Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Director: Ang Lee
Genre: Romance Film, Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Period piece, Martial arts, Drama
Year: 2000
Country: Hong Kong, United States of America, China, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Language: Standard Mandarin
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Cheng Pei-pei, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Xian Gao, Jian Hua Feng, Yan Hai, Jin Ting Zhang, Fa Zeng Li, Rei Yang, Li Li, Su Ying Huang, Kai Li, De Ming Wang
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 wuxia film. An American-Chinese-Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production, the film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen. The film was based on the fourth novel in a pentalogy, known in China as the Crane Iron Pentalogy, by wuxia novelist Wang Dulu. The martial arts and action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping.
Made on a mere US$17 million budget, with dialogue in Mandarin, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became a surprise international success, grossing $213.5 million. It grossed US$128 million in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing foreign-language film in American history. It has won over 40 awards. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Taiwan) and three other Academy Awards, and was nominated for six other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film also won three BAFTAs and two Golden Globes, one for "Best Foreign Film" as well as additional nominations for ten BAFTAs including "Best Picture".
Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) is an accomplished Wudang swordsman. Long ago, his master was
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