Shanghai surprise
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Shanghai surprise |
| Original title | Shanghai surprise |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jim Goddard |
| script |
John Kohn , Robert Bentley, Tony Kendrick (novel) |
| production |
George Harrison , John Kohn , Denis O'Brien |
| music |
Michael Kamen , George Harrison |
| camera | Ernest Vincze |
| cut | Ralph Sheldon |
| occupation | |
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Shanghai Surprise is one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced British adventure - comedy from the year 1986 with Sean Penn and Madonna in the lead roles. The film is loosely based on the novel "Faraday's Flowers" by Tony Kendrick.
action
The film is set in Shanghai in 1937 during the partial occupation of China by Japan . The unsuccessful tie seller and soldier of fortune Glendon Wasey lurks in the city harbor for an opportunity to leave the country for home. He met the mission nurse Gloria , who promised him to organize the passage for a favor. Wasey eventually makes that deal.
Glendon soon realizes that the assignment also has certain pitfalls. He is supposed to help Gloria find a large amount of opium . The drug was lost a year earlier when crook Walter Faraday tried to smuggle it out of the country. During the following film plot, Wasey went through a winding and dangerous adventure in which he had to fear for his life more than once. At first Gloria seems to be playing a double game with him, then the church representative at Gloria's side reveals himself to be Faraday, who was believed to be dead, who also seeks opium and finally the couple is hunted by various gangsters from the Shanghai underworld.
In the end, Glendon and Gloria manage to defy all dangers and take the fraudsters by surprise. They become a couple and return to the USA by ship.
criticism
"Naive, confused adventure film that combines hackneyed genre types and clichés with racist descriptions."
Trivia
- The film became a huge financial failure. With production costs of an estimated 17 million US dollars , he played just over a 2.3 million US dollar again. In addition, the strip (sometimes disparagingly dubbed “ Flop Suey ”) was panned by critics.
- Sean Penn and Madonna were a couple in real life too. The singer's marriage to the actor lasted from 1985 to 1989.
- Parts of the film (Hong Kong scenes) were shot in the " Geister Rikscha " attraction in Phantasialand Brühl near Cologne.
- The ex- Beatle George Harrison was involved in the making of the film many times. He worked as a producer and composed the film music. He also played a small supporting role as a night club singer.
- The filming locations were Hong Kong , Brühl near Cologne, Portugal and London.
- For a time, Tom Hanks to star in an interview. Bernard Hill was originally supposed to play the part of Walter Faraday .
Awards
- Won : Worst actress: Madonna
- Nominated: worst film
- Nominated: Worst Director: Jim Goddard
- Nominated: Worst Screenplay: John Kohn and Robert Bentley
- Nominated: Worst Actor: Sean Penn
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shanghai Surprise. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 9, 2017 .
Web links
- Shanghai Surprise in the Internet Movie Database (English)