Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Filmed on location in the Gobi Desert, Taklamakan Plateau, Urumchi, the Bamboo Forest in Anji, and Cheng De, with the permission of the Chinese government.
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.

Awards

2000 Academy Awards Winner Best Foreign Language FilmBest Cinematography Peter PauBest Original Score Tan Dun

Country of Origin: Taiwan

Full Cast and Crew

Director: Ang Lee

Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Chang Chen, Zhang Ziyi, Sihung Lung, Pei Pei Cheng, Fa Zeng Li, Xian Gao, Yan Hai, Deming Wang, Li Li

Screenwriter: James Schamus, Hui Ling Wang, Kuo Jung Tsai

Source Writer: Du Lu WangProducer: Bill Kong, Li Kong Hsu, Ang LeeExecutive

Producer: James Schamus, David Linde

Director of Photography: Peter Pau

Editor: Tim Squyres

Production Designer: Tim Yip

Costume Designer: Tim Yip

Music: Tan Dun

Music Performer: Yo-Yo Ma

Fight Choreographer: Yuen Woo-ping