"CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON"

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日期：2006-8-5 15:12:56

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"CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON"

Wang Hui Ling and James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung

Based on the novel

Wang Du Lu

FADE IN:

EXT. YUAN COMPOUND - DAY

Security men and porters are loading wagons for a convoy. As they work, we see across the lake a lone horseman entering the village. One of the men recognizes him.

WORKER

Master Li is here!

ANGLE ON LI MU BAI, thirties, powerful and handsome.

In the background, old AUNT WU, at the sight of Li Mu Bai, drops her parcels and runs excitedly into the building.

INT. YUAN HALLWAY - DAY

Aunt Wu runs hurriedly through the halls.

AUNT WU

Shu Lien!

INT. YU'S ROOM - DAY

YU, a beautiful woman in her early 30s, is finishing packing for the convoy, wrapping a few small items in a linen wrapper as Aunt Wu bursts in.

AUNT WU

Li Mu Bai is here!

INT. YUAN PRACTICE HALL - DAY

How's everything?

AUNT WU

Fine. Please come in.

Yu sits, composed, as Aunt Wu ushers Li in. Li carries a large object, wrapped in silk.

Yu smiles.

Mu Bai... It's been too long.

It has.

(he glances around the room)

How's business?

Good. And how are you?

Fine.

An awkward pause.

Monk Zheng said you were at Wudan

Mountain. He said you were practicing

deep meditation.

Yes.

The mountain must be so peaceful... I

envy you. My work keeps me so busy, I

hardly get any rest.

I left the training early.

Why? You're a Wudan fighter. Training

is everything.

During my meditation training... I came

to a place of deep silence... I was

surrounded by light... Time and space

disappeared. I had come to a place my

master had never told me about.

You were enlightened?

No. I didn't feel the bliss of

enlightenment. Instead... I was

surrounded by an endless sorrow. I

couldn't bear it. I broke off my

meditation. I couldn't go on. There

was something... pulling me back.

What was it?

Something I can't let go of. You are

leaving soon?

We're preparing a convoy for a delivery

to Peking.

Perhaps I could ask you to deliver

something to Sir Te for me.

Li unwraps the object. It is an ancient, astonishingly beautiful sword.

The Green Destiny Sword? You're giving

it to Sir Te?

I am. He has always been our greatest

protector.

I don't understand. How can you part with

it? It has always been with you.

Too many men have died at its edge. It only

looks pure because blood washes so easily

from its blade.

You use it justly. You're worthy of it.

It's time for me to leave it behind.

So what will you do now?

Li doesn't reply.

Come with me to Peking. You can give the

sword to Sir Te yourself. It'll be just

like old times.

First I must visit my master's grave. It's

been many years since Jade Fox murdered him.

I have yet to avenge his death. And yet I'm

thinking of quitting. I must pray for his

forgiveness.

Join me once you have finished. I can wait

for you in Peking.

Perhaps.

EXT. THE GATE TO PEKING - DAY

Customs officials have just finished checking the contents in a row of carriages bearing the Sun Security insignia. The caravan slowly passes through the checkpoint into the boundaries of Peking. Yu, riding a handsome horse and clearly the leader, watches as her crew clears inspection.

GUARDS

Ok. Pass.

Thanks. Let's go into the city.

EXT. OUTSIDE A DEPOT - DAY

Workers are busy unloading the contents from the carriage. BOSS GIAO is checking off the merchandise - a cargo of medicinal herbs.

GIAO

Everything got here safely. I'm

much obliged.

Just doing my job.

GIAO

Sun Security has been the best since

your father started it. You're a credit

to his memory.

Thank you.

GIAO

I mean it.

EXT. PEKING - DAY

From a gray tiled roof, we can see Peking's magnificent grid of houses extending miles and miles out, freshly painted by the morning sun.

EXT. PEKING STREET - DAY

Dusty and congested as always, people, horses, and carriages are fighting to get through the boulevards.

A group of jugglers perform at a corner.

Yu surveys the busy street from on top of her horse.

INT. TE'S GREAT HALL - DAY

Yu presents the sword to SIR TE.

SIR TE

This is Li's personal sword, a great

hero's weapon! He is the only one in

the world worthy of carrying it. It's

too fine a gift. I cannot accept it.

Sir Te! It has brought him as much

trouble as glory. Help him to leave

these troubles behind. Otherwise,

he'll never be able to start anew.

SIR TE

All right. I'll act as the sword's

custodian.

DE LU, the head servant, enters.

DE LU

Governor Yu has arrived.

SIR TE

I must change.

(getting up)

You've always been so good to Li Mu Bai

and me. Please accept our thanks.

SIR TE

Please do not be such a stranger. You'll

stay the night as my guest. Now, Shu Lien...

tell me something. Your father was a great

friend to me, and I think of you as my own

daughter.

Please, Sir Te, what is it?

SIR TE

Li Mu Bai giving up his sword and his

warrior days... maybe he's trying to tell

you something?

I don't know...

SIR TE

Don't be coy. I've always known about your

feelings for each other. All these years,

it's a shame... neither of you is brave

enough to admit the truth to the other.

You're both wasting precious time.

I beg your pardon. Li Mu Bai and I aren't

cowards.

SIR TE

When it comes to emotions, even great

heroes can be idiots. Tell me if Li Mu Bai

is not more open the next time you see him.

I'll give him an earful!

INT. TE'S STUDY - DAY

Yu and De Lu approach the study.

DE LU

Sir Te said to leave the sword in here.

De Lu opens the door and is startled to find a young woman inside. The woman is studying the sheets of calligraphy hanging on the walls.

DE LU

Who are you?

JEN

I'm your guest today. I am Governor

Yu's daughter.

DE LU

This is Sir Te's study. You are here

to...

JEN

I was looking for a quiet corner.

DE LU

I am Sir Te's head servant. And this is

another of our guests.

INT. TE'S STUDY - DAY

Yu gently lays the sword, still in its sheath, in Jen's hands.

JEN

It's heavy for such a thin piece of

metal!

The handle is heavy. And the blade is no

ordinary metal. Still, the sword is the

lightest of weapons. You're just not used

to handling it.

JEN

But I have had much practice. As a child

in the West, a platoon lived with us.

They'd let me play with their weapons. The

scabbard is so beautiful.

Beautiful but dangerous. Once you see it

tainted with blood, its beauty is hard to

admire. It's 400 years old.

JEN

Exquisite! You said it belongs to...

My friend Li Mu Bai. He's given it to Sir

Te as a gift.

JEN

Li Mu Bai! The famous warrior? Why would

he give his sword to Sir Te?

You're too young to understand.

JEN

You're a sword fighter too?

Yu yanks the sword out of the sheath. An eerie sound resonates within the study. Jen is even more impressed.

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