Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Director:

Ang Lee

Writers:

Du Lu Wang (book), Hui-Ling Wang (screenplay)

Stars:

Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang

Won 4 Oscars. Another 96 wins & 130 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yun-Fat Chow	...	Master Li Mu Bai (as Chow Yun Fat)
Michelle Yeoh	...	Yu Shu Lien
Ziyi Zhang	...	Jen Yu (Mandarin version) / Jiao Long (English dubbed version) (as Zhang Ziyi)
Chen Chang	...	Lo 'Dark Cloud' / Luo Xiao Hu
Sihung Lung	...	Sir Te
Pei-Pei Cheng	...	Jade Fox (as Cheng Pei-Pei)
Fa Zeng Li	...	Governor Yu
Xian Gao	...	Bo
Yan Hai	...	Madame Yu
De Ming Wang	...	Police Inspector Tsai / Prefect Cai Qiu
Li Li	...	May (as Li Li)
Su Ying Huang	...	Auntie Wu
Jin Ting Zhang	...	De Lu
Rui Yang	...	Maid
Kai Li	...	Gou Jun Pei

Storyline

In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.

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Plot Keywords:

china | sword | martial arts | bare midriff | magical realism | 

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Taglines:

A film by Ang Lee

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for martial arts violence and some sexuality

Details

Country:

Taiwan Hong Kong USA China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

12 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Filming Locations:

Anhui Province, China

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

HKD 7,714,001 (Hong Kong), 20 July 2000, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$663,205, 10 December 2000, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$128,078,872

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$213,525,736

Company Credits

Production Co:

Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michelle Yeoh tore her ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) during the shooting of an early fighting sequence and had to be flown to the United States for knee surgery. She returned to the set at different times to film non-action scenes until her knee had recovered.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 24 mins) When Jen is kicking the crap out of everyone in the restaurant, her mouth is out of sync a lot of the time.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Man: Master Li is here! Master Li is here!

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Connections

Referenced in Film '72: Episode dated 26 November 2014 (2014)

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Soundtracks

A Love Before Time
Music Composed by Jorge Calandrelli, Dun Tan
Lyrics by James Schamus, Elaine Chow (Translation)
Performed by CoCo Lee featuring Cello Solo by Yo-Yo Ma
Coco Lee appears courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.

User Reviews

A Vivid Dream And An Action Fantasy

Less than half an hour into the viewing of this masterpiece I knew this would become one of my favorite films - of all time. Only in my wildest dreams (quite literally, this movie has touched me on a personal level) have I visualized such fantastic and precise choreography, so captivating that to take your eyes away during the intense confrontations is to deny yourself the essence of what makes this film so wonderful.

With an artistic license unprecedented, the action scenes are entirely unbelievable but purely the work of a fabulous imagination. The magical settings and the colorful characters fit well into the plot but you will take away the breath-taking martial arts sequences.