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Features: DVD, 2 Pack
Editor's Note
Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. CROUCHING TIGER, which is based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, 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.
| Features | DVD Features:
| | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 | | Audio:
| Digital Dolby 5.1 - English, Mandarin | | Digital Dolby 2.0 - English, French | | Subtitles - French - Optional | | Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned |
| | Additional Release Material:
| Audio Commentary - 1. Ang Lee - Director, James Schamus - Writer | | Featurette - 1. Making of (From BRAVO): UNLEASHING THE DRAGON | | 2. Conversation with Michelle Yeoh | | Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical |
| | Interactive Features:
| Animated Menus | | Scene Selections |
| | Text/Photo Galleries:
| Photo Montage | | Filmographies | | Production Notes |
| | DVD-ROM Features:
| Web Link |
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| CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON UMD |
| DVD Features:
| Note: This release is in the UMD format for Sony PSP players only. |
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| Audio:
| Dolby Digital 2.0 - English, French | | Subtitles - English, Korean - Optional |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 3/28/2006 |
| Original Release Date: 2000 | | Catalog ID: 14637 | | UPC: 00043396146372 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
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