The Eagle Shooting Heroes
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The Eagle Shooting Heroes | |
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Directed by | Jeffrey Lau |
Written by | Jinyong |
Starring | Leslie Cheung Brigitte Lin Maggie Cheung Tony Leung Chiu Wai Jacky Cheung Gloria Yip |
Release date(s) | 1993 |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
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The Eagle Shooting Heroes (traditional Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳之東成西就) is a 1993 wuxia comedy film from Hong Kong, directed by Jeff Lau Chun-Wai. The film is a parody of the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes, written by Jinyong. The movie was said to be caused by the over-budgeting of Wong Kar-Wai's Ashes of Time. In order to cover up the cost of the yet unfinished movie, the director decided to use the whole cast to shoot a "quick-and-dirty" movie for show during the Chinese Lunar New Year, a period for Hong Kong movie industry to harvest the cash.