The Eagle Shooting Heroes

{{Infobox film

| name = The Eagle Shooting Heroes

| image = The Eagle Shooting Heroes.jpg

| alt =

| caption = DVD cover art

| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|t = 射鵰英雄傳之東成西就

|s = 射雕英雄传之东成西就

|p = Shèdiāo Yīngxíong Zhuàn Zhī Dōngchéng Xījìu

|j = Se6 Diu1 Jing1 Hung4 Cyun4 Zi1 Dung1 Sing4 Sai1 Zau6}}

| director = Jeffrey Lau

| producer = Wong Kar-wai
Tsai Sung-lin

| screenplay = Jeffrey Lau

| story = 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 = James Wong
Mark Lui

| cinematography = Peter Pau

| editing = Kai Kit-wai

| studio = Block 2 Pictures
Scholar Films

| distributor = Newport Entertainment Ltd

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1993|02|05}}

| runtime = 113 minutes

| country = Hong Kong

| language = Cantonese

| budget =

| gross = HK$23.463 million (Hong Kong)[http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=109 HK Cinemagic entry]

}}

The Eagle Shooting Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳之東成西就) 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 many members of the cast to perform different roles and shoot a "quick-and-dirty" film for show during the Chinese New Year, a period for the Hong Kong film industry to harvest cash.