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The Fifth Element Mangalore Head

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Movie - Memorabilia Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 4,200.00 USD
The Fifth Element Mangalore Head
The French love to show the world how things “should be done”, and they decided that they would craft the greatest science fiction movie ever created. With one of the largest budgets ever afforded a French motion picture (reported at almost one hundred million), they set out to make “The Fifth Element” (1999) with an all star cast of mostly English speaking actors like Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich and Chris Tucker. The special effects were indeed eye-boggling, and the attention to detail in costumes, character creations, sets and action sequences unparalleled . As with many high end over the top sci-fi epics, the story is rather complex, having to do with stones that need to be found in order to keep the universe from begin destroyed by an evil force. There are five elements that need to be joined to prevent this catastrophe. Four stones are accounted for, but the fifth is destroyed, but preserved in the DNA of a lab created woman named Leeloo (Jovovich). She escapes from the laboratory, and the next thing we know, Bruce Willis, a 23rd Century taxi driver is thrust into this adventure. Of course there has to be an evil one, and his army that want the stones for their own. In this case it’s Zorg (Gary Oldman), and a team of alien shape-shifting mercenary Mangalores. This hero screen used head (complete with goggles!), is from the sequence where Leeloo fights with the Mangalores who are trying to steal the last stone. It is painstakingly detailed, made of a special natural-skin silicone to be worn by the actors. Unlike many masks or head pieces, this one takes on a life of its own, and looks just a “real” in person, as on the screen. It is set on a specially crafted protective bust which it sat on between takes on the set. The huge head piece comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Please note that the COA states there is a head and hands… we are only selling the head. (The head is approx. 15x15x13”). Oversized item. Additional postage required.