The Eagle Shooting Heroes
| The Eagle Shooting Heroes | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover art | |
| Traditional | 射鵰英雄傳之東成西就 |
| Simplified | 射雕英雄传之东成西就 |
| Mandarin | Shèdiāo Yīngxíong Zhuàn Zhī Dōngchéng Xījìu |
| Cantonese | Se6 Diu1 Jing1 Hung4 Cyun4 Zi1 Dung1 Sing4 Sai1 Zau6 |
| Directed by | Jeffrey Lau |
| Produced by |
Wong Kar-wai Tsai Sung-lin |
| Screenplay by | Jeffrey Lau |
| Story by | Louis Cha |
| Starring |
Leslie Cheung Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Chiu-wai Jacky Cheung Kenny Bee Brigitte Lin Joey Wong Maggie Cheung Carina Lau Veronica Yip |
| Music by |
James Wong Mark Lui |
| Cinematography | Peter Pau |
| Edited by | Kai Kit-wai |
Production company |
Block 2 Pictures Scholar Films |
| Distributed by | Newport Entertainment Ltd |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$23.463 million (Hong Kong)[1] |
The Eagle Shooting Heroes is a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau. It is a parody of Louis Cha's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and a classic example of the mo lei tau comedy.
Production
The film 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 film, the director decided to use the whole cast to shoot a "quick-and-dirty" film for show during the Chinese New Year, a period for Hong Kong film industry to harvest cash.
Cast
- Leslie Cheung as Huang Yaoshi
- Tony Leung Ka-fai as Duan Zhixing
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Ouyang Feng
- Jacky Cheung as Hong Qigong
- Kenny Bee as Wang Chongyang
- Brigitte Lin as Third Princess
- Joey Wong as Suqiu, Huang Yaoshi's lover
- Maggie Cheung as Imperial Master
- Carina Lau as Zhou Botong
- Veronica Yip as Ouyang Feng's cousin
- Szema Wah Lung as Persian King
- Paw Hee-ching as one of Third Princess' guards
Music
In addition to a score by James Wong and Mark Lui, the film contains a song set to the overture from Gioacchino Rossini's Guillaume Tell, as well as uncredited excerpts from "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Georges Bizet's Carmen and Danse des petits cygnes from Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.