SNAKE IN THE EAGLE’S SHADOW

SNAKE IN THE EAGLE’S SHADOW
HONG KONG 1978
DIRECTOR: YUEN WOO-PING
Yuen Woo-Ping’s kung fu masterpiece stars Jackie Chan in his breakthrough role. The evil Eagle Claw clan is determined to destroy all who practice snakefist kung fu, the teachings of a rival fighting school. Jackie Chan plays an orphan who befriends an old drunken master of the snakefist style. In the build-up towards the inevitable showdown, we will see a slew of kung fu fights, a classic snakefist training sequence, an evil high-kicking Eagle Claw master, a kung fu Jesus, and a death-match between a cat and a cobra, in one of the greatest kung fu movies of all time. (90 mins.)