Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Director Ang Lee Length 2hrs     Country China Stars Chow Yun Fat Year 2000   Michelle Yeoh Certificate 12   Zi Zi Zhang   __       __ Outline Set against the backdrop of western China's magnificent landscape, this is Lee's (The Ice Storm) poignant tale of a quest to find love, an assassin, and a lost jade sword. A martial arts film which harks back to the era of Tao-infused spiritual epics, rather than modern "chop-socky" pulp filmmaking. Reviews "A magical movie that entertains as much as it dazzles" Sidekick Magazine Review This Film Members Reviews Screening Notes Other Links Shop Other Films By Ang Lee CD Video & DVD Books

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Screening Notes

Described by script-writer James Schamus as "Sense and Sensibility with martial arts", Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon really does, against all the odds, articulate some potent thematic similarities between the writings of Jane Austen and the wuxia pian or martial arts chivalry film

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Internet Links

Official Site - Very stylish site with behind the scenes information from the cast and director.

Ang Lee: making an ‘A’ film in a ‘B’ genre - The Tribune News

The Guardian/NFT interview with Ang Lee (director) and James Schamus (producer and screenwriter)

astyle.com - Profile of Ang Lee

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