOSTON PARADISE - NIGHT - OMIT

176INT. FHLOSTON PARADISE OPERA - NIGHT

Loc Rhod and Korben enter what turns out to be a replica of the Garnier

Opera in Paris. A hostess escorts them to their seats.

LOC RHOD:

(broadcasting)

We have just walked into what is probably

the most beautiful concert hall in the universe.

Totally awesome! Magnificent paintings on the

ceiling. I don't know who painted them, but he

must have busted his balls! I see a row of former

ministers, more sinister than minister! A few generals

practicing how to sleep. And there's Baby Ray, star

of stage and screen, drowning in a sea of nymphets.

He's not gonna get much out of this concert, he's

stone-deaf!

ANGLE ON:

Baby Ray bending his ear to a girl asking for an autograph.

BABY RAY:

...to who?

LOC RHOD:

(moving down the aisle)

...And over there is Roy Von Bacon, the king

of laserball and the best paid player in the League.

(shakes hands as he goes by)

...And over there is the Emperor Kodar Japhet

whose daughter Aachen is still at the bar.

"I love to sing, too, but in the shower", she

recently confessed to me. She will no doubt

prove to be as generous tonight as she always is.

A waiter gives them two glasses of champagne. Track with the WAITER an

he leaves the hall with his empty tray. He enters a small room reserved for

staff.

177INT. STAFF ROOM FHLOSTON PARADISE - NIGHT

The waiter joins some other WAITERS. They are well armed. He opens a

cupboard and pulls out a humongous weapon. Suddenly their faces burn off

revealing AKANIT, the young leader of the Mangalores, and his troops.

AKANIT:

It's showtime!

178INT. CONCERT HALL

The lights dim slowly in the concert hall.

179INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

President Lindbergh and his staff, including Munro, sit at the desk.

Speakers appear.

180INT. KORBEN'S SUITE

Leeloo, still a prisoner, listens to the concert.

181INT. CONCERT HALL

Korben is tense. The curtain rises. The Diva, in a stunning gown,

stands in the center of the stage, head bowed. Behind her, a star filled

window. The MUSIC begins. The Diva looks up, a rare beauty, but an alien.

And then she begins to sing. Her voice is divine, unmatched. Korben is

swept up in the TEARS.

182INT. KORBEN'S SUITE

Leeloo has tears in her eyes

183INT. DIVA'S SUITE

The manager couldn't care less about the concert. His main problem is

the bottle of scotch he can't seem to open. The doorbell RINGS.

MANAGER:

(ugly mood)

Yeah!?

VOICE (O.S.)

Flowers for the Diva.

MANAGER:

She's allergic to flowers!!!

VOICE (O.S.)

There's champagne as well...

The manager takes one look at the stubborn bottle and opens the door. And

finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun. A dozen Mangalores rush

in. One of them, with a human face, closes the door and waits out in the hall.

ANGLE ON:

Cornelius watching from around the corner.

CORNELIUS:

...My God!

184INT. CONTROL ROOM FHLOSTON PARADISE

CAPTAIN:

Commander, I have a ship with a main

malfunction. He requests permission to

dock for repairs.

COMMANDER:

Did you check out his registration number?

CAPTAIN:

Everything's in order.

COMMANDER:

Put him in the docking garage and inform

the police.

185INT. COCKPIT ZFX200 - NIGHT

CAPTAIN (V.O.)

Permission granted. Dock 575. You have

an hour. Will that be enough time'?

Zorg sits at the controls.

ZORG:

(cold)

More than enough.

186EXT. FHLOSTON PARADISE - NIGHT

The ZFX approaches Fhloston.

187INT. KORBEN'S SUITE

The ship comes close enough for Leeloo to see it out the window.

FLASHBACK:

The same ships with Mangalores at the controls attack the Mondoshawans at

the beginning of our story.

188INT. KORBEN'S SUITE

Leeloo is alarmed. She has to act. She seizes the flourescent bar beam

with great effort and rams it into the ceiling, marking a hole large enough

for her to escape.

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