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Shanghai Surprise(Movie, 1986)

1h 37min | Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
Shanghai SurpriseRating: 2.2/5 (with 2929 votes)
Shanghai Surprise is a 1986 adventure comedy film directed by Jim Goddard and starring then-newlyweds Sean Penn and Madonna. The screenplay was adapted by John Kohn and Robert Bentley from Tony Kenrick's 1978 novel Faraday's Flowers. Produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Harrison himself appears in the film as a night club singer, and he wrote and recorded five original songs for the soundtrack: "Shanghai Surprise", "Someplace Else", "Breath Away from Heaven", "Zig Zag", and "Hottest Gong in Town". The film was a critical and commercial failure, and an official soundtrack album was never released. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Shanghai Surprise

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song

About Shanghai Surprise

Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Shanghai
Based on: "Farraday's Flowers" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 08/29/1986
Director: Jim Goddard
Producer: John Kohn
Screenwriter: John Kohn, Robert Bentley
Executive Producer: George Harrison
Director of Photography: Ernie Vincze
Composer: George Harrison
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Las aventuras de Madonna en Shanghai"
"Shanghai Express"
"Surpresa em Shanghai"
"Chok i Shanghai"
"Šanchajaus siurprizas"
"Sanghajské prekvapenie"
Budget: 17,000,000 USD
Revenue: 2,315,683 USD (= 14%)

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