Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
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- Released
- 05/06/2001
- Film and TV Genre
- Action
- Video Format
- NTSC
- DVD Region
- 1 (will only play on Region 1 and Multi-Region DVD players)
Description
Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stories that Lee loved as a child, then adds a feminist twist. Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) is a legendary martial artist who has decided to pass on his sword, the Green Destiny, to a friend. Soon afterward, the sword is stolen by a masked female, setting in motion events that test the bonds of family, love, duty, and sisterhood. Chow appears with three generations of female stars: Cheng Pei Pei, a 1960s action heroine; Michelle Yeoh, the beauty queen turned 1980s action goddess; and newcomer Zhang Ziyi, who smolders as the princess who wants more than domestic tranquillity. Famed action choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping (THE MATRIX) stages jaw-dropping zero-G fights across rooftops, rivers, and bamboo trees, while Yo-Yo Ma punctuates the fisticuffs with dramatic cello solos. Described by Lee as "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY with martial arts," CROUCHING TIGER recalls the best wuxia films of the 1960s and pushes the genre in new directions.
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Product Details
- Actors
- Director
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Aspect Ratio
- 2.35:1
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Run Time (minutes)
- 120
- Disc Layers
- 1
- Film Rating (Australia)
- M
- Disc Features
- Featurette
- Interactive Menus
- Production Notes
- Scene Selection
- Film Rating (UK)
- PG
- Year of release
- 2000
- Label / Studio
- SONY HOME PICTURES ENT.
- Subtitle Language
- English,
- French
- Cast & Crew
- Tim Yip (Costume Designer)
- Peter Pau (Director of Photography)
- Tim Squyres (Editor)
- David Linde (Executive Producer)
- James Schamus (Executive Producer)
- Heping Yuan (Fight Choreographer)
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Additional Information
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
- Animated Menus
- Audio Commentary - 1. Ang Lee - Director, James Schamus - Writer
- Featurette - 1. Making of (From BRAVO): UNLEASHING THE DRAGON
- Featurette - 2. Conversation with Michelle Yeoh
- Filmographies
- Keep Case
- Photo Montage
- Production Notes
- Scene Selections
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical
- Web Link
