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La Femme Nikita (film) La Femme Nikita, [ a ] also called Nikita in France, is a 1990 French-language action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. The film stars Anne Parillaud as the title character, a criminal who is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering policemen during an armed pharmacy robbery.
Apr 3, 1991 · April 3, 1991. 3 min read. Here is a version of the “Pygmalion” legend for our own violent times – the story of a young woman who is transformed from a killer in the streets to a government assassin. “La Femme Nikita” is a smart, hard-edged, psycho-romantic thriller by the young French director Luc Besson (“Subway”), who follows a ...
Film critic Roger Ebert, who gave the original La Femme Nikita three and a half stars out of four, [5] gave Return three stars, saying: "Point of No Return is actually a fairly effective and faithful adaptation and Bridget Fonda manages the wild identity swings of her role with intensity and conviction, although not the same almost poetic sadness that Anne Parillaud brought to the original movie.
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Section One, a clandestine anti-terrorist organization, fakes the death of a jailed, convicted murderer named Nikita and, believing her twin assets of beauty and ability to kill will make her a valuable new operative, trains her in the fighting skills necessary to succeed in her new job. The new operative, code-named "Joséphine", proves to be somew...
Despite being advertised as an action-oriented series, the series' uniqueness primarily stems from its de-emphasis on action as such and greater reliance on well-crafted dialogue and complex plot structures more common to the genre of sophisticated spy-fi as influenced by film noir and neo-noir. Since its inception, the series did not have a large ...
Recurring guest stars
Actors who appeared in three episodes or more 1. Carlo Rota as Mick Schtoppel (seasons 1–4) / "Mr. Jones" (seasons 4–5 ) / Reginald "Martin" Henderson(Season 5), a flashy, worldly informant, later revealed to be "Mr. Jones", the head of "Center", an organization above Oversight that directs all Sections. Later, Mr. Jones is revealed to be another cover identity. Henderson is exposed as an actor working for Center as a decoy for the real Mr. Jones. 2. Lindsay Collins as "Devo" One aka Elizabet...
Main article: La Femme Nikita themeMain article: MusicLa Femme Nikita took several years before it made it from concept to filming, including several pilot script attempts. The first being one by Lydia Woodward who produced the Emmy award winning China Beach and then went on to be a writer and Executive Producer on ER. The pilot script was rejected for being too similar to the film--the story of a fem...
In July 1998, Rod Perth, who had been President of Entertainment at USA Networks since 1994, and led programming efforts for both USA Network and Sci-Fi Channel left the network after its purchase by Barry Diller. Diller appointed Stephen Chao to the post of president of programming and marketing for USA Networks, relegating Perth to the No. 2 prog...
DVD
1. Main article: La Femme Nikita DVDs DVDs of La Femme Nikitawere produced by Warner Bros. and released from 2003 to 2006. With the exception of one song on the season two DVDs, all off the licensed music used on the series remained for the DVD releases.
Streaming
All five seasons are available on the Roku Channel and Tubifor free as part of an agreement with Warner Bros. Television as of 2023.
Nikita as it was known in Canada, received a nomination for Best Dramatic Series at the 14th Gemini Awards in 1999. It lost to the CBC Television series Da Vinci's Inquest. It won the Chrysler's Canada Award at the Gemini Awardsin 1998. Peta Wilson, Matthew Ferguson, and Alberta Watson all received a Gemini Award nomination for their performances o...
Russian president Vladimir Putin confessed to being a fan of the show while at the Moscow International Film Festival in 2001. Peta Wilsonwas also in attendance and met with the President at an eve...
Mar 15, 1991 · By MICHAEL WILMINGTON. March 15, 1991 12 AM PT. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. In Luc Besson’s “La Femme Nikita,” the title character (Anne Parillaud) looks like a fashion model who’s stumbled into ...
Mar 8, 1991 · The latter part of the story alternates between intrigue episodes (in one, Nikita dresses up as a hotel maid to deliver a poisoned room-service meal) and scenes that reveal Nikita's softer side.
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Mar 19, 1993 · 3 min read. “Point of No Return” is a “Pygmalion” for our angry age. In both stories, an older teacher picks a girl out of the gutter and teaches her new skills. Professor Higgins taught Eliza to act like a lady, and now Bob teaches Maggie to be a lady and a cold-blooded assassin. Both women get a lot of lessons on how to hold their forks.
