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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…
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Brief but eventful marriage between MTV-era pop empress Madonna and rising Hollywood star Sean Penn resulted in what is often regarded as the most famous 1980s supercouple. Two spouses tried to use their liaison to promote their respective careers with variable degrees of success. *Shanghai Surprise*, 1986 period action comedy directed by Jim Goddard and Penn’s and Madonna’s only joint appearance in a feature film,…More
