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Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang (View All)
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Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang
Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special effects and action sequences courtesy of the choreographer of The Matrix (1999), Yuen Woo Ping. In the early 19th century, martial arts master Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) is about to retire and enter a life of meditation, though he quietly longs to avenge the death of his master, who was killed by Jade Fox (Cheng Pei-pei). He gives his sword, a fabled 400-year-old weapon known as Green Destiny, to his friend, fellow martial arts wizard and secret love Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), so that she may deliver it to Sir Te (Sihung Lung). Upon arrival in Peking, Yu happens upon Jen (Zhang Ziyi), a vivacious, willful politician's daughter. That night, a mysterious masked thief swipes Green Destiny, with Yu in hot pursuit -- resulting in the first of several martial arts action set pieces during the film. Li arrives in Beijing and eventually discovers that Jen is not only the masked thief but is also in cahoots with the evil Jade. In spite of this, Li sees great talent in Jen as a fighter and offers to school her in the finer points of martial arts and selflessness, an offer that Jen promptly rebukes. This film was first screened to much acclaim at the 2000 Cannes, Toronto, and New York film festivals and became a favorite when Academy Awards nominations were announced in 2001: Tiger snagged ten nods and later secured four wins for Best Cinematography, Score, Art Direction, and Foreign Language Film. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/8/00
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13
Running Time
120 mins.
Locations
- Beijing, China
Language
- Mandarin
Box Office Total
$128,067,808
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2000 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Most Promising Actress award at the 2000 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 2000 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2000 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Song award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Production Design award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2000 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 2000 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Score award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2000 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 2000 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2000 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Visual Effects award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2000 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Makeup and Hair award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Production Design award at the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2000 Hong Kong Film Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Music Score award at the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2000 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2000 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Music award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2000 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the People's Choice Award award at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2000 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress - Runner-up award at the 2000 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director [Runner-up] award at the 2000 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
Distributor
- Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
