
Movie Plotline:
Shanghai Surprise stars Sean Penn as Glendon Wasey, a quick-witted fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Madonna is a determined missionary nurse seeking the cursing powers of opium for her patients. She wants to help the suffering.. he want boat fare back to the states- so fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, quixotic, and quite often romantic guest for stolen drugs. The trouble is, the opium they’re after is also the target of every thug and smuggler in Shanghai.
It’s a wild rickshaw race adventure with every concubine karate-killer and crime boss in town in hot pursuit. When the hottest star couple in America hit menacing streets of seaport China, you’re in for a Shanghai Surprise!!
Film Facts:
- 1986
- Directed by: Jim Goddard
- Adventure
- Madonna as Gloria Tatlock
Movie Exclusives:
- Produced by George Harrison’s Handmade Films and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The newly weds Sean and Madonna took the lead in this one
- According to Madonna, filming this movie was a true nightmare
- Unfortunately the reception of the film was bad and received overall negative reviews
- The movie soundtrack was never released
- Video store display
- US presskit
- US presskit
- UK original quad poster
- Large French billboard
- Promo poster
- French promo banner
- German promo poster
- USA promo poster
- Turkey poster
- Promo altar
- USA official promo fan
- German lobbycards
- lobbycard
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- lobbycard
- lobbycard
- USA VHS
- Dutch VHS
- Dutch VHS
- Australia VHS
- Australia VHS
- UK original big case VHS
- UK original small case VHS
- Laserdisc
- Laserdisc
- USA DVD
- Dutch DVD
- German special edition DVD
- German special edition DVD
- German special edition DVD
- German special edition DVD
- Dutch budget DVD
- Dutch budget DVD
- Spain blu-ray
- Spain blu-ray
- magazine poster
- postcard
- 7″ press conference
- 7″ press conference
- on the set
- on the set
- on the set
- on the set
- contract
- contract
- contract