Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-Pei, Fazeng Li, Xian Gao, Yan Hai, Li Li, Deming Wang

Director: Ang Lee

Summary: Set during the nineteenth century in China, this the tale of Li Mu Bai, a martial arts expert. He entrusts his magic sword called Green Destiny to a wizard named Yu Shu Lien. Whilst in her care the sword is stolen and together they set out to recover it.

Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stories that Lee loved as a child, then adds a feminist twist. Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) is a legendary martial artist who has decided to pass on his sword, the Green Destiny, to a friend. Soon afterward, the sword is stolen by a masked female, setting in motion events that test the bonds of family, love, duty, and sisterhood. Chow appears with three generations of female stars: Cheng Pei Pei, a 1960s action heroine; Michelle Yeoh, the beauty queen turned 1980s action goddess; and newcomer Zhang Ziyi, who smolders as the princess who wants more than domestic tranquillity. Famed action choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping (THE MATRIX) stages jaw-dropping zero-G fights across rooftops, rivers, and bamboo trees, while Yo-Yo Ma punctuates the fisticuffs with dramatic cello solos. Described by Lee as "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY with martial arts," CROUCHING TIGER recalls the best wuxia films of the 1960s and pushes the genre in new directions.

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Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	Mandarin
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Making-of, Interview with Michelle Yeoh
Year:	2000
Release Date:	July 6, 2009
Runtime:	120 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	S B R 31055
Keywords:	Action, Long, Martial, General, Tiger, Chong, Wide, Screen, Hidden, Fu, Dragon, Adventure, Arts, Crouching, Superbit, Cang, Hu, Lung, Ngor, Wo
Genre:	Martial Arts