Shanghai Surprise

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Shanghai Surprise
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Directed by	Jim Goddard
Produced by	John Kohn
Written by	Tony Kenrick (novel Faraday's Flowers) John Kohn & Robert Bentley (screenplay)
Starring	Sean Penn Madonna Paul Freeman Richard Griffiths Phillip Sayer Clyde Kusatsu Kay Tong Lim Sonserai Lee Victor Wong Professor Toru Tanaka
Music by	George Harrison & Michael Kamen
Cinematography	Ernest Vincze
Editing by	Ralph Sheldon
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Handmade Films
Release date(s)	August 29, 1986 (USA)
Running time	97 min.
Country	U.K.
Language	English
Budget	$17,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue	$2,315,683 (USA)
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Shanghai Surprise is a 1986 film starring then-newlyweds Madonna and Sean Penn, produced by George Harrison's Handmade 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 released on his album Cloud Nine.

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.