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The Eagle Shooting Heroes
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Wikipedia article
'The Eagle Shooting Heroes' (Chinese: ) 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'.
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