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Directed by | Ang Lee |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Dulu |
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Music by | Tan Dun |
Cinematography | Peter Pau |
Edited by | Tim Squyres |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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120 minutes |
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Language | Standard Mandarin |
Budget | $17 million |
Box office | $213.5 million |
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Traditional Chinese | 臥虎藏龍 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 卧虎藏龙 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wòhǔ Cánglóng |
Wade–Giles | Wohu Ts'anglung |
Yale Romanization | Wòhhu Tsánglúng |
IPA | [u̯ôxù tsʰǎŋlʊ̌ŋ] |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Ngofó Chònglùng |
IPA | [ŋɔ̀ːfǔː tsʰɔ̏ːŋlȕːŋ] |
Jyutping | Ngo6fu2 Cong4lung4 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (simplified Chinese: 卧虎藏龙; traditional Chinese: 臥虎藏龍) is an internationally co-produced martial arts wuxia film. Production funding came from investors in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States. Directed by Ang Lee and featuring an international cast of Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen, the film was released in 2000. It was based on the fourth novel, of the same name, in the wuxia book series Crane Iron Pentalogy, by Chinese novelist Wang Dulu. The martial arts and fighting action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping, who later directed the English language sequel Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, released in 2016.
Made on a US$17 million budget, with dialogue in Mandarin, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became a surprise international success, grossing $213.5 million. It grossed US$128 million in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing foreign-language film in American history. It has won over 40 awards. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Taiwan) and three other Academy Awards, and was nominated for six other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film also won four BAFTAs and two Golden Globe Awards, one for Best Foreign Film.