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ALL FREAKIN KUNG-FU DOUBLE FEATURE with 7 GRAND MASTERS & SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW
11:00pm
Two of the all time greatest kung fu films back to back! Portland Grindhouse Film Festival curator
Dan Halsted will be on hand to introduce these kung fu classics, and to talk about his efforts to save
35mm prints of this unjustly maligned genre.
Fringe / Passport
The Brotherhood Tavern
7 GRAND MASTERS / Dir. Joseph Kuo / 1978 / Taiwan / 90 min. / 35mm
A kung fu teacher sets out to prove that he is the greatest fighter by finding and defeating the legendary
seven Grandmasters. One by one, he fights their wide variety of animal styles (tiger, leopard, mantis,
monkey, etc.) He also puts a young student through elaborate training, and is followed by a mysterious
kung fu villain in a weird hat. Featuring all the best old school sound effects, fighting styles, martial
arts weapons, and silver haired villains with maniacal laughter (plus the best monkey-style kung fu
fight ever put on film).
SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW / Dir. Yuen Woo Ping / 1978 / Hong Kong / 98 min. / 35mm
Director Yuen Woo Ping's kung fu masterpiece stars Jackie Chan in his breakthrough role. High
kicking master Hwang Jang Lee is the head of the evil Eagle Claw clan, who vows to destroy all
practitioners of snake fist kung fu. Jackie is a ridiculed orphan working in a martial arts school, who is
taught snake fist style through intense training by an old drunken master. As the Eagle Claws continue
their destruction, we encounter a multitude of fighting styles, a kung fu Jesus, and a death match
between a cat and a cobra! Fed up with the eagle's savagery, Jackie will learn to combine snake fist
with a newly developed technique to utterly decimate the Eagle Claw clan
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LocationCapitol Theater
206 5th Avenue SE
Olympia, WA 98501
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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