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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Ang Lee |
| Stars: |
Yun-Fat Chow |
| Actors: |
Fa Zeng Li |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
China · Chinese/Mandarin |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: English Subtitled |
| UPC: |
043396075771 |
| Release Date: |
1999 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 0min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Chinese/Mandarin |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Bonus UMD
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (March 28, 2006)
UPC: 043396146372 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: English Subtitled, 2hr 0min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (June 05, 2001)
UPC: 043396068889 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
James Schamus |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/01/2000, pp.36-38, Stephen Farber): "...A triumph....CROUCHING TIGER envelops you in its exotic universe..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"It only looks pure because blood washes so easily from its blade."--Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) to Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh)
"When it come to emotions, even great heroes can be idiots."--Sir Te (Lung Sihung) to Yu
"Your master underestimated us women. Sure, he'd sleep with me, but he would never teach me. He deserved to die by a woman's hand!"--Jade Fox (Cheng Pei-pei) to Li
"You know what poison is? An eight-year-old girl, full of deceit. That's poison. Jen, my only family...my only enemy."--Jade Fox to Jen (Zhang Ziyi), Li, and Yu
"I would rather be a ghost, drifting by your side...as a condemned soul...than enter heaven without you. Because of your love...I will never be a lonely spirit."--Li to Yu |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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 solo... |
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