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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
"Wo hu cang long" (original title)

PG-13  |   |  Action, Drama, Romance  |  12 January 2001 (USA)
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Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically skilled, adolescent nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

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Master Li Mu Bai (as Chow Yun Fat)
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Jen Yu (Mandarin version) / Jiao Long (English dubbed version) (as Zhang Ziyi)
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Jade Fox (as Cheng Pei-Pei)
Fa Zeng Li ...
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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is a timeless story that takes place in QING China when miracles were credible and spirits and gods were present in man's world. It is not unbelievable that zen warriors float through the air, skim the water and battle in trees and on rooftops. Pain, revenge and duty are the stuff that bind us in this world and are the main plot line of the movie, but in the afterlife love and faith linger on. Written by bastetg4

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Action | Drama | Romance

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Rated PG-13 for martial arts violence and some sexuality | See all certifications »

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Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$663,205 (USA) (8 December 2000)

Gross:

$128,067,808 (USA) (27 July 2001)
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Trivia

The four main actors all spoke Mandarin, but with different accents. Yun-Fat Chow had a Cantonese accent, Michelle Yeoh had a Malaysian/English accent, Ziyi Zhang had a Beijing accent, and Chen Chang had a Taiwanese accent. Because of the difficulty some Chinese-speaking markets had with the voices, some markets actually had a dubbed version (into standard Mandarin) of the soundtrack. See more »

Goofs

During the fight between Yu Shu Lien and Xiou Long many floor tiles are smashed by Shu Lien. After Shu Lien discards her heavy metal weapon and continues to fight, the tiles appear repaired. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Man: Master Li is here! Master Li is here!
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Referenced in The 100 Greatest Films (2001) See more »

Soundtracks

A Love Before Time
Music Composed by Jorge Calandrelli, Dun Tan
Lyrics by James Schamus, Elaine Chow (Translation)
Performed by CoCo Lee featuring Cello Solo by Yo-Yo Ma
Coco Lee appears courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
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A Vivid Dream And An Action Fantasy
21 March 2001 | by (U.S.A.) – See all my reviews

Less than half an hour into the viewing of this masterpiece I knew this would become one of my favorite films - of all time. Only in my wildest dreams (quite literally, this movie has touched me on a personal level) have I visualized such fantastic and precise choreography, so captivating that to take your eyes away during the intense confrontations is to deny yourself the essence of what makes this film so wonderful.

With an artistic license unprecedented, the action scenes are entirely unbelievable but purely the work of a fabulous imagination. The magical settings and the colorful characters fit well into the plot but you will take away the breath-taking martial arts sequences.


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