"16th Independent Spirit Awards The 16th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2000, were announced on March 24, 2001. It was hosted by John Waters. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Chuck & Buck You Can Count On Me ""'Ang Lee – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" ""'Javier Bardem – ""Before Night Falls"" ""'Ellen Burstyn – ""Requiem for a Dream"" ""'Willem Dafoe – ""Shadow of the Vampire"" ""'Zhang Ziyi – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" ""You Can Count On Me"" – Kenneth Lonergan ""Love & Basketball"" – Gina Prince-Bythewood ""Requiem for a Dream"" – Matthew Libatique ""Dancer in the Dark"""
"Timmy Yip Timmy Yip Kam-tim (; born 1967) is a Chinese art director and designer for fiction films. He is best known for his work on the 2000 martial arts film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Yip also won a BAFTA award for the film's costume design. He has been alternatively credited as Tim Yip Kam-tim, Kam Tim Yip, Kam-tim Yip, and Tim Yip. A renowned artist, Timmy Yip has multidisciplinary works in costume design, visual and contemporary art. For his work in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Tim won the"
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (soundtrack) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the original soundtrack album of the 2000 Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" starring Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang and Chen Chang. The score was composed by Tan Dun, originally performed by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai National Orchestra, and Shanghai Percussion Ensemble. It also features many solo passages for cello played by Yo-Yo Ma. The ""last track"" (""A Love Before Time"") features Coco Lee. The music for the entire film was produced in two weeks. In addition to the awards won (see below) the"
"opportunity to fulfill his childhood dream, Lee assembled a team from the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Mainland China for ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (2000). The film was a surprising success worldwide. With Chinese dialogue and English subtitles, the film became the highest grossing foreign film in many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, and was nominated in 10 categories at the Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Director. It ended up winning Best Foreign Language Film and three technical awards. The success of ""Crouching Tiger"" demonstrated that Lee's artistry"
"Peter Pau Peter Pau Tak-Hei (, born 1951) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director, best known to western audiences as for his work on ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematographer in 2000. One of Hong Kong's premier cinematographers, he has collaborated with directors John Woo, Ronny Yu, Ang Lee, Tsui Hark, and Wong Kar-wai. Pau is a member of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers. The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honour in early 2006. His older sister is Hong Kong Film Awards best actress winner Paw Hee-Ching."
"Peter Pau Peter Pau Tak-Hei (, born 1951) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director, best known to western audiences as for his work on ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematographer in 2000. One of Hong Kong's premier cinematographers, he has collaborated with directors John Woo, Ronny Yu, Ang Lee, Tsui Hark, and Wong Kar-wai. Pau is a member of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers. The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honour in early 2006. His older sister is Hong Kong Film Awards best actress winner Paw Hee-Ching."
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny () is a 2016 American-Chinese martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and written by John Fusco, based on the novel ""Iron Knight, Silver Vase"" by Wang Dulu. It is also a sequel to the 2000 film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"". The film stars Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh, Harry Shum, Jr., Jason Scott Lee, Roger Yuan, Woon Young Park, Eugenia Yuan, JuJu Chan, Chris Pang, Veronica Ngo, Shuya Chang and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. The film was released in Hong Kong on February 18, in China on"
"Kunlun"" exists, and one was in progress for ""Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin"". Wang Dulu Wang Baoxiang (; 1909–1977), courtesy name Xiaoyu (), better known by his pen name Wang Dulu (), was a Chinese writer of ""wuxia"" novels. Wang is best known for his work, ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"", that was adapted into a successful feature film of the same title by film director Ang Lee in 2000. Wang was born in 1909 in Beijing to a poor family of Manchu background. He worked as an editor for a newspaper agency and as a clerk for a merchant association before"
"score was also nominated for a Golden Globe but lost to the score of the film ""Gladiator"". Tan Dun arranged portions of the film score into a concerto for cello and orchestra called the Crouching Tiger Concerto. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (soundtrack) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the original soundtrack album of the 2000 Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" starring Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang and Chen Chang. The score was composed by Tan Dun, originally performed by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai National Orchestra, and Shanghai Percussion Ensemble. It also features many solo"
"20th Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony for the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 29 April 2001 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Eric Tsang, Carol Cheng, Gigi Leung and Eric Ng. Eighteen winners in eighteen categories were unveiled. The year's biggest winner was ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"", which received eight awards, one award short of the record set by """" in 1997. Besides the sixteen regular categories, the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards also presented two special awards, Lifetime Achievement Award and Professional Achievement Award, to veteran actress Pak Suet Sin and action choreographer"
"William Kong William Kong sometimes credited as Bill Kong () (born 1953) is a film producer known for his active role in the Hong Kong film industry and International co-production. He is most famous for co-producing the wuxia film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (2000), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Film. He co-produced the historical drama war film ""The Flowers of War"". Among his other films are ""Rise of the Legend"" (2014) and ""Monster Hunt"" (2015), which was at the time of its release the largest grossing film"
"Dream"" – Clint Mansell Fight Club Fight Club Fight Club Björk – ""Dancer in the Dark"" Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000 The 4th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2000, were given on 2 January 2001. Almost Famous Darren Aronofsky – ""Requiem for a Dream"" Tom Hanks – ""Cast Away"" Ellen Burstyn – ""Requiem for a Dream"" Benicio del Toro – ""Traffic"" <br> Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Almost Famous"" Kate Hudson – ""Almost Famous"" ""Almost Famous"" – Cameron Crowe Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Filth and the Fury ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" – Peter"
"release within the US. During its opening weekend, the film opened in 15th place, grossing $663,205 in business, showing at 16 locations. On January 12, 2001, ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" premiered in cinemas in wide release throughout the US grossing $8,647,295 in business, ranking in sixth place. The film ""Save the Last Dance"" came in first place during that weekend, grossing $23,444,930. The film's revenue dropped by almost 30% in its second week of release, earning $6,080,357. For that particular weekend, the film fell to eighth place screening in 837 theaters. ""Save the Last Dance"" remained unchanged in first place,"
"Wang Dulu Wang Baoxiang (; 1909–1977), courtesy name Xiaoyu (), better known by his pen name Wang Dulu (), was a Chinese writer of ""wuxia"" novels. Wang is best known for his work, ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"", that was adapted into a successful feature film of the same title by film director Ang Lee in 2000. Wang was born in 1909 in Beijing to a poor family of Manchu background. He worked as an editor for a newspaper agency and as a clerk for a merchant association before becoming a writer. He lived through the New Culture Movement and the"
"in Chinese history. William Kong William Kong sometimes credited as Bill Kong () (born 1953) is a film producer known for his active role in the Hong Kong film industry and International co-production. He is most famous for co-producing the wuxia film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (2000), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Film. He co-produced the historical drama war film ""The Flowers of War"". Among his other films are ""Rise of the Legend"" (2014) and ""Monster Hunt"" (2015), which was at the time of its release the"
"tie-in novel had been written by Justin Hill. The novel was released on January 26, 2016. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny () is a 2016 American-Chinese martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and written by John Fusco, based on the novel ""Iron Knight, Silver Vase"" by Wang Dulu. It is also a sequel to the 2000 film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"". The film stars Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh, Harry Shum, Jr., Jason Scott Lee, Roger Yuan, Woon Young Park, Eugenia Yuan, JuJu Chan, Chris Pang, Veronica Ngo, Shuya Chang and"
"the 1960s–70s, when films made by King Hu and the Shaw Brothers Studio were most prominent. More recent wuxia movie actors and actresses include Jet Li, Brigitte Lin, Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi. Yuen Woo-ping is a choreographer who achieved fame by crafting action-sequences in wuxia films. Wuxia was introduced to Hollywood studios in 2000 by Ang Lee's ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"". Following in Lee's footsteps, Zhang Yimou made ""Hero"", targeted for the international market in 2003, ""House of Flying Daggers"" in 2004 and ""Curse of the Golden Flower"" in 2006. Western audiences were also introduced"
"grossing $15,366,047 in box-office revenue. During its final week in release, ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" opened in a distant 50th place with $37,233 in revenue. The film went on to top out domestically at $128,078,872 in total ticket sales through a 31-week theatrical run. Internationally, the film took in an additional $85,446,864 in box-office business for a combined worldwide total of $213,525,736. For 2000 as a whole, the film cumulatively ranked at a worldwide box-office performance position of 19. Gathering widespread critical acclaim at the Toronto and New York film festivals, the film also became a favorite when Academy Awards"
"box office. Chow accepted the role of Li Mu-Bai in the (2000) film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."" It became a winner at both the international box office and the Oscars. In 2003, Chow came back to Hollywood and starred in ""Bulletproof Monk"". In 2006, he teamed up with Gong Li in the film ""Curse of the Golden Flower,"" directed by Zhang Yimou. In 2007, Chow played the pirate captain Sao Feng in """". However, his part was omitted when the movie was shown in mainland China, where government censors felt that Chow's character ""vilified and humiliated"" Chinese people. In the"
"London Film Critics Circle Awards 2000 The 21st London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2000, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 15 February 2001. ""Being John Malkovich"" ""Billy Elliot"" ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" • Taiwan/Hong Kong/United States/China Spike Jonze - ""Being John Malkovich"" Stephen Daldry - ""Billy Elliot"" Charlie Kaufman - ""Being John Malkovich"" Christopher Nolan - ""Memento"" Russell Crowe - ""Gladiator"" and ""The Insider Julia Roberts - ""Erin Brockovich"" Jim Broadbent - ""Topsy-Turvy"" Julie Walters - ""Billy Elliot"" Albert Finney - ""Erin Brockovich"" Samantha Morton - ""Sweet and Lowdown"" Jamie Bell"
"Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi (; ; born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress. Her first major role was in ""The Road Home"" (1999). She later gained international recognition for her role in Ang Lee's ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (2000), which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. In the West, Zhang is best known for her appearances in ""Rush Hour 2"" (2001), ""Hero"" (2002), and ""House of Flying Daggers"" (2004). Her most critically acclaimed works are ""Memoirs of a Geisha"" (2005), which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, the BAFTA Award"
"saw the rise of the Sixth Generation and post-Sixth Generation, both mostly making films outside the main Chinese film system and played mostly on the international film festival circuit. Following the international commercial success of films such as ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (2000) and ""Hero"" (2002), the number of co-productions in Chinese-language cinema has increased and there has been a movement of Chinese-language cinema into a domain of large scale international influence. After ""The Dream Factory"" (1997) demonstrated the viability of the commercial model, and with the growth of the Chinese box office in the new millennium, Chinese films have"
"legends say the treasure is buried in order to uncover and protect the treasure that her ancestors had sworn to keep safe. The action culminates in a climactic sequence set in the booby-trapped subterranean Buddhist temple. The film was generally panned by critics for its cliched storyline and primitive visual effects. The Touch (2002 film) The Touch (; literally: ""The Legend of the Heavenly Pulse"" or ""The Legend of the Heavenly Mountain Range"") is a 2002 Hong Kong action/adventure martial arts film directed by ""Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"" cinematographer Peter Pau and starring Michelle Yeoh, Ben Chaplin and Richard Roxburgh."
"""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"". The movie's success in the US and Europe helped her break into Hollywood. Zhang plays a young Manchu noblewoman who has secretly learned martial arts and runs off to become a wandering swordswoman rather than commit to an arranged marriage. This role won her the Most Promising Actress award at the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards and Best Supporting Actress awards from the Independent Spirit Awards, as well as Toronto Film Critics Association Awards. Zhang then appeared in her first American film, ""Rush Hour 2"" (2001). On playing her first villain role, Zhang expressed that ""the"
"Ma Xiaohui Ma Xiaohui () is an erhu player and composer from Shanghai, People's Republic of China. She is one China's few first-class traditional artists embracing an international career. Critics have referred to her as ""an artist who speaks with the world through Erhu"" and ""a musician who plays with heart."" Ma is perhaps most readily recognized for her duet with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma on the Oscar -winning soundtrack for the film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"". The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts regarded her 1999 Millennium Stage performance among that year's ten finest concerts. Raised in an academic"
"- ""Billy Elliot"" Greg Brenman and Jonathan Finn - ""Billy Elliot"" London Film Critics Circle Awards 2000 The 21st London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2000, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 15 February 2001. ""Being John Malkovich"" ""Billy Elliot"" ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" • Taiwan/Hong Kong/United States/China Spike Jonze - ""Being John Malkovich"" Stephen Daldry - ""Billy Elliot"" Charlie Kaufman - ""Being John Malkovich"" Christopher Nolan - ""Memento"" Russell Crowe - ""Gladiator"" and ""The Insider Julia Roberts - ""Erin Brockovich"" Jim Broadbent - ""Topsy-Turvy"" Julie Walters - ""Billy Elliot"" Albert Finney"
"its awards success, ""Crouching Tiger"" continues to be hailed as one of the greatest and most influential martial arts films. The film has been praised for its story, direction, and cinematography, and for its martial arts sequences. The film is set in 18th century Qing Dynasty China. Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-fat) is an accomplished Wudang swordsman and Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) heads a private security company. Yu Shu Lien and Li Mu Bai have feelings for each other, but because Shu Lien had been engaged to Mu Bai's closest friend, Meng Sizhao, before his death, Shu Lien and"
"""Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon"" ""pulled off the rare trifecta of critical acclaim, boffo box-office and gestalt shift."" Her films have received top awards at all the major film festivals (Cannes, Berlin and Venice and Hong Kong) as well as multiple Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA award wins. She has held senior positions with Sony Pictures Entertainment, and most recently with Wanda Media, the film and television production and distribution arm of the Wanda Group as adviser to its Los Angeles operations. Robinson is frequently cited as an expert on how Chinese and American film companies can collaborate. In 1988, Barbara Robinson"
"Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000 The 4th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2000, were given on 2 January 2001. Almost Famous Darren Aronofsky – ""Requiem for a Dream"" Tom Hanks – ""Cast Away"" Ellen Burstyn – ""Requiem for a Dream"" Benicio del Toro – ""Traffic"" <br> Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Almost Famous"" Kate Hudson – ""Almost Famous"" ""Almost Famous"" – Cameron Crowe Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Filth and the Fury ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" – Peter Pau ""Requiem for a Dream"" – Jay Rabinowitz Almost Famous<br> State and Main ""Requiem for a"
"to appeal to the international market. It was also revealed during the ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II"" press conference that the Weinstein Company had obtained rights to Akira Kurosawa's ""Seven Samurai"", was planning a remake and was negotiating with Yen, George Clooney and Zhang Ziyi to star in the film. Donnie Yen declined the offer due to scheduling conflicts for the filming of ""Ip Man 3"". In late March 2015, ""Ip Man 3"" was announced. Yen reprised his role as the titular character, Bruce Lee's martial arts master, Ip Man. Retired boxer and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was confirmed"
"Hong Kong-based fight choreographer Yuen Woo-ping is known for his work on ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" and the ""Matrix"" trilogy, in which the often unrealistic fighting techniques are complemented by directorial techniques such as bullet time. Ching Siu-tung is particularly noted in the field of Hong Kong action cinema for his use of graceful wire fu techniques. By contrast, films such as ""The Duellists"", fight directed by William Hobbs, ""Once Were Warriors"", fight directed by Robert Bruce and ""Troy"" & Ironclad, fight directed by Richard Ryan are widely famed for including gritty, realistic combat scenes. Ryan is also known for"
"director Euros Lyn said that various martial arts films were viewed in researching the opening fight sequence, including ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"". The werewolf in this story is computer-generated. Pauline Collins stated in a BBC press release that there were two performance artists who demonstrated the movements that the werewolf would do and talked about the problems of overacting in a situation where one was simply reacting to a green screen. A deleted scene was included on the boxset DVD, where the Doctor and Rose, after being knighted, run off towards the TARDIS. Pauline Collins appeared previously in the series"
"and American independent roles alike including the 2007 Gotham Awards winning film ""Choking Man"". She also co-stars with Tony Leung Ka Fai in the Kenneth Bi film, ""The Drummer"", and Erica Leerhsen in ""Slaughter"". Most recently she has appeared in the Australian television drama ""Secret City"". Eugenia Yuan Eugenia Yuan is a former rhythmic gymnast and a Chinese American actress and Hong Kong Film Awards winner. On January 22, 1976, Yuan was born in Inglewood, Los Angeles county, California. Yuan's mother is Cheng Pei-pei, an actress who is known for the role of Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."