| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Chow Yun-Fat |
Li Mu Bai
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| Michelle Yeoh |
Yui Hsui Lien
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| Zhang Ziyi |
Jen
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| Chang Cheng |
Lo
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| Sihung Lung |
Sir Te
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| Cheng Pei-Pei |
Jade Fox
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| Yun-Fat Chow |
Master Li Mu Bai
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| Michelle Yeoh |
Yu Shu Lien
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| Ziyi Zhang |
Jen Yu (Mandarin version)/Xiou Long (English dubbed version)
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| Chen Chang |
Lo 'Dark Cloud' (Mandarin version)/Xiou Hu 'Dark Cloud' (English dubbed version)
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| Sihung Lung |
Sir Te (Mandarin version)/Be-La-Ye (English dubbed version)
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| Pei-pei Cheng |
Jade Fox (Mandarin version)/Be-Ah-Hui 'Jade Fox' (English dubbed version)
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| Fa Zeng Li |
Gov. Yu
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| Xian Gao |
Bo (Mandarin version)/Yo-Shi (English dubbed version)
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| Yan Hai |
Madame Yu
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| De Ming Wang |
Police Inspector Tsai
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Drama; Action; Fantasy; Romance |
| Director |
Ang Lee |
| Writer |
Hui-Ling Wang |
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| Language |
Mandarin |
| Audience Rating |
PG13 |
| Running Time |
2 hr 0 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special effects and action sequences courtesy of the choreographer of The Matrix (1999). Set in the early 19th century, martial arts master Li Mu Bai ( Chow Yun-Fat ) is about to retire and enter a life of meditation, though he quietly longs to avenge the death of his master, who was killed by Jade Fox ( Cheng Pei-pei ). He gives his sword, a fabled 400-year-old weapon known as Green Destiny, to his friend, fellow martial arts wizard and secret love Yu Shu Lien ( Michelle Yeoh ), so that she may deliver it to Sir Te (Sihung Lung). Upon arrival in Peking, Yu happens upon Jen ( Zhang Ziyi ), a vivacious, willful politician's daughter. That night, a mysterious masked thief swipes Green Destiny with Yu in hot pursuit — resulting in the first of several martial arts action set pieces during the film. Li arrives in Beijing and eventually discovers that Jen is not only the masked thief but is also in cahoots with the evil Jade. In spite of this, Li sees great talent in Jen as a fighter and offers to school her in the finer points of martial arts and selflessness; an offer that Jen promptly rebukes. This film was first screened to much acclaim at the 2000 Cannes, Toronto, and New York film festivals and became a favorite when Academy Awards nominations were announced in 2001: Tiger snagged 10 nods and later secured four wins for Best Cinematography, Score, Art Direction, and Foreign Language Film. — Jonathan Crow |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
257 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/2/2003 |
| Tape Label |
87 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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