Superbit 3pk (Fifth Element/Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon/Desperado-Dts) (1995)

Director: Ang Lee  Luc Besson  Robert Rodriguez  
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Publisher: Columbia Tri-Star
Format: DVD
UPC: 00043396076303
Buy.com Sku: 40159384
Item#: VCTR7G
Category Keywords: Action  Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy 
Rating: 
 
 
Features: DVD
 
Titles in the DVD SuperBit format reallocate space on the disc normally used for added-value content to utilize a special high bit rate digital encoding process which optimizes video quality while offering a choice of both DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio. The process is especially suited to the trio of titles contained in this special 3-pack:

CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON:Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat (Ziyi Zhang) prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her deeply romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst enemy--and the inescapable, enduring power of love. Set against 19th century China's breathtaking landscape, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the action-packed box office smash from acclaimed director Ang Lee (Sense And Sensibility, The Ice Storm) featuring stunning martial arts choreography by Yuen Wo-Ping (The Matrix).

DESPERADO: Antonio Banderas, Joaquim De Almeida, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin and Quentin Tarantino star in this stylish shoot-em-up described as a south-of-the-border Pulp Fiction. Director Robert Rodriguez follows up his legendary debut film, El Mariachi, with this sexy sequel about a mysterious guitar player (Banderas) searching for vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.

THE FIFTH ELEMENT: New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to be a hero. But he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years-a perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Now, together, they must save the world. Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman star in acclaimed director Luc Besson's outrageous sci-fi adventure, an extravagantly styled tale of good against evil set in an unbelievable twenty-third century world. All aboard for "a futuristic, eye-popping adventure!"-Bill Diehl, ABC Radio Network.
 
"[Tiger] ...a heady and delicious brew."  Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times
"[Element] High voltage fun!"  Desson Howe, Washington Post
"[Tiger] ...the most exhilirating martial arts movie I have seen."  Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"[Tiger] An irresistible action extravaganza!"  Kenneth Turna, The Los Angeles Times
"[Element] A futuristic, eye-popping adventure!"  Bill Diehl, ABC Radio Network
"[Tiger] One of the greatest movies ever made."  Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
"[Desperado] ...gets the job done."  Toronto Sun
"[Tiger] Magic, not trickery--should leave the viewer gasping for breath and in awe!"  Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
"[Tiger] You may never see a more beautful movie..."  BBC Online
"[Desperado] ...never boring..."  James Berardinelli's ReelViews

 


Editor's Note

Utilizing Superbit technology, which rejects DVD extras and special features in favor of saving disc space for a superior picture, this 3-pack includes the Bruce Willis sci-fi epic THE FIFTH ELEMENT, Robert Rodriguez's remake of his own EL MARIACHI, DESPERADO, and And Lee's Oscar Winning martial arts masterpiece, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. See individual titles for details.

 

Features
High bit rate digital transfer process that optimizes video quality
Widescreen Presentation
Scene Selections
SuperBit Encoding Technology
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French
 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Columbia Tri-Star
Release Date: 10/9/2001
Original Release Date: 1995
Catalog ID: 07630
UPC: 00043396076303
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: Mandarin
Available Audio Tracks: Chinese, Mandarin
Available Subtitles: English
Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
2.35:1

 
Cast & Crew
Salma Hayek
Steve Buscemi
Antonio Banderas
Joaquim De Almeida
Quentin Tarantino
Milla Jovovich
Ian Holm
Bruce Willis
Chris Tucker
Gary Oldman
Chang Chen
Cheng Pei-Pei
Chow Yun Fat
Luung Sihung
Michelle Yeoh
Zhang Ziyi
Wang Du Lu - Based On Book By [Tiger]
Robert Rodriguez - Director [Desperado]
Luc Besson - Director [Element]
Ang Lee - Director [Tiger]
Guillermo Navarro - Director of Photography [Desperado]
Thierry Arbogast - Director of Photography [Element]
Peter Pau - Director of Photography [Tiger]
James Shamus - Executive Producer [Tiger]
Yuen Wo-Ping - Fight Choreographer [Tiger]
Tito Larriva - Musical Score [Desperado]
Los Lobos - Musical Score [Desperado]
Eric Serra - Musical Score [Element]
Tan Dun - Musical Score [Tiger]
Bill Borden - Producer [Desperado]
Robert Rodriguez - Producer [Desperado]
Patrice Ledoux - Producer [Element]
Bill Kong - Producer [Tiger]
Robert Rodriguez - Screenplay [Desperado]
Robert Mark Kamen - Screenplay [Element]
Luc Besson - Screenplay [Element]
James Schamus, et al. - Screenplay [Tiger]

 
Awards

Oscar (2001)
Peter Pau, Winner, [Tiger] Best Cinematography
Timmy Yip, Winner, [Tiger] Best Art Direction/Set Decoration
Tan Dun, Winner, [Tiger] Best Music, Original Score
   Timmy Yip, Nominee, [Tiger] Best Costume Design
   Ang Lee, Nominee, [Tiger] Best Director
   Tim Squires, Nominee, [Tiger] Best Editing
   Tan Dun, et al., Nominee, [Tiger] Best Song "A Love Before Time"
   James Schamus, et al., Nominee, [Tiger] Best Writing, Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium

Golden Globe (2001)
Ang Lee, Winner, [Tiger]Best Director Of A Motion Picture
   Tan Dun, Nominee, [Tiger] Best Original Score For A Motion Picture

Cannes Film Festival (1995)
   Robert Rodriguez, Nominee, [Desperado] Golden Palm

MTV Award (1996)
   Antonio Banderas & Salma Hayek, Nominee, [Desperado] Best Kiss

Oscar (1998)
Mark A. Magnini, Winner, [Element] Best Effects, Sound

British Academy Awards (1998)
Nick Adler, et al., Winner, [Element] Best Special Effects

MTV Award (1998)
   Milla Jovovich, Nominee, [Element] Best Fight

 
Professional Reviews
NBC 8 of 10
[Element] ...A jaw-dropping, mind-blowing epic. Astonishingly ingenious, exuberantly exciting and brazeny hilarious! - Joe Lydon
 
Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 6 of 10
[Element] ...A visual candy store of futuristic images, but the film's strongest suit is its sense of humor.
 
James Berardinelli's ReelViews 9 of 10
[Tiger] The critically celebrated Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is an epic martial arts film that combines incredible action sequences with elements of romantic melodrama and superhero derring-do. As visually stunning as it is inventive, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is sure to gain an immediate following.
 
Rolling Stone 9 of 10
[Tiger] A truly unique martial-art film--a spellbinder that brings a poet's eye to stunts of Matrix-level intensity... Lee raises kickass action to the level of art. - Peter Travers
 
Box Office Magazine 7 of 10
[Desperado] Desperado is such a fun, exhilarating film and its star, Antonio Banderas, so stunningly photographed in every frame that this movie might do for his American career what Legends of the Fall did for Brad Pitt... There's shooting aplenty in Desperado, but the violence is so stylized and the conflicts so lovingly evocative of spaghetti westerns that the tone remains light throughout. - Lael Lowenstein
 
James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
[Desperado] [Writer/director Rodriguez] has a gift for visuals that can make scenes dance on the screen. Like Sergio Leone, who lifted those early Clint Eastwood spaghetti Westerns out of their genre and made them something special, Rodriguez knows how to handle atmosphere and sudden explosions of violence. - Roger Ebert
 
  
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