Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of the Ang Lee Film Including the Complete Screenplay.

LEE, Ang and James Schamus. [Sigourney Weaver].

$1,800.00

Item Number: 123591

New York: Newmarket Press, 2000.

First edition of the book companion to the epic Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by director Ang Lee on the front free endpaper, “To dear Sigourney & Jim With Love Ang Lee 李安.” The recipient, Golden Globe Award-winning American actress Sigourney Weaver, is best known for her pioneering action heroine roles in science fiction films including Alien (1979), Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), WALL-E (2008), and Avatar (2009). In 1997, she appeared in Ang Lee’s American drama film The Ice Storm. Her role as Janey Carver in the Ice Storm earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won her a BAFTA Award for Actress in a Supporting Role. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Based on the novel by Chan Kam Chuen. Foreword and notes by Ang Lee and James Schamus. Introductions by Richard Corliss and David Bordwell. Screenplay by Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo Jung. Photographs by Chan Kam Chuen. Edited by Linda Sunshine. Jacket design by Timothy Shaner. A fine association.

Hailed as a masterpiece at the Cannes Film Festival and features on the cover of Time magazine, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is an epic love story and a thrilling action drama set against the breathtaking landscapes of China. An overwhelming critical and commercial success, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won over 40 awards and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2001, including Best Picture, and won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography, receiving the most nominations ever for a non-English language film at the time, until 2018's Roma tied this record. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of the Ang Lee Film included the film's entire screenplay and storyline, illustrated with more than 90 full color photographs, many shot on location during production.