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| A quirky yearn about Fred, a safecracker who crashes a posh party and steals documents belonging to Helena, the beautiful hostess. He then escapes into the Paris Metro, chased by her thug of a husband and the police. He takes refuge in the bizarre underworld existing in the depth of the subway, and encounters a punk sub-culture that is living in an almost parallel universe. While searching for Fred, Helena becomes enveloped in the same fairy tale existence, and upon catching up with the thief, she falls in love with him. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Isabelle Adjani (Helena), Christopher Lambert (Fred), Richard Bohringer (Florist), Michel Galabru (Commissioner Gesberg), Jean-Hughes Anglade (The Roller), Jean-Pierre Bacri (Batman), Jean Blouse (Station Master), Jean Reno (Drummer), Jean-Claude Lecas (Robin), Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (Jean), Eric Serra (Enrico), Arthur Simms (The Singer), Michel D'Oz (Jean-Claude), Alain Guillard (Saxophonist), Jimmy Blanche (Big Negro), Benoit Regent (Salesman), Christian Gomba (Big Bill), Constantin Alexandrov (Le Mari d'Helena), Isabelle Sadoyan (Commissioner's Wife), Bernard Pollak (Commissioner), Bridgitte Chamarande (Commissioner's Daughter), Jacky Jakubowicz (Solitary Man), Arnold Walter (Conductor), Martine Rapin (L'invitee), Catherine Luton (Woman with Bag), Maria Vincent (Dresser), Michel Montanary, Patrick Perez (Henchmen), Pierre Carrive (Invalid Man), Jean-Michel Castanie, Francois Guerre-Berthelot, Luc Besson (Subway driver, uncredited). | ||||||||||||||||||
| AN UNDERGROUND STORY WHERE LIVES INTERTWINE. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Luc Besson (The Fifth Element). WRITERS: Luc Besson, Pierre Jolivet, Alain Le Henry, Marc Perrier and Sophie Schmit. PRODUCERS: Luc Besson and Francois Ruggieri. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Louis Duchesne. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Eric Serra. DISTRIBUTOR: Island Pictures. |
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| CRITICAL COMMENTS | ||||||||||||||||||
| "As far as Besson's movies go, Subway has all the right ingredients, but comes out all wrong." -- Jaime N. Christley, Film Written Magazine | ||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: September 5th, 1985 (USA) BUDGET: FRF 17,000,000 - The only Luc Besson film in which the character played by Jean Reno survives to the end. - Sting was originally asked by Luc Besson to play the main character (Fred). |
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| "Silly but great to look at." -- Dan Lybarger, Lawrence Journal-World | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Luc Besson's first film is a seedy look into Parisian subway culture -- literally." -- Shannon J. Harvey, Sunday Times | ||||||||||||||||||
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