Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [Includes Digital Copy]

Director: Ang Lee Ang Lee

Overview

Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special effects and action sequences courtesy of the choreographer of The Matrix (1999), Yuen Woo Ping. In the early 19th century, martial arts master Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) is about to retire and enter a life of meditation, though he quietly longs to avenge the death of his master, who was killed by Jade Fox (Cheng Pei-pei). He gives his sword, a fabled 400-year-old weapon known as Green Destiny, to his friend, fellow martial arts wizard and secret love Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), so that she may deliver it to Sir Te (Sihung Lung). Upon arrival in Peking, Yu happens upon Jen (Zhang Ziyi), a vivacious, willful politician's daughter. That night, a mysterious masked thief swipes Green Destiny, with Yu in hot pursuit -- resulting in the first of several martial arts action set pieces during the film. Li arrives in Beijing and eventually discovers that Jen is not only the masked thief but is also in cahoots with the evil Jade. In spite of this, Li sees great talent in Jen as a fighter and offers to school her in the finer points of martial arts and selflessness, an offer that Jen promptly rebukes. This film was first screened to much acclaim at the 2000 Cannes, Toronto, and New York film festivals and became a favorite when Academy Awards nominations were announced in 2001: Tiger snagged ten nods and later secured four wins for Best Cinematography, Score, Art Direction, and Foreign Language Film.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2016
UPC:	0043396475380
Original Release:	2000
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	9,050

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Chow Yun-Fat	Master Li Mu Bai(as Chow Yun Fat)
Michelle Yeoh	Yu Shu Lien
Ziyi Zhang	Jen(as Zhang Ziyi)
Pei-Pei Cheng	Jade Fox(as Cheng Pei-Pei)
Yan Hai	Madame Yu
Wensheng Wang	Gangster A(as Wang Wen Sheng),Actor
Chen Chang	Lo
Sihung Lung	Sir Te
Cheng Pei-Pei	Actor
Fazeng Li	Actor,Actor
Xian Gao	Actor
Yo Yo Ma	Performer
Tan Dun	Composer

Technical Credits

James Schamus

Tsai Jung

Wang Hui-Ling

Hui Ling Wang

Ang Lee	Director,Producer
David Linde	Executive Producer
James Schamus	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Li-kong Hsu	Producer,Producer
Bill Kong	Producer
Tsai Jung	Screenwriter
Wang Hui-Ling	Screenwriter
Tiger Chen	Stunts
Eugene Gearty	Sound Editor
Hui Ling Wang	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

A hypnotically fascinating hybrid produced by crossing martial-arts adventure with fairy-tale romance, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon quickly became the most successful foreign film ever released in the U.S. Chow Yun-Fat, an international superstar whose English-language films include Anna and the King, portrays a Chinese warrior who retires from a life of violence and relinquishes custody of his fabled sword, the magnificent Green Destiny. Hong Kong action star and erstwhile Bond girl Michelle Yeoh plays the longtime friend and admirer whose father is entrusted with the sword. A thrill-seeking young aristocrat (Zhang Ziyi), working with an evil mentor whom Chow once swore to kill, steals the sword -- and the chase is on. The characters square off in a series of exhilarating, occasionally dreamlike confrontations -- including a particularly memorable scene that unfolds amid windblown treetops -- staged with split-second precision and choreographic grace. As directed by Ang Lee (The Ice Storm), Crouching Tiger assumes multiple aspects; it offers two contrasting love stories that are at various points wistful, soaring, melancholy, and profoundly spiritual. It is, in every way, an impeccably executed film that refuses to be confined by formula and therefore delights on many levels.