23 years after its release, the visual and cinematic masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will be returning to theaters. The announcement was made by Sony Pictures Classics today on Twitter. The film will be available in theaters everywhere this February.
The film was a cultural sensation when it was released to theaters in December 2000. Directed by well-renowned filmmaker Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a martial arts film that utilized spectacular visual effects and dramatic storytelling to create a classic film. The film is adapted from a serialized novel of the same name by Wang Dulu, which was published in the 1940s. The film was made in Standard Chinese, and it became the highest-grossing foreign language film overseas in America.
Additionally, its impact on early 2000s pop culture is hard to overstate. Many of its visually stunning fight scenes and special effects become subject to parody and replication. Like The Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became a touch-point for the increasing market for large-scale storytelling and a focus on visual effects. Its impact can still be seen in many blockbuster Marvel films.
