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Warriors of Heaven and Earth/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (SE) 2-Pack
(DVD, 2004)
Leading Role: Chow Yun Fat
Director: Ang Lee, He Ping
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Format: DVD
Dec 2004
Rated R
Recording Mode: (unknown)
Color
Extra Info: 2-DVD Set
UPC: 043396102873 |
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Movie Description
WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH is an epic battle between two heroic figures fighting for themselves and for their countries. When Li (Jiang Wen) refuses to kill innocent women and children, he becomes a rogue soldier without a land. Master swordsman Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi) is ordered to assassinate him if wants to get back to to his home in Japan and see his mother before she dies. But first they must join together to help a caravan with precious cargo make its way safely across the desert--with a beautiful woman, Wen Zhu (SHAOLIN SOCCER's Zhao Wei), caught in between them. The gorgeous cinematography is by Zhao Fei, who shot such Asian epics as RAISE THE RED LANTERN as well as such Woody Allen films as SWEET AND LOWDOWN and SMALL TIME CROOKS. The lush look of the film is echoed by A.R. Rahman's marvelous score and outstanding costuming and set design. He Ping, the director of the cult classic SWORDSMAN IN DOUBLE FLAG TOWN and the better-known RED FIRECRACKER, GREEN FIRECRACKER, masterfully recreates seventh-century China as horses and camels lead the protagonists down the famous Silk Road during the time of the Tang Dynasty.
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON: 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.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
2-DVD Set - Keep Case
Disc 1: WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Mandarin Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
DSS - Mandarin Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish, Portuguese - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Featurette - 1. Making Of
Music Video - 1. "Warriors of Peace" - Jolin Tsai
Trailers - 1. Columbia Tri-Star Previews
Disc 2: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Digital Dolby 5.1 - Mandarin, English
Digital Dolby 2.0 - English, French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Ang Lee - Director, James Schamus - Writer
Featurette - 1. Making of (From BRAVO): UNLEASHING THE DRAGON
2. Conversation with Michelle Yeoh
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical
Interactive Features:
Animated Menus
Scene Selections
Text/Photo Galleries:
Photo Montage
Filmographies
Production Notes
DVD-Rom Features:
Web Link
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