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Crouching tiger, hidden dragon [videorecording] /

蔡國榮. 周潤發. 章子怡, Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 05990 | Columbia TriStar Home EntertainmentLanguage: Chinese, English, French Summary language: English, French Publication details: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2001, c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

0767861442

Other title: 臥虎藏龍 Other title:

Wo hu cang long
Gua hu chang long
Wo hu chang long
Wo hu zang long
Tigre et dragon

Subject(s):

Production credits:

Photography, Peter Pau ; action choreography, Yuen Wo Ping ; editor, Tim Squyres ; production/costume design, Tim Yip ; music, Tan Dun ; cello, Yo-Yo Ma.

Winner of 4 academy awards: Best foreign language film, Best cinematogaphy, Best art direction and Best original score. 10 Academy award nominations.

Cast: Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhan Ziyi, Chang Chen, Lung Sihung, Cheng Pei Pei.Summary: In Chinese with English subtitles. Martial Arts Epic. Romantic Melodrama. Chinese Cinema. Fairy Tales. Romantic Adventure. Directed by Ang Lee. Director Ang Lee, with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has produced the most epic and, arguably, the best kung fu movie ever made. The film is designed and structured like an action fairy tale. The story revolves around the unrequited love between two champion fighting masters -- the beautiful and reserved Yiu Hsui Lien and the bold hero Li Mu Bai -- and how that love is challenged when Jen Yu, the willful, beautiful daughter of a powerful nobleman steals a famous sword placed in Li's care. Magic, mystery, romance, intrigue, witchcraft, and dazzling martial arts skills provide the energy and romance drive this thoroughly ingenuous and thrilling bit of movie making. Crouching Tiger lived up to the tremendous hype created by the film from the day that it debuted at Cannes in 2000. As Yiu Hsui and Li international stars Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat reached audiences at levels never before achieved by an international film with subtitles. The film appealed to audiences from the art-house crowds to kung-fu aficionados. Yeoh and Fat are excellent as the heroes but it is Zhang Zi Yi as Jen and Chang Cheng as the rascally young bandit king Lo who give the story heat and sex appeal. Lee, a master craftsman whose body of work ranges more widely than just about any other major world filmmaker working in movies today has orchestrated an masterpiece of movie pleasure. An instant, but real, classic. With: Sihung Lung as Sir Te, Cheng Pei-Pei as Jade Fox. Notes: Awards: Academy Awards for best Foreign Film, art direction [Tim Yip], cinematography [Peter Pau]. Academy Award nominations for best picture, director, screenplay, costume design [Tim Yip], editing [Tim Squyres], score and song [James Schamus and Tan Dun]. British Academy nominations for screenplay, cinematography, director, film, and editing. British Academy winner for best Foreign Film, music. Best director [Director's Guild & Golden Globe]. Box-office gross: $128,067,808 U.S.Summary: Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face-to-face with their worst enemy, and the enduring power of love.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0291 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050091633

Originally produced or released in 2000.

Based on Wo hu zang long / Wang Dulu.

Special features: Ang Lee and James Schamus commentary ; BRAVO making-of special : Unleashing the Dragon ; conversation with Michelle Yeoh featurette ; photo montage ; filmographies ; animated menus ; production notes ; scene selections ; DVD-ROM features.

Run time: approx. 120 min.

DVD.

In Mandarin with optional soundtracks in English or French and optional subtitles in English or French ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

Winner of 4 academy awards: Best foreign language film, Best cinematogaphy, Best art direction and Best original score. 10 Academy award nominations.

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