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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) 🐅🐉
BBFC rating: 12 | MPAA rating: PG-13
Directed by: Ang Lee
Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen and Cheng Pei-Pei
Lo: "We have a legend. Anyone who dares to jump from the mountain, God will grant his wish. Long ago, a young man's parents were ill, so he jumped. He didn't die. He wasn't even hurt. He floated away, far away, never to return. He knew his wish had come true. If you believe, it will happen."
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a wuxia film based on the Chinese novel of the same name by Wang Dulu, the fourth part of his Crane Iron pentalogy.
A multinational venture, the film was made on a US$17 million budget. With dialogue in Mandarin, subtitled for various markets, it became a surprise international success, grossing $213.5 million worldwide, and was the first foreign-language movie to break the $100 million in the USA. It won over 40 awards and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2001, winning Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography. Along with its awards success, it continues to be hailed as one of the greatest and most influential non-English language films. The film has been praised for its story, direction, cinematography, and martial arts sequences. (Wikipedia)
Similar to The Matrix, as a kid, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was a really, really cool action movie to me. It wasn't until I grew up that the weight of love story had its effect on me, and only made me love the film even more. The film is one of the reasons I love Asian culture so much. I often listen to the incredible soundtrack in the car or at home.
I own many versions of the film, including a limited edition alternative DVD cover with CD of the soundtrack, a video CD which is a low quality transfer suitable only for laptops and computers spread across 2 discs, and the beautiful steelbook 4K Blu-ray.
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