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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Mandarin

Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China

Rating:8.0
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Profile of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon can be described as stylized, atmospheric, and captivating. The plot revolves around unfulfilled love, tracking someone down, and a master warrior. The main genres are foreign, adventure, and period. In terms of style, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is epic, features martial arts, and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. The storytelling is fast paced. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is set, at least in part, in a monastery. It is located in China. It takes place in the 19th century. Visually, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon involves special effects. It is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being a modern classic, an Oscar winner, and a masterpiece. Note that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon involves violent content.

Summary of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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.

Details

Language: Mandarin
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China
Release date: 22 December 2000
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: Academy Awards

Awards

Peter Pau for Best Cinematography at the 2000 Academy Awards
Awarded Best Foreign Language Film at the 2000 Academy Awards
Tan Dun for Best Original Score at the 2000 Academy Awards

Cast and Crew

Yun-Fat Chow as Master Li Mu Bai in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Yun-Fat Chow

as Master Li Mu Bai

Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Michelle Yeoh

as Yu Shu Lien

Chang Chen as Lo 'Dark Cloud' / Luo Xiao Hu in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Chang Chen

as Lo 'Dark Cloud' / Luo Xiao Hu

Ziyi Zhang as Jen Yu / Jiao Long in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ziyi Zhang

as Jen Yu / Jiao Long

Photos

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Clips

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Official Trailer

Critics Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle

The class act of action movies.

Film.com

This is a waking dream of truly operatic dimensions.

Users Reviews

great martial arts movie

As said before me , visually stunning. But is was to long and the plot was exhausting somewhere in the middle

visually stunning

this is one of my favorite films due to the combination of amazingly stylish cinematography and battles, and the beautiful "unfulfilled love" story. no wonder it won so many awards, including Oscars. even though it's in Chinese, its beauty speaks to...

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