Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

bigImage *NOTE: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON was originally shot with 35mm cameras, and is being shown in 35mm on Large Format screens.

SYNOPSIS: 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 afterwards, 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 tranquility. Famed action choreographer Yuen Wo 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.

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Film Info

Type: Drama

Release date: December 22, 2000 (USA)

Run time: 2 hours

Format: 35mm

Genre: Shot in 35mm

Director(s): Ang Lee

Producer(s): Ang Lee, Bill Kong

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

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Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Khan. Directed by Ang Lee. Produced by Ang Lee, Bill Kong and Li-Kong Hsu. Written by Hui Ling Wang, Kuo Jung Tsai, James Schamus, Kuo-Rong Tsai and Wang Hui Ling. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics