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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 141 Fresh: 137  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 8.5/10
 
Consensus: The story is compelling, the acting is stellar, and the direction is fantastic. Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh provide the action of The Matrix plus the romance of Titanic.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs

Theatrical Release: Dec 8, 2000 Limited

Box Office: $127,652,038

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, Ziyi Zhang, Sihung Lung

Director: Ang Lee
Screenwriter: James Schamus, Hui Ling Wang, Kuo Jung Tsai
Producer: Bill Kong, Li Kong Hsu, Ang Lee
Composer: Tan Dun

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 16, 2007

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Disc Features:

  • Blue BD Case
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • PCM 5.1 - Cantonese
  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - Cantonese, English, French
  • Subtitles - English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Thai - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Commentaries - 1. Ang Lee - Director, James Schamus - Screenwriter
  • Interviews - 1. "A Conversation with Michelle Yeoh"
  • Featurettes - 1. "Unleashing the Dragon: The Making of CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON"

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The movie is good, sometimes very good, but I suspect it's a masterpiece only for those who haven't seen all the earlier masterpieces that equal or surpass it.

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07/30/07
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4.5/5

The film has so many different elements that there's enough in it to appeal to almost everyone.

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11/29/06
Ken Hanke
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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02/09/06
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8/10

...my expectations were high, and I wasn't disappointed.

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12/31/05
John Venable
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12/06/05
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09/30/05
Scott Nash
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Lo and behold. An action movie that isn't about 'seize the day' or 'follow your heart' opportunism.

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01/15/05
Jeffrey Overstreet
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It's a feeling akin to seeing Peter Pan fly for the first time or watching the first light-saber duel in Star Wars.

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06/22/04
Judith Egerton
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06/11/04
Dragan Antulov
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05/19/04
Colin Covert
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4/4

Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon mixes In the Mood for Love's unobtainable romance with Dancer in the Dark's selfless-to-the-end philosophy.

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04/30/04
Gabe Leibowitz
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The smartest and smartest-looking action movie of the year.

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07/19/03
Glenn Lovell
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05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
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3.5/4

It's abundantly clear that Lee, in conjunction with fight choreographer Yuen Wo-Ping (famed for The Matrix), has brought to these standard tropes his own elevating, near-feline sensibilities.

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04/25/03
Rick Groen
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Within five minutes of the opening you'll wonder when was the last time you felt so alive, so excited in a cinema.

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02/12/03
Harry Guerin
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