La tigre e il dragone

Titolo originale: 卧虎藏龍
Regia: Ang Lee |
Anno: 2000
Origine: Hong Kong | Taiwan | United States of America | China |
Generi: Avventura Dramma Azione Romance
Tag: martial arts | kung fu | based on novel or book | flying | taskmaster | sword | tiger | villainess | mountain | comb | fistfight | sword fight | thief | revenge | theft | historical | female martial artist | 18th century | wuxia | warrior | bamboo | tavern fight | action hero | qing dynasty | whimsical |
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat | Michelle Yeoh | Zhang Ziyi | Chang Chen | Lung Sihung | Cheng Pei-Pei | Li Fazeng | Gao Xian | Hai Yan | Wang Deming | Li Li | Huang Suying | Zhang Jinting | Yang Rui | Li Kai | Feng Jianhua | Du Zhenxi | Xu Chenglin | Lin Feng | Wang Wensheng | Song Dong | Ma Zhongxuan | Li Baocheng | Yang Yongde | Shao Jun Zhang | Ma Ning | Chu Jianmin | Dong Changsheng | Shih Yi | Chen Bing | Zhang Shaocheng | Huang Yi |

Li Mu Bai è un grande maestro conosciuto in tutta la Cina per le sue doti di guerriero e per la sua saggezza. Quando Perň decide di abbandonare la via della spada a favore di quella dell'amore, donando la sua arma "Il Destino Verde" ad un suo vecchio amico, questa viene rubata da un ladro misterioso che lo costringerà a tornare sul vecchio sentiero, affrontando il suo più antico nemico: Volpe di Giada.

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Michelle Yeoh tore her ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) during the shooting of an early fighting seq [...] D
The scenes shot in the Gobi Desert were constantly interrupted by rain. D
The first draft of the screenplay said, "You will note in the script that none of the fight scenes a [...] D
The embroidered dress that Ziyi Zhang wore in her opening scene took two months to make by four qual [...] D
Director Ang Lee found the intensity of shooting this film to be so high, he took up smoking again. D
The Green Destiny Sword used in the movie, along with other weapons in the movie, were made in Taiwa [...] D
Taiwanese-born Hong Kong actress Shu Qi was originally cast in Ziyi Zhang's role of Jiaolong Yu and [...] D
The actors almost invariably performed their own stunts. CGI was used to remove the wires holding th [...] D
'Jet Li' bowed out of starring in this film to fulfill a promise made to his wife 'Nina Li' that he [...] D
Director Ang Lee pitched the film to Michelle Yeoh as "Sense and Sensibility (1995) with martial art [...] D
(At around 3 minutes) In the hall where Shu Lien first meets Li Mubai, there are two large sets of c [...] D
Actress Shu Qi turned down the role to shoot a soft drink commercial in Japan. It was next offered t [...] D
Jet Li was originally cast to play Li Mu Bai but turned the part down to appear in Romeo deve morire [...] D
A computer mock-up of what Chow Yun-Fat would look like as a bald man was generated before the actor [...] D
The film was an adaptation of the fourth novel in a pentalogy, or five-novel cycle, known in China a [...] D
"Crouching tiger hidden dragon" is a quote from Chinese mythology. It refers to hiding your strength [...] D
This was the only martial arts film to date to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. D
This was Chow Yun-Fat's first martial arts film. D
(At around 1 hour, 5 minutes) At the cave scene, Lo sings a song. This song is in one of the old Tur [...] D
The film holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for a foreign language film along with Roma [...] D
(At around 5 minutes) The stamped documents shown by Shu Lien to the guards at the city-gate before [...] D
While Ziyi Zhang's character is obviously highly trained and skillful in martial arts, the actress h [...] D
For the English language dub, extra care was taken to ensure that the voice actors' performances and [...] D
Dun Tan had only two weeks to compose and record the musical score. The result was him winning the O [...] D
In 2001, this became the first foreign language film to earn over $100 million in the United States. D
Michelle Yeoh deliberately did not work for a year before filming began so she could concentrate on [...] D
The four main actors all spoke Mandarin, but with different accents. Chow Yun-Fat had a Cantonese ac [...] D
According to old Taiwanese newspapers, there was a Taiwanese-speaking movie in 1959 called "Luo Xiao [...] D
The film's action choreographer, Woo-Ping Yuen, was also responsible for the fighting sequences in M [...] D
(At around 15 minutes) In the first night scene, Bo meets two night-watchmen who later give two knoc [...] D
The film is included among the "1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneide [...] D
This was the highest-grossing foreign language movie in American film history. D
Director Ang Lee commented that originally, he did not wish for Shu Lien to wield the heavy two-hand [...] D
Director Ang Lee described the film as "a dream of China...that probably never existed." D
One of only three films to win the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and DGA awards for Best Director, but lose t [...] D
In an interview with the New York Times, director Ang Lee explained about the final scene between Yu [...] D
The Green Destiny Sword Li Mu Bai carries translates to Green Dark World Sword, a place where the de [...] D
Ziyi Zhang studied calligraphy for several months, along with her other training, for the movie. D
In Chinese, Lo's name is "Little Tiger" and Jen's name is "Gorgeous Dragon." D
According to Chow Yun-Fat, he had to do twenty-eight takes of his first scene on the first day of sh [...] D
Ranked number 78 non-English-speaking film in the critics' poll conducted by the BBC in 2018. D
The film is ranked #10 in the Hong Kong Film Awards' List of The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures (M [...] D
Michelle Yeoh did not speak Mandarin. The script was presented to her phonetically with help from Ma [...] D