- Shanghai Surprise
Infobox Film
name = Shanghai Surprise
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caption = Promotional movie poster
director =Jim Goddard
producer =John Kohn
writer =Tony Kenrick (novel "Faraday's Flowers ")John Kohn &Robert Bentley (screenplay)
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starring =Sean Penn
MadonnaPaul Freeman Richard Griffiths Phillip Sayer Clyde Kusatsu Kay Tong Lim Sonserai Lee Victor Wong Professor Toru Tanaka
music =George Harrison &Michael Kamen
cinematography =Ernest Vincze
editing =Ralph Sheldon
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Handmade Films
released =August 29 ,1986 (USA)
runtime = 97 min.
country =U.K.
language = English
budget = $17,000,000 (estimated)
gross = $2,315,683 (USA)
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imdb_id = 0091934"Shanghai Surprise" is a 1986 film starring then-newlyweds Madonna and
Sean Penn , produced byGeorge Harrison 'sHandmade Films . Harrison appeared as a night club singer, and also recorded several songs for the film's soundtrack including the song "Breath Away From Heaven", which was re-recorded and released on his album Cloud Nine. The Soundtrack for "Shanghai Surprise" was never released as a record or CD, and was only briefly available as a promotional single featuring the title song "Shanghai Surprise" and "Zig Zag" [Booklet included with Cloud Nine CD, released 2004.] . Both of these songs have since been released as "additional tracks" on the 2004 release of the "Cloud Nine" CD.The screenplay was adapted by John Kohn and Robert Bentley from
Tony Kenrick 's 1978 novel "Faraday's Flowers ".The movie was panned by critics and failed at the box office. It was nominated for five
Golden Raspberry Awards , "winning" one of them, for Worst Actress. For Madonna, the movie was a downturn in her acting career from which she never fully rebounded, though her efforts in "Evita" met with some approval. But her earlier success with "Desperately Seeking Susan " would not be repeated.Awards and nominations
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Golden Raspberry Awards :Won: Worst Actress (Madonna) :Nominated: Worst Picture:Nominated: Worst Director :Nominated: Worst Screenplay :Nominated: Worst Original Song - For the song "Shanghai Surprise":Nominated: Worst Actor (Sean Penn )External links
*imdb title|id=0091934|title=Shanghai Surprise
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