Hero
DVD - 2009
A fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation. With supernatural skill, and no fear, the soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that has massacred his people. To achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat. The story of the First Emperor of China, who is on the brink of winning a war-torn land during the dawn of the Qin dynasty over 2,000 years ago. Three opponents are determined to kill the King, but the warrior stands in their way.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
Action and adventure films
Historical films
Martial arts films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Santa Monica, CA :
Lionsgate
[2009]
- Language
- Chinese
English
French
Spanish - Corporate Authors
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- Edition
- Special edition
- Item Description
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Special features: Close-up of a fight scene; Inside the action: a conversation with Quentin Tarantino & Jet Li; "Hero defined" making of featurette; storyboards; soundtrack spot. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (2.35:1) ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, digitally mastered.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: PG-13; for stylized martial arts violence and a scene of sensuality.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, Zhai Ru, Angie Lam ; music composer and conductor, Tan Dun ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung ; visual effects supervisor, Ellen Poon ; story by Zhang Yimou, Li Feng, Wang Bin ; violin solos and fiddling, Itzhak Perlman.
- ISBN
- 9780788895258
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