Although its Academy Award was presented to Taiwan, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was in fact an international co-production between companies in four regions: the Chinese company China Film Co-Production Corporation ; the American companies Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Sony Pictures Classics and Good Machine ; the Hong Kong company EDKO Film ; and the Taiwanese Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd ; as well as the unspecified United China Vision, and Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., created solely for this film.

Although there were other magnetic tape cartridge systems, the Compact Cassette became dominant as a result of Philips ' decision in the face of pressure from Sony to license the format free of charge.

Although Sony Pictures Television announced that the show was renewed for the 2004 – 2005 TV season, Lake decided not to continue with the show, opting to spend more time with her family and having relocated to Los Angeles.

Although the vast majority of such players eventually sold were not Sony products, the name " Walkman " has become synonymous with this type of device.

Although originally, IMAX considered using two Sony 4K projectors.

") Although Sony never marketed by entry level or prosumer, there is, in fact, such variation.

Although the 1 / 4 " CCD models are fully capable of taking a still photo, that is a secondary function and they lack the Sony Memory Stick feature to off load the jpeg images.

Although Sony Pictures Television had many stations contracted through the 2004 – 2005 season, Lake decided to end the show in August 2004, citing ( among other things ) a desire to spend time with her family.

Although officially an affiliated company of consumer electronics giant Sony Corporation, which owns 50. 6 percent of the company, Aiwa prides itself on its independent operation and competes head on with Sony in several product categories.

* Although WB / Turner holds the theatrical and television rights to Pink Floyd — The Wall, the video rights are owned by Sony Music.

* Although WB / Turner holds US rights to The Wind and the Lion, international rights remain with Columbia Pictures ( via Sony Pictures Entertainment ).

Although cleared in 90 % of the country, Sony was never able to secure a New York clearance for the show and the series was canceled after one season.

Although not drawing a large listenership, Baker won " Sony Radio DJ of the year " for the show.

Although at the time it was considered a radical decision, Kutaragi felt that Sony was on the " fast track ".

Although Kutaragi's leadership of consumer electronics was not successful, analysts also suspect that outgoing Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei had set up Kutaragi to fail, given that both men had a cool working relationship.

Although mock-ups of the system were not present at the press conference or E3, Sony did release extensive technical details regarding the new system.

Although the PlayStation 2 did not originally focus on Internet connectivity, Sony developed an external adapter that enabled online gaming for select titles after the Xbox ’ s release.

Although JumboTron is a registered trademark owned by the Sony Corporation, the word jumbotron is often used by the public as a genericized trademark.

Although a Windows, Linux, and Maemo version are available, it is primarily designed for the Sony PSP.

Although all three were admitted fans of the series, none were able to get involved in the project — Petty was unable to commit due to a tour, Springsteen was contractually tied to Sony Music Entertainment, while Seal was " snowboarding in South America or somewhere ".

Although most entries in the following lists are taken either from actual LPs and CDs and their liner notes or from trustworthy print or online sources, the lists are supplemented by a discography prepared by Sony Classical, apparently for their own use in identifying stock numbers.

Although Sony Pictures decided not to release the film, it was eventually released on DVD by Lion's Gate.

Although the D-2 videocassette appear similar in appearance to the D1 ( Sony ) format, they are not interchangeable.

Although he is perfectly willing to cooperate with Scotland Yard, Holmes has nothing but contempt for the intelligence and mentality of the police.

Although we continue to pay our conversational devotions to `` free private enterprise '', `` individual initiative '', `` the democratic way '', `` government of the people '', `` competition of the marketplace '', etc., we live rather comfortably in a society in which economic competition is diminishing in large areas, bureaucracy is corroding representative government, technology is weakening the citizen's confidence in his own power to make decisions, and the threat of war is driving him economically and physically into the ground ''.

Although it is constantly made to look foolish ( too simple to come in out of the rain, people say, who have found in the innocent an impediment ), it does not mind looking foolish because it is not concerned with how it looks.

Although open to the general public it is not overcrowded ; ;

Although we have no measures of its strength or intensity, the heritage of the doctrine of inalienable rights is retained.

Although because of the important achievements of nineteenth century scholars in the field of textual criticism the advance is not so striking as it was in the case of archaeology and place-names, the editorial principles laid down by Stevenson in his great edition of Asser and in his Crawford Charters were a distinct improvement upon those of his predecessors and remain unimproved upon today.

Although Patchen has given previous evidence of an interest in jazz, the musical group that he works with, the Chamber Jazz Sextet, is often ignored by jazz critics.

Although the false glamour surrounding bourbon or other whisky commercials is possibly no more fatuous than the pseudo-sophistication with which TV soft-drinks are downed or toothpaste applied, there is a sad difference between enticing a viewer into sipping Oopsie-Cola and gulling him into downing bourbon.

Although the United States and the U.S.S.R. have been arguing whether there shall be four, five or six top assistants, the most important element in the situation is not the number of deputies but the manner in which these deputies are to do their work.

`` Although it is not the best of which he is capable '', said Shelley as he closed the book, `` it is still poetry of a high order ''.

Although Sam Rayburn affects a gruff exterior in many instances, nevertheless he is fundamentally a man of warm heart and gentle disposition.

Although a similar situs for tangible property is mentioned in the statute, this is cancelled out by the provision that definite kinds of property `` and all other tangible property '' situated or being in any town is taxable where the property is situated.

Although much of the Industrial Division's promotional effort is devoted to securing new locations and expansions by major industries, small business is also afforded considerable attention.

Although Mr. Brown was not himself its inventor ( it was a French idea ), it is typical that his intuition first conceived the importance of mass producing this basic tool for general use.

Although there were several competing theories as to the etiology of the Black Death, recent analysis of DNA from victims in northern and southern Europe indicates that the pathogen responsible was the Yersinia pestis bacterium, which causes the Bubonic plague, although these were different, previously unknown ancestral variants of those identified in the 20th century.

Although these reforms have sparked massive protests they are now credited with being in part responsible for the economic downswing and the rise of unemployment in Germany in the years 2006 / 7.

Although Uzbekistan has not shown overt expansionist tendencies, the Kyrgyz government is acutely aware of the implications of Karimov's assertions that he is responsible for the well-being of all Uzbeks, regardless of their nation of residence.

Although accounting for only one-third of 1 % of the territory, Latvia was responsible for 11 % of all artificially drained land in the former Soviet Union.

Although athletes are responsible for tuition at the in-state rate, they may receive the B. J.

Although PAGAD's leadership denied involvement, PAGAD's G-Force, operating in small cells, was believed responsible for killing a large number of gang leaders, and also for a bout of urban terrorism — particularly bombings — in Cape Town.

Although there are comprehensive regulations for data protection, Some studies show that despite the laws, there is a lack of enforcement in that no institution feels responsible to control the parties involved and enforce their laws.

Although better-known, the RAF conducted fewer attacks than the Revolutionary Cells ( German: Revolutionäre Zellen, RZ ), which is held responsible for 296 bomb attacks, arson and other attacks between 1973 and 1995.

Although Harding was responsible for making these appointments, it is unclear how much, if anything, Harding himself knew about his friends ' illicit activities.

Although she nearly causes the end of the world after her soulmate Tara is killed, she is also responsible for magically activating all of the Potential Slayers in the world.

Although some systems equate subjects with user IDs, so that all processes started by a user by default have the same authority, this level of control is not fine-grained enough to satisfy the Principle of least privilege, and arguably is responsible for the prevalence of malware in such systems ( see computer insecurity ).

Although the State Council is formally responsible to the NPC and its Standing Committee in conducting a wide range of government functions both at the national and at the local levels, in practice the NPC's authority is rather limited, although it not completely non-existent.

Although opinion among the United Kingdom government, the South African government and the British South Africa Company favoured the union option ( and none tried to interfere in the referendum ), when the referendum was held the results saw 59. 4 % in favour of responsible government for a separate colony and 40. 6 % in favour of joining the Union of South Africa.

Although the Carabinieri assisted in the suppression of opposition during the rule of Benito Mussolini, they were also responsible for his downfall and many units were disbanded by Nazi Germany, which resulted in large numbers of Carabinieri joining the Italian resistance movement.

Although it is not proven how elevated TGFβ levels are responsible for the specific pathology seen with the disease, an inflammatory reaction releasing proteases that slowly degrade the elastin fibers and other components of the extracellular matrix is known to occur.

Although old-age pensions had already been introduced by Asquith as Chancellor, Lloyd George was largely responsible for the introduction of state financial support for the sick and infirm ( known colloquially as " going on the Lloyd George " for decades afterwards ) — legislation often referred to as the Liberal reforms.

Although Kuntz did not own the creative rights to Robilar and no longer worked at TSR, he unofficially suggested an alternate storyline that Robilar had been visiting another plane and in his absence, a clone or evil twin of Robilar was responsible for the attack.

Although TSR and WotC had each in turn owned the official rights to the World of Greyhawk since the first folio edition was published in 1980, the two people most responsible for its early development, Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz, still had most of their original notes regarding the fifty levels of dungeons under Castle Greyhawk.

Although their machinations are often directly responsible for the misery of many of Ravenloft's inhabitants, they also appear to play a role as dispenser of justice.

Although he was as responsible for the defeat as Burnside, Meade escaped immediate censure.

Although not widely known, sports-prototypes ( along with Formula 1 cars ) are responsible for introducing the most numbers of new technologies and ideas to motorsport, including rear-wings, ground effect ' venturi ' tunnels, fan-assisted aerodynamics and dual-shift gearboxes.

Although the provincial chief expressed sorrow for the killings and offered to compensate the victims ’ families, they resolutely denied that government forces were responsible for the killings and blamed the Viet Cong.

Although no single individual is responsible for the foundation of the United Federation of Planets, the exploratory vessel Enterprise NX-01 was a major catalyst.

Although a strong contributor to early Norwegian romanticism, Henrik Ibsen is perhaps best known as an influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the popularity of modern realistic drama in Europe, with plays like The Wild Duck and A Doll's House.

Although Matthew Paris disapproved of him, modern historians have seen him as a responsible archbishop.