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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Named "Best Picture of the Year" by over 100 critics nationwide! Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword isstolen. A young aristocrat (Zhang Ziyi) 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). 2016 release Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword isstolen. A young aristocrat (Zhang Ziyi) prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her su

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Hong Kong wuxia films, or martial arts fantasies, traditionally squeeze poor acting, slapstick humor, and silly story lines between elaborate fight scenes in which characters can literally fly. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has no shortage of breathtaking battles, but it also has the dramatic soul of a Greek tragedy and the sweep of an epic romance. This is the work of director Ang Lee, who fell in love with movies while watching wuxia films as a youngster and made Crouching Tiger as a tribute to the form. To elevate the genre above its B-movie roots and broaden its appeal, Lee did two important things. First, he assembled an all-star lineup of talent, joining the famous Asian actors Chow Yun-fat and Michelle Yeoh with the striking, charismatic newcomer Zhang Ziyi. Behind the scenes, Lee called upon cinematographer Peter Pau (The Killer, The Bride with White Hair) and legendary fight choreographer Yuen Wo-ping, best known outside Asia for his work on The Matrix. Second, in adapting the story from a Chinese pulp-fiction novel written by Wang Du Lu, Lee focused not on the pursuit of a legendary sword known as "The Green Destiny," but instead on the struggles of his female leads against social obligation. In his hands, the requisite fight scenes become another means of expressing the individual spirits of his characters and their conflicts with society and each other.

The filming required an immense effort from all involved. Chow and Yeoh had to learn to speak Mandarin, which Lee insisted on using instead of Cantonese to achieve a more classic, lyrical feel. The astonishing battles between Jen (Zhang) and Yu Shu Lien (Yeoh) on the rooftops and Jen and Li Mu Bai (Chow) atop the branches of bamboo trees required weeks of excruciating wire and harness work (which in turn required meticulous "digital wire removal"). But the result is a seamless blend of action, romance, and social commentary in a populist film that, like its young star Zhang, soars with balletic grace and dignity. --Eugene Wei


Special Features

  • The Making of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Conversation with Michelle Yeoh Featurette
  • Photo Montage
  • Talent Files
  • Link to website

Product Details

  • Actors: Chang Chen, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Cheng Pei-Pei
  • Directors: Ang Lee
  • Format: Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, Dolby, Dubbed, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, Mandarin Chinese, French
  • Subtitles: English, French
  • Dubbed: English, French
  • Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
    PG-13
    Parents Strongly Cautioned
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001
  • Run Time: 2 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,863 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00003CXR4
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,749 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" on IMDb


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Good news is that the original subtitles are back after the horrible version that was done for the 1080p Blu-Ray release. Stuff like "piece of cake" during one of the fight scenes are gone. Not sure what that version was about or why Sony did such a bad re-write of the subtitles.

Picture quality is good (I watched it on a Vizio P75 with HDR enabled). However, there is noticeable digital noise (like color dithering) that should have been cleaned slightly. It's very apparent on close up face shots in the skin tones.

I only use 3.1 audio so I can't comment on the full surround experience but everything sounded fine.

This is the Gone with the Wind of martial arts films, and I'm glad to have it in UHD.
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I have the DVD version and saw this movie in the theater too. Recently I got the Blu-ray version. The subtitles of the Blu-ray are very suspicious. They are significantly different from the DVD/theater. Why is that? Also, the subtitle translation for Blu-ray seem very "Americanized", as if the studio wanted to make it more accessible, perhaps, to U.S. audiences. But having got used to the DVD subtitles, and not speaking Chinese, I can't say the subtitles for the DVD or Blu-ray are correct or not, or that one is better than the other.

Example: The scene where Jen meets and fights with Li Mu Bai for the first time. Jen executes a move that astonishes Mu Bai, who exclaims "Jade Fox can't be your master. Where did you learn the 'Xuan Piu' move?". Jen's response in the DVD: "I'm just playing around". The blu-ray: "Piece of cake." Now which reply by Jen seems more realistic for that time period, in that part of the world? It seems more likely that Jen would say she's just playing around, or improvising. There are two English translations on Blu ray, and they give the same translation, so there's no hunting for the "better" version on Blu-ray.

Throughout the Blu ray, there are many differences in translation compared to the dvd to make one wonder: which version is more correct, given that something is always "lost in translation" from one language to another? These are glaring differences. What's on the Blu-ray is very different from the DVD, and just feels wrong. Anyone else notice this?
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it was every interesting to see how Japanese to teach the using the sword a long time ago how it done, train by the master it could be lady master or guy master teaching the sword training. then she later felt on own by herself one teach throw the sword in the river she drove in to it to get and she did then someone found her in the river and get warm the saw walking past by them and follow her back. one to kill her sword person but couldn't do it but instead kill mother , it was the guy who kill mother and who a master of the sword ,the lady teacher kill him trying to protect the girl ,but his girlfriend killed him and she felt remorse for doing that.
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Not that crisp in 4K but better in 1080p. I have always enjoyed this movie and its vibrant colors but it failed when I watched it in 4K did not stand out as much as the 1080p version.
Played on a Samsung UBD‑K8500
Viewed on a 65" Class JS9500 Curved 4K SUHD Smart TV
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I think this is a movie definitely worth viewing. The storyline, character development and acting are fairly decent, although it is in Chinese so you might want to watch it with subtitles. It works as a very great historical epic, because the film takes place in 19th century China and has very good production value relating to that period. It works as an action fantasy epic because some of the fight scenes seem a tad over the top. You might have to suspend some disbelief but they are just as good as any action film staring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis or Jean Claude Van Damme. If it were up to me this would've been selected for preservation in the U.S National Film Registry (if it were even eligible) and shared the Oscar for Best Picture with "GLADIATOR" because both movies are equally good in my opinion. When I said don't watch the English audio track, I said it because I tried watching it in English but had to switch over to the original Chinese because I thought the English was poorly dubbed.
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Got this on the assumption that the poor old "...+ BD" included in the deal might have improved PQ over my REALLY "old" (27Jul10) Sony Pictures BD (043396162235) of the film... And this does! Looks GEAT when compared to the above ancient BD.... So buy this for the BD PQ upgrade - even if you're not (as I am) into replacing 700+ pre-2013 BDs with "4K UHD"...
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I still do not speak Mandarin :) Looked pretty good.
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By Denfire621 on September 21, 2016
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Fantastic movie! Absolutely captivating. It seemed like it went quickly. The fight scenes were amazing, the acting was on point. Why only four stars? The ending.
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