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Dominican Rep. Shanghai Surprise
- Original title
- Shanghai Surprise
- Year
- 1986
- Running time
- 93 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Sean Penn
Madonna
Paul Freeman
Richard Griffiths- Philip Sayer
Clyde Kusatsu- Michael Aldridge
Lim Kay Tong
Victor Wong
Toru Tanaka
George Harrison- Pamela Yang
Michael Chow
Philip Tan- Sarah Lam
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Adventure. Romance | 1930s. Drugs
- Synopsis
- Year 1937. Glendon Wasey is a sleazy, down-on-his-luck con man struggling to sell glow-in-the-dark neckties in Shanghai. When he encounters the lovely Gloria Tatlock, a missionary nurse who wants to obtain a supply of opium to ease the suffering of her patients, he decides to help her get hold of a stolen supply of the valuable drug. The only problem is that a lot of other people want to secure the stolen opium as well—gangsters, smugglers, thugs and a host of upstanding air force recruits.
- Awards
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1986: Razzie Awards: Worst Actress (Madonna). 6 Nominations, including Worst Picture1999: Razzie Awards: Worst Actress of the Century.1989: Razzie Awards: 2 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"There's nothing to create outrage, and there's nothing to stimulate excitement, which is probably why there was no substantial interest"
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"Some bad films become kitschy-cool with age, but Shanghai Surprise continues to rot"
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"The film was conceived and executed as a star vehicle. Wrong stars, wrong roles, not much happening here. And for George Harrison and his Handmade Films, the first big bust."
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"The main problem here is less a lack of competence than a lack of conviction. No one involved in the film believes for a second in the story that's being told"
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"A shockingly bad film because of its total misuse of two talented performers, Sean Penn and Madonna"
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