Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 35mm

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 35mm

Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee’s wuxia (“martial heroes”) film became an international success and garnered 10 Academy Award nominations, the most for a non-English language film (now tied with Roma) and won four, including Foreign Language Film (now International Feature Film) and Cinematography for Hong Kong–based director of photography Peter Pau. Set in 19th century China, the film follows a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) who gives his sword to his lover (Michelle Yeoh). When it is stolen, an epic story unfolds, filled with love and duels, and captured with stunning cinematography and aerial feats that defy gravity.

DIRECTED BY: Ang Lee. WRITTEN BY: Wang Hui-Ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo-Jung. WITH: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen. 2000. 120 min. Hong Kong/Taiwan/USA. Color. Scope. Mandarin. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.

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