Give Me the Cash | The Fifth Element

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Give Me the Cash | The Fifth Element

[@turdferguson9923]

Best acting of a crackhead in desperate need of a hit in any movie ever. He even nailed the bizarre crackhead dance for no reason that they all seem to do. Well played Sir!

[@FredPlanatia]

noone in Hollywood has any experience with that. must have been method acting.

[@daviddyer1919]

​@FredPlanatia i think you mean meth head acting 😂

[@trumpisthemessiah7017]

as a kid, I was always like "wtf is he doing??? Why is he dancing?"

[@number4cat1]

Crack hasn't been done in 300 years. This guy was on Space Dust.

[@Goldfish_Vender]

Reminiscent of the cheeseburger guy from Don't be a Menace to South Central while Drinking your Juice in the Hood

[@BabyDingo33]

Let's be honest; that was a BRILLIANT method to obstruct vision of the hallway.

[@Hellkite-er5pg]

Too bad he doesn't know his weapons.

[@86Corvus]

It illustrates everybody lives in the same looking pod in the sane looking corridor section to the point criminals just use a phoro from their visor to blanket visors in other peoples pods... Illustrates the dystopia they live in further.

[@bryce251]

My high ass wouldn't have even been able to tell until I opened the door. Even then it'd still probably take me a second.

[@jonathanhill7922]

I have seen this move dozens of times... I only now actually paid attention and understood the hat.

[@Asertix357]

@@86Corvus To be fair, the same could be said about most high-rise apartment buildings.

[@vinny142]

The fact that the gun has two magazines that curve the wrong way, no visible barrel, a bolt handle, SPIKES and a big illuminated yellow button that turns it off is just pure brilliance.

[@skipperg4436]

Maybe spikes are for heat dissipating?

[@christophersmith9237]

​@@skipperg4436Probably. Also, using it to club someone with it works, too.

[@Asertix357]

@@skipperg4436 I'll buy that.

[@Nantosuelta]

dont forget the giant "scope" thats just a piece of plastic with a target painted on it and for some reason a human outline off to one side

[@skipperg4436]

@@Nantosuelta I assumed this "scope" works like e-ink and puts "men" "projection" where it would hit. Yeah, obviously if you look by-frame this hypothesis doesn't hold water

[@bruhkearns8632]

This guy...this guy is THE hidden gem in this movie...and this movie has many.

[@sclogse1]

He's a director.

[@_The_Traveler_]

Yeah, I remember the first time I saw this movie as a kid, and this character was so jarring on initial introduction that I honestly wanted the plot to start following him instead of Bruce lol.

[@bruhkearns8632]

@@_The_Traveler_ I saw this in theaters the first time and I got tickets to the next showing for a few reasons. This guy was the first reason. When I got the movie at home I'd play this part a lot.

[@varric]

The guy was in Amelie.

[@Druffmaul]

And Munich. My friends and I have quoted "Gimme the cash" so many times over the last 25 years, and Amelie and Munich have been among my favorite movies since they released... but I never had any idea who the "gimme the cash" guy was until today.

[@teemum.9023]

Fifth element constructed an entire fashion culture inside the movie

[@pkassies]

JP Gaultier was one of the fashion designers of the movie. So yes, the fashion was well taken care of.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

​@@pkassiesHe designed all outfits of this film. Explains why it's so outrageous.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

A fashion show runway is the only other place a designer gets this much latitude to put practicality and convention aside.

[@j.vinton4039]

Set far in the future? Gotta get creative and outlandish for the fashion.

[@teemum.9023]

@@j.vinton4039 That doesn´t make every set far in the future movie to construct an entire fashion culture. Don´t be essentialist

[@reddalchemy5970]

Bruce Willis def broke character with that little laugh 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 How could he not? That was a funny scene.

[@cynewulf1]

Well it's a nice thought, but that's not how movies work. Separate takes with different camera positions, then edited together. He was simply acting.

[@rustyshackleford7200]

@@cynewulf1 while its not the norm there are plenty of ad libbed scenes and outtakes that directors keep in the film cause it fits well / better than what was scripted

[@cynewulf1]

@rustyshackleford7200 Sure, but by the camera position, this probably isn't one of them.

[@Dreamagain11]

@@cynewulf1 Watch always sunny. They break character like every other scene and leave it in.

[@Tony-ow9bo]

no he didnt. That was definitely acting.

[@bentonmarcum8924]

Fun Fact : that bit where Willis stifled a laugh before saying nice hat. It wasn't in the script, he lost control and broke character because the scene was so funny. The director liked it and instead of doing a re-take used it in the movie.

[@Sonichero151]

Abd the way the crackhead actor perfectly played off that.

[@eon5323]

Source? Your ass I bet

[@olivierpelletier9643]

Saw this scene so many times and I friggen laugh out loud every single time! "Gimme the Cassshhhhhh"

[@b.elzebub9252]

''Sir.. This has been a cashless society for decades. Go away.''

[@pietrayday9915]

It's OK - "I don't need it!"

[@tyrese3745]

@@b.elzebub9252Lmfao! 😂

[@gstevens6948]

I said the exact same thing …. 😂😂 never gets old, “I like you hat”. “Why don’t you let me hold on to that”… 😂

[@zachmoyer1849]

always loved his little dance at the end

[@cobaltxiv4408]

Its not dance. He has been waiting for a long time to somebody open the door and really wants to go to the toilet. Look how tense he is.

[@amandahugankiss4110]

@@cobaltxiv4408 huh. i always assumed he was just tweaking. nice.

[@Doctrinnn]

it reminds me some fighter's friendship in Mortal Kombat

[@MrAntonMoskalenko]

I have performed that dance in front of my wife ;-)

[@Travis_22]

​@@amandahugankiss4110I think he tweaking tbh. lol

[@chrisalexthomas]

This is one of the best acting performances ever made in any movie from the beginning of time... absolutely nailed it with the little dance too!

[@FIDreams]

That's because the Dude was on drugs when they were filming. Said it got him into character. Lol

[@chrisalexthomas]

@@FIDreams haha is that true?? Seems like it too!

[@TheTwosliceToaster]

Ermm no it isn't. It's an ok scene, but it's not THAT special. You can like something without having to be so melodramatic about it. You clearly haven't watched many films if you think this is the best performance ever lol

[@Saxophalicious]

@@TheTwosliceToaster yeah, how dare he use a turn of phrase or exaggerate a thought. for shame.

[@CeeDoubleU]

​@@TheTwosliceToasterNah that dude played the perfect crackhead 😂😂😂

[@Scario45]

For who may not know the actor who plays the crackhead is Matthieu Kassovitz, one of the best french actors we have here in France. He plays in a serie about french intelligence services called "bureau des légendes" and in other movies like "l'ordre et la morale"

[@nicolaspetit6718]

Director of La Haine

[@paulrobins7093]

First thing I saw him in was Amélie, one of my favourite movies.

[@williambryant6175]

He looks a little like Sam Rockwell

[@mrcuddles2199]

The whole concept of this scene is hilarious. What was Luc smokin when he thought this one up? 😂

[@Gothic7876]

Well it almost worked. Just that the mugger picked the wrong house.

[@Sorcerer86pt]

Some good shit I tell you

[@patduss174]

He was smoking Morbius and Alejandro Jodorowski

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Damned if I know, but...Gimme the cashhhhhhhhhh!

[@pkassies]

Some good speed, looking at the twitching and urge to move of the robber.

[@jefferyrbrown]

In a movie with so many good scenes, this one is probably my favorite... between this one and the "anyone else wanna negotiate" scene...lol

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

can you imagine opening your front door to go to the store and a goof like that points a gun in your face saying give me the cash🤣

[@Derah_OG]

Nah. For me, the best scene in this movie that his drowning in great scenes is, and always will be: *AZIZ. LIGHT!!!*

[@rycs16]

"Where did he learn to negotiate like that?"

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

@@rycs16 Kinder Garden would be my Guess he seems like a kindergarten burglar to me just saying

[@logandarklighter]

@@rycs16 "I wonder." (DEAD STARE)

[@cry2love]

0:43 the way cat stares always cracked me up 🤣

[@ocelot_the_dragon]

The retro sci fi aesthetic I really enjoy. The set design in this movie really gave a sense of life while still being somewhat unfamiliar. It’s a goofy movie but is extremely charming

[@Daneelro]

It's goofy on purpose. It is a satire on the US, with French eyes.

[@chrisevil7012]

the would be robber's acting was so on point. Love how corben just throws 'yet another' illegal firearm into the bin that's already half overflowing lol.

[@shiroamakusa8075]

"Gimme da CASHHHHHH!"

[@djrottler]

Pretty sure that laugh wasn't part of the script, if not sure am glad they used that take in particular! :)

[@SiggyMX]

It was not scripted, because how hard Bruce tried to stop it. The support actor was just great, tbh

[@dnor16]

As far is known, they had to retake that scene multiple times because he always lose it with that guy.

[@kyleroberts3814]

I also can't imagine that dance at the end was scripted. I think the guy just threw it in and Luc Besson said "Keep it!"

[@r3l1csvk]

that willis´ laugh was not a part of the deal

[@mattz5770]

I’m not a fan of cats, but Dallas’ cat is pretty cute. Gimme the catttttttttt.

[@GeoffHodgkinson]

That cat looks almost exactly like mine. You want him? Gimme the casssshhhhh!

[@lessonzlrnd]

Bruce Willis' reaction is genuine! He wasn't expecting the dance at the end. That reaction was 100% real.

[@marksanderson-md7vh]

I love how his cat looks cross eyed, when she looks at him. When he's talking about not watching to much TV. cats are such characters.

[@EyeBeZombie]

Giving the collection bruce has im betting this dude comes up with bizarre scenarios every week trying to rob him 😂

[@cujoedaman]

I think I read somewhere that Willis' smirk was real because of how ridiculous the guy was and they just left it in :D

[@armynurseboy]

Yeah, him trying not to break character 😅

[@CodeguruX]

It seems to add to the director's words. He gave Bruce Willis the script but was worried they couldn't even come close to affording him as popular as he was at the time. But Willis apparently loved the script and had his people work out the financials. It doesn't look like a movie where he's not having fun at any given point. I suspect he knew this was going to become a cult classic and only prolong his active career.

[@cujoedaman]

@@CodeguruX And it makes me happy to know that!

[@ethernil]

0:44 Cat got mad acting skills.

[@danbongard3226]

It amazes me that there are people who not only don't love this movie, but actually hate it. Clearly they lacked exposure to Heavy Metal magazines at an early age, and it stunted their growth.

[@dnsvls]

lol

[@donlarocque5157]

Right

[@bruhkearns8632]

Clearly they are people with no taste and should not only never procreate but also take vows of silence. Edit: had to add never in front of procreate

[@tpalmer4829]

LOOSERS!!!

[@billjames8036]

@danbongard3226 My 80 year old mother loves this movie one of her favorites, along with the Crow and The Ref. 🙂

[@ashleejones586]

This dude was so good he made Bruce Willis break character. LEGEND

[@Shuhua1999]

That guy should've been the sidekick 😂

[@bigseksi5514]

I wonder how many times they had to shoot that scene before Bruce was finally able to almost not break character...

[@Paradigmfusion]

you can tell hes fighting to bust up laughing with that dance at the end.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

@@Paradigmfusionwhy would that be out of character though. He isn’t the least bit threatened by the guy. He clearly didn’t take him seriously but was pretending to until he was disarmed.

[@armynurseboy]

​@andrewhazlewood4569 which is probably why it was left in.

[@Nattens767]

One of the best scenes in the film, amusing and memorable. I actually use the line from time to time. I was making a transaction at an EMT a few years back, and said, "GIMME DA CASHHH!" much to the weird looks I got from some passerby.

[@Metoobie]

0:39 the look on the cat's face!!! bahahahaha

[@kylederry5031]

This scene was a throwback to Heavy Metal when a punk gets in Harry Canyon's cab and tries to rob him. Except Harry hits a button and vaporizes him leaving his gun behind which he tosses into his glove box revealing a pile of weaponry in there. Corbin Dallas is the exact archetype to Harry Canyon: Cab driver in future new York Strange girl gets in his cab Takes her home...bingo bango bongo.... The cops look the same with the weird helmets.

[@magnustheman524]

Except Harry Canyon got to go for a ride in her hairy canyon.

[@ArchTeryx00]

And an artifact of Ultimate Evil is headed for Earth. Mr. Shadow and the Loc-Nar have a LOT in common.

[@danbongard3226]

The Harry Canyon sequence was based on "The Long Tomorrow" by French comic artist Moebius, who also did production design on The Fifth Element (and whose work inspired a good deal of the screenplay).

[@benrig89]

Always felt like there was something really familiar about this movie, never made the connection, thank you.

[@Enkarashaddam]

@@danbongard3226 there's layers to this whole thing and that's why I love it

[@thundershirt1]

"There are no small parts, only small actors."

[@miguelmont.1111]

"No.. take it. I DON NEED IT" _Ackward lil' dance of fear_

[@MrChickennugget360]

more like meth withdrawal dance.

[@WilcrezTheWanderer]

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall during the filming of this movie. It's one of my all-time favorites. I love the worldbuilding and characters.

[@christophersmith9237]

Oh, Hell yeah. Behind the scenes is where the real deal is. 😂

[@joeshar.]

His hat to be used to cover the image from peep hole is very creative. Everything in this movie is creative including the soundtrack.

[@donlarocque5157]

For a future tweeker he held still pretty good.

[@Olebull93]

I wonder how long he had been standing infront of that door.

[@saintbooker5450]

I've never noticed till watching this now, how ridiculously long the filter on his cigarette is. It keeps getting so long to sell less and less tobacco in the future that 75% of his cigarette is just the filter.

[@stargazer7644]

It's part of a "quit smoking" pack featured earlier.

[@sonycans]

I just love the look of the cat at 0:44.

[@ciwa8286]

The guy with the hat is awesome!

[@TheHighFructoseJefe95]

I can’t get past how wacky all the future stuff looks like, like what’s the thought behind that back part of his shirt, why is the cash dude wearing a film strip as a vest, and what purpose do the spikes at the end of the z-140 provide and how do you use that plastic iron sight the size of a dinner plate with the shape of a human on it, are you supposed to align the target with that shape on the sight? Would it even hit the target since it’s to the right of the crosshairs?!😂😂 rule of thumb for future portrayal in movies before 2000, looks over practicality 😂

[@sclogse1]

Nice post. Our thief is a film director. There's even a film book on him. I don't have his name right now..

[@moutmout80]

@@sclogse1 Mathieu Kassovitz, he also had his own series about the world of intelligence called "The bureau" kzbin.info/www/bejne/epTIoIaVZraZq68

[@LETSHEALUS]

that gun made entirely no gawdamn sense at all lmao

[@JarrodFrates]

@@sclogse1 Mathieu Kassovitz. He's a French actor and director. Accoriding to IMDb, he's won three Cesar Awards (French equivalent of Academy Awards) and he's been twice nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

The props dept. prolly slapped together a futuristic gun in an hour or so have you seen the AK-47 clips on it? 🤣

[@Pardogad]

That extra is GOLD drugs represented perfectly

[@TheWarshire]

So much to love in this scene. First we get the radio dj, who as a kid I was convicted was a woman. The dress at the end did little to change my mind. The cat just looking stoned out of her mind. And that voice....... Gimmmmmmeeeee the cash

[@joeygawl4346]

1:25 THE PANIC, this dude is HILARIOUS I cant believe I dont remember this scene but I was laughing through all of it xD

[@Your_President_Kanye_East]

Mathieu Kassovitz stole the whole movie -- it's my favorite scene among many amazing scenes in "The Fifth Element". 🤣

[@ifedhimspaghetti]

I don't understand why I'm compelled to remember this guy more than possibly any other scene from any film. Gimme de cash. My mind can draw it wherever I am, my ears can hear it. I accept this gift.

[@hollowkiller1011]

Randomly every other year, this scene pops up in my head and makes me rewatch the whole movie.

[@ignaciogodoy7095]

the dance was hilarious xD

[@HigHrvatski]

1:59 I think that was Bruce Willis actually laughing at his funny performance 😅

[@kevinpittman2517]

i like the crate that drops down with all the other guns from the previous attemps to rob him

[@user-rq1gi1yv6r]

I love how korben is trying not to laugh as he says, "That's a very nice hat".

[@romptown]

Knowing that the future has space junkies and they still have a penchant for wearing weird clothes makes me warm n fuzzy inside.

[@TokyoTraveller]

This is my FAVORITE scene in the entire movie! It is so great! I hope that guy had many more roles after this.

[@j.f.l.bousquet1998]

I guess you are joking. But if you are not, "that guy" is Mathieu Kassovitz, a very well known french actor, director and producer.

[@TokyoTraveller]

@@j.f.l.bousquet1998 No, I really didn't know him, but he did a GREAT job on this movie! Thank you for the info!

[@mglts]

He wrote and directed the movie La Haine (1995) which is now a cult movie - you should watch it ;)

[@user-yz5hd6lf4r]

its simple situations like this that make a film memorable

[@christopherhumphreys7052]

The cross eyed cat is the star!!

[@JohnDoe-zr8pc]

Whoever played the futuristic crackhead, absolutely NAILED that little scene. This is exactly what they act like when they’re tweaking out.

[@nuxkamina]

I wanted to see more stories in this crazy world.

[@GehMaFegen]

The robber gives me Bobcat Goldthwait vibes and I love it

[@rapiercromartie5232]

Its the little dance at the end .. Lmao

[@stefankrey4294]

Bruce Willis in his prime. Epic!

[@Golgafrinchamdent]

Two AK mags inserted _backward,_ a little glowy button, a bolt action AND pointy spikes... pure brilliance. Sam Colt, John Browning, Eugene Stoner and Gaston Glock... eat your hearts out.

[@pietrayday9915]

And that has to be the most idiot-proof stick-figure-warning-sign gun-sight that could possibly have been invented by future technology, I can't take my eyes off of it! "Oh, I see - if a human target is right here in the middle of this disk, you can probably hit it!" Combined with the glowy push-button safety, there's a tiny master-class in world-building right there in that weapon alone!

[@paulrobins7093]

0:44 The poor cat looks cross-eyed. "Don't watch it all day, sweetie. It'll rot your brain". I used to say something along those lines to my cat Cindy when I went out, and she'd just look at me weird. Miss her every day.

[@CK61380]

I love how the guy starts doing the Ashlee Simpson on SNL dance at the end. 😂

[@bikerider4326]

Don’t you mean, “ Give me the Cashhhh!?”😂

[@planetdisco4821]

I saw this movie at the cinemas by accident while tripping on acid lol

[@Madcapredcap]

That hat fooled me for a hot second

[@screwstontexas12345]

You cut out him doing the little dance at the end. 😂😂😂

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

COME ON GIVE ME DA CASSSSHHHHHH

[@videogamehunter820]

0:44 That face… 😂

[@20david06]

Here I thought Andrew Shulz was doing well for himself.

[@ciwa8286]

Who is Andrew Shulz?

[@20david06]

@@ciwa8286 let me youtube that for you.

[@kylematchinis7751]

​@@ciwa8286exactly

[@alienc]

Omg he died

[@andyhandy997]

It's not him, it's an actor called Mathieu Kassovitz

[@jenniferharris4478]

I love this part of the movie! Bruce seemed genuine when he laughed at him. Amazing job, Mr. CRACKHEAD! YOU played this character amazingly.

[@alchemi8085]

Legend has it he's still dancing in the hallway.

[@lexdavies3656]

The way he starts doing that little dance at the end 😂

[@MRJK87.]

Man, i can only imagine an outtake from the end of the movie. As bruce and mila are in that tank, they gaze into each others eyes and then mila says "gimme the cassssshhhhhh"

[@fecardona]

This is the guy from Amelie. So funny here.

[@safedreams6241]

this guy is Mathieu Kassovitz, a great French actor and a former film director, very talented

[@robleary3353]

Bruce at his best ( of many scenes).... Legend!. Nuff said. 🙂

[@christophersmith9237]

Especially when he pulls his own gun all gangster-style.😎

[@tomcampbell6384]

I can't help but smile anytime I see this scene!!!

[@shaddscipio-xz9ui]

TAKE IT! I DONT NEED IT!!!! Lol 😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@steve88luv]

I still adore the soundtrack for this movie.

[@Miroudias]

I have always remembered this scene because of this guy. I have always wondered the way that Bruce Willis starts smiling, if the extras random ass dancing toward the end and response was improved. The whole movie has a goofy undertone, and I love it. Honestly, one of the better movies Bruce Willis has done.

[@joelewis12]

1:20 best part

[@stylishjack6416]

"Gimme da keeshhh!!"

[@frozenstar8050]

thanks Bruce for all the great movies, the legend

[@naturalstatepoolandspallc338]

that dude deserves an award.....his performance was GOLD!!

[@nicomeier8098]

Hilarious movie, one of my all time favourites.

[@TurboMintyFresh]

Movie has so many memorable moments. Its such a fun ride all the way through

[@adam1979NSmcc]

This guy needed an award of some kind for such a great job on this character

[@BadulaJohnson]

GIMME THE CASSSSSSSH!

[@joes6527]

I'm gonna miss Bruce.

[@tomahawk5118]

One of my favorite scenes in this movie!!!

[@sv2697]

One of the best role Chris Tucker played

[@benjaminperez7328]

I hated Tucker in this. So effing ANNOYING. AND I KNOW……THAT WAS THE POINT.

[@Sokaku5]

1:59 Bruce Willis definitely broke character here

[@SillySausage-mq3so]

It is a very nice hat :)

[@jrutter73]

None of the design in this movie makes any practical sense what so ever, from costumes, colors, guns, etc, but it all WORKS so damn well. Nothing like it and totally unique. Loved it in the theater and always a favorite.

[@creepykeiry7620]

Imagine if that dude got more movies. I'm sure we missed a very talented actor

[@Mrfairchap]

I wish I had a hat like that.

[@realfranny3483]

I think you can pretty easily make one like that yourself.

[@iancharlton678]

Outstanding film……… another unique multi layered Luc Besson masterpiece with superb quality acting 🎉❤

[@ColdFuse96]

This whole time I was asking myself if he was smoking a cigarette backwards, but no, that's a cigarette where the quantity of tobacco and filter are inverted 💀

[@lepke1979]

It's because he's trying to quit smoking. Scene before it shows it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKuyeZuwoJytgJI

[@FA22_RaptoR]

Yep, you can see his cigarette dispenser with the "to quit is my goal" message earlier. There is so much detail in this film, every single scene is packed with detail and personality and that aesthetic. Absolutely incredibly fun movie.

[@armynurseboy]

All filter, barely any tobacco.

[@cranbers]

give me the cashhhh, like he's about to crap his pants ha..

[@newyorkgiantsfan5440]

This movie was amazing. Way ahead of it’s time.

[@RaptorZX3]

the mugger's actor name is "Mathieu Kassovitz"

[@richardsalas2845]

Love that little crack head dance he does 😂