Screening of “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”
Sat 05 Oct 2013, 2 pm
TPD
From TPD:
On Saturday October 5th 2013, TPD Centre will host next session of Two Thumbs Up Movie programme. We will screen Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000), directed by Ang Lee.
About Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 wuxia film, was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen. The film was based on the fourth novel in a pentalogy, known in China as the Crane Iron Pentalogy, by wuxia novelist Wang Dulu. The martial arts and action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping.
Made on a mere 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.
(Wikipedia)
The screening is for educational purpose, entrance is free, though guests are welcome to donate to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.
The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents was established with the purposes of designing and implementing programs to assist and develop movie talents and other activities for the development of Vietnamese cinema.
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