Shanghai, 1938: A missionary woman hires a fortune hunter to help her find 1100 lbs. opium lost, as wounded need the morphine. Adventure and romance follows.Shanghai, 1938: A missionary woman hires a fortune hunter to help her find 1100 lbs. opium lost, as wounded need the morphine. Adventure and romance follows.Shanghai, 1938: A missionary woman hires a fortune hunter to help her find 1100 lbs. opium lost, as wounded need the morphine. Adventure and romance follows.
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- 1 win & 6 nominations
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- TriviaApparently, after principal photography wrapped, executive producer George Harrison allegedly said of the movie's two lead stars Madonna and Sean Penn: "Penn is a pain in the arse . . . [while] she has to realize that you can be a fabulous person and be humble as well". Harrison also said there was so much stress on the movie that he began smoking again--something which might have contributed to his death from cancer when he was only 58.
- GoofsDuring the bathhouse scene Justin tells Glendon that the Chinese use tomato juice to remove the stench of skunks. Of course there are no skunks in China. Skunks live only in North America.
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Ho Chong: And you, Reverend Lady, would care for protection for treasured parts?
Gloria Tatlock: No, thank you.
Ho Chong: Your lips and ears, perhaps?
Gloria Tatlock: Thank you, I said no.
Ho Chong: Your twin pagodas, maybe?
Gloria Tatlock: Definitely not!
Ho Chong: Surely, you want to protect your haven of celestial bliss?
Gloria Tatlock: How dare you!
Glendon Wasey: I don't think the haven's in much danger.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Matinee/Alive/Body of Evidence/Sniper (1993)
- SoundtracksShanghai Surprise
Music & Lyrics by George Harrison
Performed by George Harrison with Vicki Brown
Courtesy of Dark Horse Records & Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
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- Шанхайський сюрприз
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- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,315,683
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $729,885
- Sep 1, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $2,315,683