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Ang Lee - news / articles


  • Lust, Caution: Ang Lee interview - 3 January 2008
    - - -We caught up with Oscar-winning director Ang Lee to get the low-down on his new controversial film Lust, Caution, an espionage thriller set in the turbulent time of WWII-era Shanghai and starring Tony Leung and newcomer Wei Tang. - -LOVEFiLM: Due to t


  • Near-Lee at the Oscars, but not quite - 19 October 2007
    Ang Lee, the director who won an Oscar for his work on the 2005 picture Brokeback Mountain, will not be picking up a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for his latest film Lust, Caution.-According to reports, the man behind Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon an


  • Ang Lee named top director - 30 January 2006
    Hollywood's directors have named Ang Lee director of the year for Brokeback Mountain. - -Lee (Eat Drink Man Woman, The Wedding Banquet, Hulk) picked up the award from the Directors Guild of America (DGA), beating off George Clooney (Good Night, And Good Luck), Pa

Ang Lee - what members say


  • The Ice Storm
  • The Ice Storm review by Philip Concannon from London
    Rated - 5 stars A compelling, emotionally charged drama 4 May 2004
    ...The versatile Ang Lee came up trumps again with this absorbing drama. The film charts the increasingly complex relationships between two suburban New England families ...  
  • Sense And Sensibility
  • Sense And Sensibility review by A customer from Midlands, UK
    Rated - 5 stars Better than the book? 30 December 2004
    ...tations of varying quality in recent years, but this film, directed superbly by Ang Lee with a faultless cast is undoubtedly the best. Costume, cinematography, music, ...  
  • Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
  • Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon review by JohnRead from Hampshire
    Rated - 5 stars The best film of the year 2000 26 October 2003
    ...he best film of the year 2000 and won four Oscars and four BAFTAs. Directed by Ang Lee, this film has three lead female characters - Yu Shu Lien played by Michelle Ye...  

Ang Lee - filmography


  • Brokeback Mountain on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal,  Heath Ledger,  Michelle Williams
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 15
    From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee comes an epic American love story, Brokeback Mountain . Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (67%)
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  • Hulk - BLU-RAY Version (2003)
    Starring: Eric Bana,  Jennifer Connelly,  Josh Lucas
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 12
    THE HULK, adapted by Ang Lee (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) from the Marvel comic book series, stars Eric Bana as Bruce Banner, the tormented scientist whose temper periodically transforms him into a raging green monster. Fellow scientist and Hulk-love-interest Betty Ross (Jennifer Connelly), ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (60%)
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  • Hulk (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Eric Bana,  Jennifer Connelly,  Josh Lucas
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 12
    THE HULK, adapted by Ang Lee (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) from the Marvel comic book series, stars Eric Bana as Bruce Banner, the tormented scientist whose temper periodically transforms him into a raging green monster. Fellow scientist and Hulk-love-interest Betty Ross (Jennifer Connelly), ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (52%)
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  • Hulk - HD DVD Version (2003)
    Starring: Eric Bana,  Jennifer Connelly,  Josh Lucas
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 12
    THE HULK, adapted by Ang Lee (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) from the Marvel comic book series, stars Eric Bana as Bruce Banner, the tormented scientist whose temper periodically transforms him into a raging green monster. Fellow scientist and Hulk-love-interest Betty Ross (Jennifer Connelly), ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (56%)
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  • The Art Of Action on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Jackie Chan,  Jet Li
    Director: Keith Clarke
    Certificate: 18
    This in-depth documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at the history of the martial arts film--from its rebellious beginnings to the high-flying epics of today. Host Samuel L. Jackson takes you through the best moments of 100 films, including CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, and ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (47%)
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  • Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Chow Yun Fat,  Michelle Yeoh,  Zhang Ziyi
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 12
    Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stories that Lee loved as a child, then adds a ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (75%)
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  • Ride With The Devil on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Skeet Ulrich,  Jeffrey Wright
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 15
    Director Ang Lee follows up the critically acclaimed THE ICE STORM with this look at the bloody, intense conflict between the pro-Confederate Bushwackers and the pro-Union Jayhawkers in Missouri during the Civil War. Pitting neighbor against neighbor, the war in the frontier state tested personal ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (67%)
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  • The Ice Storm on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Sigourney Weaver,  Joan Allen
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 15
    It is Thanksgiving 1973, and the Carvers and the Hoods are two prototypical suburban families seemingly living the good life in New Canaan, Connecticut. Behind their New Age philosophies and polyester fashions, however, lies deep discontent. One husband carries on an unsatisfying affair with the ...
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  • Sense And Sensibility on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Alan Rickman,  Kate Winslet
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: U
    Actress Emma Thompson both wrote and stars in this adaptation of Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY--a novel that perceptively examines the social manners and laws of early-19th-century Britain. Set in the English countryside, the film follows the loves and heartaches of sisters Elinor (Thompson) ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (78%)
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  • Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
    Starring: Sihung Lung,  Yu-Wen Wang
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: TBC
    Trouble is brewing for old Mr. Chu, Taipei's greatest chef. He is losing his sense of taste and his patience with his three ungrateful daughters. Over the course of several, torturous Sunday family dinners, many shocking situations arise: someone gets pregnant, someone gets dumped, someone dies and ...
    Rate this: 4.0 (79%)
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  • Hollywood Chinese
    Starring: Turhan Bey,  Joan Chen,  Tsai Chin
    Director: Arthur Dong
    Certificate: TBC
    Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues and treasures. It weaves together a ...
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Ang Lee - downloads


  • Lust Caution for Download (2008)
    Starring: Joan Chen,  Lee-Hom Wang,  Tony Leung Chiu Wai
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 18
    Buy from: £13.99
    Run time: 157 minutes
    Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a call, and then sits and waits. She remembers how her story began several years earlier, in 1938 China. She is not in fact Mrs. Mak,...
    Rate this: 4.0 (76%)
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  • Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon for Download (2000)
    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat,  Michelle Yeoh,  Ziyi Zhang
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 12
    Buy from: £9.99
    Run time: 115 minutes
    Amazing martial arts fighting sequences (choreographed by Yuen wo Ping - The Matrix), stunning special effects, action adventure and romance have made Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon the most talked about movie of the year. Martial arts masters Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) and Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh)...
    Rate this: 4.0 (76%)
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  • Sense And Sensibility for Download (1995)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Alan Rickman,  Kate Winslet
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: U
    Buy from: £9.99
    Run time: 131 minutes
    Actress Emma Thompson both wrote and stars in this adaptation of Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY--a novel that perceptively examines the social manners and laws of early-19th-century Britain. Set in the English countryside, the film follows the loves and heartaches of sisters Elinor (Thompson) ...
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Ang Lee facts

5 most recent films


Lust, Caution - 3.5 stars
Brokeback Mountain - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Brokeback Mountain - 3.5 stars
Hulk - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Hulk - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


Eat Drink Man Woman - 4.0 stars
The Wedding Banquet - 4.0 stars
Sense And Sensibility - 3.5 stars
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - 3.5 stars
Lust, Caution - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Hollywood Chinese - 3 stars
Hulk - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Pushing Hands - 3.5 stars
The Art Of Action - 2.5 stars
Hulk - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Eric Bana - 3 times - show films
Celia Weston - 3 times - show films
Jennifer Connelly - 3 times - show films
Sihung Lung - 3 times - show films
Geoffrey Scott - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Arthur Dong - 1 times - show films
Keith Clarke - 1 times - show films