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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 afterwards, 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 tranquility.
Famed action choreographer Yuen Wo 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.
Zhang Zi -Yi-Jen
Young Jen (Zhang Ziyi), the beautiful and rebellious daughter of a local official. Jen is engaged to be married, but she clearly has a taste for adventure.
In one scene, we find Jen Yu (Zhang Ziyi) having run from a prearranged marriage to seek a life of adventure.
She arrives at the tea hall looking for a fight and as if straight out of a scene from a classic Lau Kar Leung film, she ends up in essentially a bar room brawl.
What proceeds is a series of introductions from a local group of the usual suspects who seeing her obvious arrogance, offer a challenge.
Beautiful and talented, ZHANG ZI YI acted in the movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) , to portral Beautiful Xiou Long.
This statue is exquisite in detail and stands approximately 8" high, 6" wide.
Chow Yun Fat -Li Mu Bai
Chow Yun Fat plays Li Mu Bai, a celebrated warrior of Wudan who dreams of a peaceful retirement with his comrade in arms, Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh).
Li Mu Bai is a legendary martial artist whose attempts to find enlightenment have left him disillusioned. He gives away his famous sword, the Green Destiny, to signal a move into a new, nonviolent life.
Li Mu Bai, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) , This statue is exquisite in detail and stands approximaely 8" high, 6" wide. Don't miss this limited opportunity to purchase at a reduced price.
MICHELLE YEOH -Shu Lein
The film opens with famous warrior Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) paying a visit to Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), who runs a business called Sun Security that was started by her late father.
It soon becomes clear that Li and Shu Lien have silently loved each other for years.
Li Mu Bai hands over the 400 year old sword to Shu Lien even though his archrival who killed his master, Jade Fox, is still at large. In taking the sword to Beijing, Shu Lein gets caught up in the dual life of Jen.
This statue is exquisite in detail and stands approximately 8" high, 6" wide. A definite MUST HAVE!
