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Office Report: No. 19 Crouching
Tiger Landed On Saturn (SCIFI.COM)
(1 AWARD) What
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Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Animation (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
DVD
Is Out (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
MTV Movie Awards - Zhang Ziyi Won The Best Fight Award (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) (1 AWARD) June 6, 2001 Zhang Ziyi won the Best Fight Award but lost Breakthrough Performance by a female award. John Woo won Best Action Sequence for the motorcycle chase scene in Mission: Impossible II. The show will be aired on June 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET. on MTV.
Box
Office Report: No. 16
Zhang Ziyi Guest Host MTV Movie Awards (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) May 23 , 2001
Box
Office Report: Back To No. 15 Crouching
Pearl, Hidden Harbor (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) Update (May 30, 2001): the claim is wrong but the music does sound a lot like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Ang
Lee's Chosen (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) The
8th Beijing University Film Festival (MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive) (1 AWARDS)
Tan
Dun Joins Hero (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) About Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he said, "for this film, he (Ang Lee) mortgaged his own house and even lost six credit cards. I remember when he came to see me, the first a couple of words he said is, 'buddy, no money'. And he only gave me ten days, but I didn't disappoint him." Tan Dun wanted to turn him down, but changed his mind after seeing tears in Ang Lee's eyes. "The background music for the scene of "Zhang Ziyi jumping off the cliff" was done on an airplane. On the recording, Ang Lee asked about the music. I said I hadn't heard it either … Just like this, I finished the music for the last ninety minutes in two and half days. Box
Office Report: Remains At No. 17 (last week) Chow
Yun-Fat and Zhang Ziyi - Among 50 Most Beautiful People (People Magazine) Box
Office Report: No. 17 Crouching
Tiger Won Eight At The Hong Kong Film Awards (MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive) (8 AWARDS)
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Box Office Report (Last Week): No. 14 April 29, 2001 (14. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'' Sony Picture Classics, $1,416,939, 1012 screens, $1,400 in average, $122,744,616 in total, twenty weeks.)
Two From British BT Emma Awards (BT Emma Awards) (2 AWARDS) April 29, 2001 Best Film and Best Film Actress (Michelle Yeoh).
3 Nominations For MTV Movie Awards (MTV.com) (3 NOMINATIONS) April 25, 2001 Breakthrough Performance Female (Zhang Ziyi), Best Fight (Zhang Ziyi vs. Entire Bar) and Best Movie.
Roger Ebert, The Movie Answer Man, Answering Question About The DVD (Chicago Sun Time) April 20, 2001 Q. I recently imported the ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' DVD, with both English subtitles and an English dubbed track. I watched the movie in its original Mandarin, with the English subtitles. The sentences on the screen seemed simple and brief. Later, I watched the movie again with the English dub. To my surprise, the dubbed dialogue was vastly different from the subtitles: more poetic, complete, and powerful. Scott Gillan, Manhattan, Kan. A. The AM consulted both James Shamus, who wrote the movie, and Sony Pictures vice president Michael Schlesinger. They disagree about the desirability of dubbing, but agree about subtitles. Schamus: ''First of all, I'm thrilled with his response to the dub--the folks at Sony and we worked long and hard on it, and the results are stupendous. It's probably the best dub into English of any film I know of, certainly of any film from Asia in my lifetime. By comparison, it is more verbally fleshed out than the subtitles, which I am also proud of: Ang Lee and I wrote and re-wrote them, as on all our films. Technical restraints limit the number of characters that can be printed, as well as the amount of time subtitles can stay on screen, and if one wishes people to both read and see one's film those constraints are reasonable. In any case, modern DVD technology is going to change the way we relate to foreign films, giving us the chance to both hear the true grain of the actors' voices and languages, as well as, with the flick of a remote control, enjoying the picture without subtitles.'' Schlesinger: ''The writer is correct. Dubbed dialogue sometimes needs to be 'padded' to match the length of the spoken sentence, while subtitles need to be short so they can be read before the actor finishes the line. For comparison, the writer should check out the DVD of 'Princes Mononoke,' which contains two sets of subtitles: one a literal translation of the Japanese dialogue, the other a more 'fluid' translation. They're subtly but intriguingly different from each other ... and considerably more different than the wretched English dubbing. And in answer to his final question: no, dubbing is never preferable to subtitling, even on a Godzilla movie. One of an actor's most important tools is his/her voice: take that away, and you lose the heart of the performance.'' Michelle Yeoh Became Dato Yeoh (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) April 20, 2001
Michelle Yeoh Will Be Knighted As Dato By Malaysia (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) April 18, 2001 On April 19, Michelle Yeoh will be titled as Dato Yeoh by the Sultan of Perak State of Malaysia, as the first Chinese Malaysian entertainer to receive the honor. Ten years ago, her father has already become a Dato.
Region 1 DVD - June 5, 2001! (Amazon.com) April 18, 2001 Edition
Details: Updated Box Office Report: No. 12 April 18, 2001 (12. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'' Sony Picture Classics, $1,884,519, 1244 screens, $1,515 in average, $120,507,372 in total, nineteen weeks.)
Box Office Report: Out Off Top 10 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) April 16, 2001
Region 1 (North America) DVD Will Be Out In Mid October Along With The Comics (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) April 11, 2001 Image Comics will release the comic version of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If it was successful, comics based the other four parts of the pentalogy may also be available.
Region 2 DVD (The R2 Project) April 11, 2001 18TH June 2001, 2:35 Widescreen / 16 x 9 Anamorphic , RRP: £19.99. Extras include: English
language or Mandarin with subtitles Box Office Report: No. 8 (Associated Press) April 1, 2001 ... Some top winners at last weekend's Oscars continued to do well. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" grossed $5 million to push its total to $113.7 million, while "Traffic" took in $4.2 million, increasing its take to $113.9 million. ... (8. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'' Sony Picture Classics, $5,020,016, 1906 screens, $2,634 in average, $113,729,020 in total, seventeen weeks.) 4 OSCARS
Best Foriegn Language Film of the Year - Ang Lee Oh, thank you. Well, thank you, Academy, for this special recognition for non-English movies. My thanks to my fellow producers Hsu Li Kong, Bill Kong, and to an enormously talented cast and crew who sacrificed so much. To James Schamus, David Linde, Ted Hope, and everyone at Good Machine. And to Barbara Robinson at Columbia Asia, and Gareth Wigan at Sony. And to Tom Bernard, Michael Barker, and Marcy Bloom at Sony Classic for their masterpiece job. And finally, to my friends and family in Taiwan, to my collaborators in Hong Kong, and everyone, people in China who help us so much in making this movie. It was a great honor. Thank you. Achievement
In Art Direction - Tim Yip
Thank you very much. This is the first time in the Oscar -- I am a little bit nervous. First of all, I have to thanks for my parents because they are not there. I hope that they can listen to me somewhere here because they are already gone. And I want to thank my family to support what I am working on and especially, thanks for Ang Lee. Achievement
In Cinematography - Pepter Pau
I'm gonna speak very fast. I would like to thank Ang Lee for giving me this once in a lifetime chance. I must thank all my friends including Chui Po Chu, Zheng Quan Gang, Bill Kong, Phillip Lee, Wang Hui Ling, Fong Ping, Charles Wang, Tony [], Billy Ng, Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and his team, Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Cheng Pei Pei, Chang Chen, David Lee, Leo Lo, Manex, Deluxe Toronto, Leslie D'Brass, Christopher Severn, David Gersh, Melanie Ramseyer, my parents, my sisters, my mentor, Sun Yun Dat, for giving me spiritual guidance for over 15 years. My entire camera and lighting crew in Hong Kong and China, including -- Kenny Lam, Lee Tak Shing, Louis Jong, Jimmy Fok, Choi Sung Fai, Kai Tan Wei, Lam Chun Wan. It's a great honor to me to the people of Hong Kong and Chinese people all over the world. Thank you very much. Se se. Achievement
In Music In Connection With Motion Pictures (Origianl Score) -
Tan Dun
I prepared something exactly 45 seconds. My music is to dream without boundaries. Tonight with you, I see boundaries being crossed. As a classical music composer, I'm thrilled to be honored here. CROUCHING TIGER bridged East and West, romance and action, high and low cultures. Thank you Ang Lee, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Gilb, Michael Goffein, James Schamus, Bill Kong, thank you Sony Classical, Cami, and G. Shirmer for their long support. Last, this is for two tigers in my family, my wife Jane, Ian, son, both born in the year of tigers. Thank you, Academy. What
Do Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon And Gladiator Have In Common?
What
Are Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's Oscar Nominations?
The Big Moment Best Foreign Language Film of the Year- Ang Lee
Achievement in Cinematography - Peter Pau
Achievement in Art Direction - Tim Yip
Achievement in Visual Effect
"A Love Before Time"
Yo-Yo Ma
The Red Carpet Ang Lee
Chow Yun Fat and wife
Michelle Yeoh
Zhang Ziyi
Chang Chen
Yo-Yo Ma
CoCo Lee
The After Party
NOT
DESERVED:
Best
Visual Effect - Gladiator
The Academy has lost its soul !!!!!!
Should
win: The Perfect Storm - a breakthrough although not perfect
Best
Picture - Gladiator
Nothing
original !!!!!!
Should
win: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Traffic
Best
Actor - Russel Crowe
More
action than acting !!!!!!
Should
win: any one of the other four
Best
Actress - Julia Roberts
Artificial
acting !!!!!!
Should
win: anyone but Julia Roberrts
Best
Sound - Gladiator
Loud
noise !!!!!!
Should win: Cast Away - silence is gold Best
Makeup - Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Changed a man into a man in a monster suit !!!!!! Should
win: Shadow of the Vampire - changed a man into a monster
Box Office Report: Back To No. 5 (Associated Press) March 25, 2001 ... Among the Oscar contenders, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Sony Pictures Classics) rose one spot to No. 5 with $4.7 million, a 15-percent boost from last weekend. In its 16th weekend, director Ang Lee's martial-arts romance has grossed $106.3 million. It is competing for 10 Oscars including best picture, director and foreign-language film. Sony Classics is a unit of Sony Corp. ... Offical figure: (6. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'' Sony Picture Classics, $4,613,172, 2027 screens, $2,276 in average, $106,253,538 in total, sixteen weeks.)
Before The Big Thrill (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 25, 2001 Ang Lee - business as usual
News
conferece for Best Foriegn Language Film nominees
Directors
of Best Foreign Language Film nominees: (start from the left) Alejandro
Gonzalez Inarritu (Amores Perros), Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon), Jan Hrebejk (Divided We Fall), Dominique Deruddere (Everybody
Famous), Agnes Jaoui (The Taste of Others).
Dragged
away by the security
Chow Yun-Fat - lunch with John Woo
Cooking
Tomato Shrimps
John
Woo cutting green onions
Whose
better?
Mrs.
Chow Yun-Fat
Lunch
time
Leaving
The Ivy restaurant
Michelle Yeoh - blond hair
Leaving
Hong Kong alone (1)
Leaving
Hong Kong alone (2)
Leaving
Hong Kong alone (3)
What
she's going to wear
Zhang Ziyi - leaving Hong Kong
Departure
Zhang
Ziyi and her mother
Chatting
with fans at a L.A. hotel
V
for victory
Zhang
Ziyi's mother
Chang Chen - keeping the beard
Arriving
L.A.
Cheng Pei Pei - preparing her "fox" dress
One
for Jade Fox (right) and one for her oldest daughter (left)
"Jade
Fox" in L.A.
CoCo Lee - nervous
News
conference (1)
News
conference (2)
News
conference (3)
Rush Hour II Pix (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 25, 2001 March 21st's shooting:
March 23rd's shooting: Zhang Ziyi walked out off the American Consulate General and it got blew up thereafter. A local police station was used to double the building and the explosion will be added later, digitally.
In another scene, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker running naked (almost) in the street.
March 24th's shooting:
"Crouching Tiger" Nabs Top Indie Film Prizes (Reuters) (3 AWARDS) March 24, 2001 Best Feature, Best Director (Ang Lee) and Best Supporting Female (Zhang Ziyi).
First
Picture Of Zhang Ziyi In Korean Film Warrior (MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
What To Wear? (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 23, 2001 Chow
Yun-Fat: Black Italian Cerruti tuxedo. Mrs. Chow Yun-Fat: Three dresses sponsored by Japanese firm Yohji Yamamoto, including a black nightwear. Michelle Yeoh:
A black chi-pao (traditional Chinese dress) (black silk, 80,000
pieces of crystals forming tiger stripes, exposing back, dragon
scales at the bottom, weighted over 30 pounds.) It took more than
a month to design and over 100 hours to make. Zhang Ziyi: A silver dress (most likely) CoCo Lee: a dress sponsored by Chanel. Ang
Lee's Schedule (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
MonkeyPeaches' Oscar Prediction (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 19, 2001 ACTOR -- LEADING: Russell Crowe - should win for The Insider not for The Gladiator. ACTOR -- SUPPORTING: Benicio Del Toro - a reward for Steven Soderbergh's Traffic? ACTRESS - LEADING: Julia Roberts - best OO! ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING: Kate Hudson - only recognition for Almost Famous. ART DIRECTION: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - a close call with Gladiator. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - or they think Gladiator is better, which is not. COSTUME DESIGN: Gladiator - you know who should win. DIRECTING: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - The Academy completely ignored Ang Lee's The Ice Storm in 1998 and they are not going to make the same mistake twice. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Don't know. DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Not showing in my local theatres. FILM EDITING: Gladiator - I hate to say this: once you think it's good, it going to look good in each way. FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - no surprise. MAKEUP: Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas - Best latex goes to Jim Carrey. MUSIC (SCORE): Gladiator - or Crouching Tiger MUSIC (SONG): Wonder Boys - not the best, but better. BEST PICTURE: Gladiator - best pro-wrestling picture. SHORT - ANIMATED: I may never got chance to see them. SHORT -- LIVE ACTION: Not even the winner will get wider release. SOUND: Gladiator - Best sound for the bloodiest fight. SOUND EDITING: Space Cowboys - best for the best. VISUAL EFFECTS: Gladiator - and I would kill myself if it really won. WRITING (ADAPTED): Traffic - no chance for Crouching Tiger, because the novel has never been published in America. WRITING (ORIGINAL): Almost Famous - unless they never saw it.
The Oscar Will Show Chinese Kung Fu (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 19, 2001 Four dancers will perform Wushu Dance while CoCo Lee singing A Love Before Time, the song from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. According Qiao Li, one of the four dancers, Wushu Dance is a combination of moves from Peking opera, Wushu (Chinese martial art) and dance.
Watching Movie With Ang Lee (New York Times) March 18, 2001 Ang Lee sat on a swivel chair, his hands folded, a bank of dark monitors before him. "Every time I see this movie, I cry," he said. "It's a little embarrassing. From when I was a little boy until now, I always cry." Sure enough, he just thought about it, and his eyes began to moisten. ... (Full text - subscription required)
Box Office Report: Crouching Tiger Joined The Hundred Million Dollar Club (Associated Press) March 18, 2001 ... With one week until the Academy Awards on March 25, two best picture Oscar nominees passed the century mark this weekend: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Sony Pictures Classics) and "Traffic" (USA Films). ... The martial arts romance "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" held steady at No. 6 with $4.1 million after 101 days, and was expected to end Sunday with $100.4 million in the till. The film is up for 10 Academy Awards, including best picture, foreign-language picture and director (Ang Lee). ... (6. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'' Sony Picture Classics, $4,117,567, 1860 screens, $2,214 in average, $100,349,641 in total, fifteen weeks.)
People Chose Crouching Tiger (People Magazine) March 17, 2001
3 Golden Bauhinia Awards (Hong Kong) (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) (3 AWARD) March 17, 2001 Nominations: Best Chinese Language Film, Best Director (Ang Lee) and Best Supporting Actress (Zhang Ziyi).
"Crouching" Cellist A Stand-Up Guy (New York Post) March 15, 2001 By Barbara Hoffman YO-Yo Ma's dramatic cello solos in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are part of a score that's up for an Oscar - but the famed cellist was 6,800 miles away from the movie's high-flying kicks and whirling swords when he recorded the music. ...
UK Box Office Report: No. 8, £271,024 ($386,762 US), March 9-11, 10th week! (Empire Online) March 13, 2001
Zhang Ziyi And Yuen Wo Ping Helping Jet Li To Kill The First Emperor Of China (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 14, 2001 Zhang Ziyi has been considered for a role in the upcoming historical epic The Qin Assassination (temporary translation) and Yuen Wo Ping is also being asked by the director Zhang Yimou to join in. Because of Zhang Ziyi's first film The Road Home, directed by Zhang Yimou, she was discovered by Ang Lee.
The film is based on a folk tale of one of the unsuccessful assassinations of Qin Shi Huang DI, China's first emperor from Qin Dynasty, in about 2,200 years ago. According to some very reliable source, Jet Li has agreed to take the role of the assassin. Two years ago, he turned down the role of Li Mu Bai and focused on having a baby with his wife. Seeing the success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he has decided to take the role with a lower pay of 4 million US. His character has developed a skill of "Killing a Person within Ten Steps". Being a loyal bodyguard of the First Emperor, he eventually decided to kill the ruthless ruler. During the scene of the final showdown, there will be a brilliant dialogue between them. Jiang Wen, the leading man of Zhang Yimou's first feature film Red Sorghum, will play the First Emperor, the role previously considered for Jackie Chan. Maggie Cheung will play the assassin's lover and her costar in In the Mood for Love Leung Chu-Wai (Tony Leung) may also have a role in it.
The
film is produced by Columbia and shooting will start in August this
year.
Cheng Pei Pei Will Not Be In The Prequel (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 13, 2001 Cheng Pei Pei, played Jade Fox, has told the media that she will not be in the prequel due to health consideration.
Crouching Tiger Is One Step Away From The Hundred Million Dollar Club (Associated Press) March 11, 2001 (7. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'' Sony Picture Classics, $4,303,010, 1756 screens, $2,450 in average, $94,559,038 in total, |
