| | | 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
| 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 |
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| | 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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