Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 2, 2015 by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:31, 20 March 2015 (UTC)



The Fifth Element is a 1997 English-language French science fiction film directed and based on a story by Luc Besson. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich (pictured). In the 23rd century, Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxicab driver and former special forces major, joins forces with a young woman (Jovovich) who falls into his cab, and they set off to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against an impending attack. Besson started writing the story that became The Fifth Element when he was 16 years old; he was 38 when the film opened in cinemas. Filming for the French production took place primarily in London, as suitable locations in France could not be found. It received mainly positive reviews, although it tended to polarise critics. It has been called both the best and worst summer blockbuster of all time. The Fifth Element was a financial success, earning more than $263 million at the box office on a $90 million budget. At the time of its release it was the most expensive European film ever made, and it remained the highest-grossing French film at the box-office until the release of The Intouchables in 2011.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (December 28, 2014)
 * Main editors: Freikorp
 * Promoted: November 28, 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: Award winning and former record holding (and my favourite) film in the science-fiction genre. I am the main editor and FAC nominator. The article was promoted in November last year however I did not want to nominate it for TFA at that time as I had still not finished writing it. I had been trying to track down a copy of this expensive source: . Having recently obtained a copy I have now expanded it to the point where I am happy for it to be featured at TFA.
 * Support as nominator. Freikorp (talk) 13:39, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - definitely an interesting article. Will be nice to see it at TFA.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:59, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: Please add this nomination to the summary table. Brianboulton (talk) 00:00, 7 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I tweaked it for the Main Page; could you add another sentence or two, please? - Dank (push to talk) 03:08, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Dank. Thanks for your edits. I added a new sentence to get close to 1,200 characters again. Freikorp (talk) 05:46, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, looks good now. - Dank (push to talk) 11:54, 8 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Support - Made me want to read the article and makes me want to see the movie that I have been putting off. Prhartcom (talk) 13:13, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support I love science fiction movies, and this was one of the first ones I remember watching in theatres. Interesting dates related to the movie are March 19 is Willis's birthday, Oldman's birthday is March 21, and the film itself was released on May 7. But, being in the non-specific date category here, I would support it being on the main page whenever. Canuck 89 (talk to me) 09:13, February 11, 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, i'd be happy with either a non-specific date or any of those 3 dates (preference May 7). If whoever closes this request wants to hold it till one of those dates that's fine with me (of course it would be a good idea to change to a picture of Willis or Oldman if going with one of their birthdays, any suitable picture they choose would be fine with me). :) Freikorp (talk) 09:33, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Looking at Today's featured article/requests/pending, May 7 probably wouldn't work, since we have listed there the potential for The Sinking of the Lusitania to be featured as TFA (and it's a big one: the 100th anniversary of the event). Canuck 89 (converse with me) 10:06, February 11, 2015 (UTC)


 * MULTIPASS (support) —  Cliftonian   (talk)  10:55, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: Milia looks pretty unrecognizable in that image due to the makeup, especially in thumbnail format. In any case, I'd recommend an image of Bruce Willis, the film's star. Does a free image of him exist? --Harizotoh9 (talk) 17:48, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * That doesn't sound like an important task. The current image is properly licensed and appears to be fine. Prhartcom (talk) 19:16, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * My first choice would have actually been a picture of director Luc Besson; while there a several free ones on commons in my opinion none of them were excellent photos, worthy of the main page. There were no free photo's of Bruce of Oldman from around the time the film came out, and the have both aged considerably so I thought a recent photo of them wasn't reflective of the film (plus Oldman hated the film so I didn't think it was appropriate to slap his image on it). Perhaps this image of Milla in 2000 would be better (File:Milla Jovovich Cannes.jpg); the reason I didn't go with it is because it's her at the premiere of a different film, which I thought was a bit ironic. Freikorp (talk) 22:16, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd use a crop of the 2000 picture. Much more recognizable. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:13, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Better? Freikorp (talk) 04:39, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Much. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:06, 25 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment: This is to let the nominator and supporters know that I am deferring the scheduling of this excellent article, until after the end of March. This is simply because there has been an overload of film-related nominations in March. I am sure that the article will be picked up quite early in April. Brianboulton (talk) 21:22, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * As the delegate for April, I'd like to note that I have no problem scheduling this for early April. Within the first week, unless it's fully packed with date-relevant requests. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:49, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Fine of course, but it would be another chance to show a woman in March, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:15, 4 March 2015 (UTC)