Shanghai Surprise with Sean Penn: DVD Cover

    Shanghai Surprise Director: Jim Goddard Cast: Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths

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    • DVD Release Date: 07/22/2003
    • Original Release: 1986
    • Rating: Rated PG13
    • Sales Rank: 47,163

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    Closed Caption; Full-screen version; 2.0 Dolby Stereo Surround; English closed captioning; Scene selection

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    Side #1 --
    1. Reflections [2:58]
    2. Gateway of the Opium King [5:52]
    3. Buying Assistance [3:23]
    4. Rickety Chase [6:04]
    5. Doing Business [3:34]
    6. What She Really Wants [2:48]
    7. A New Plan [4:42]
    8. Picklock and Pickpocket [3:07]
    9. Playing With Dolls [6:47]
    10. Torture on Toes [5:04]
    11. How to Obligate a Man [3:56]
    12. Revelations in Mud [4:09]
    13. Lucky Strike [3:21]
    14. In the Den [2:40]
    15. Explaining Mythology [5:57]
    16. Two Useful Visits [4:06]
    17. Shake on the Deal [2:15]
    18. The Real Flowers [2:41]
    19. Going Somewhere? [7:21]
    20. Resurrection [5:12]
    21. Staying On [7:51]
    22. End Credits [2:56]

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    Madonna and Sean Penn, who were husband and wife at the time, starred in this notorious box-office bomb that one critic termed "Flop Suey." The film takes place in 1937, during the Japanese occupation of China. Drug runner Walter Faraday (Paul Freeman) is trying to leave the country with a large stash of opium but he is chased by armed guards and killed. A year passes and missionary Gloria Tatlock (Madonna) hires sleazy American con man Glendon Wasey (Sean Penn) to help her find the missing opium. She wants to use the drugs to relieve the suffering of wounded Chinese soldiers -- as she puts it, "Guns cause pain. Opium eases pain." Glendon reluctantly agrees. But unfortunately for the two do-gooders, there are other, more notorious seekers of the opium shipment as well. George Harrison, one of the film's producers, wrote the songs and appears in a cameo role as a nightclub singer. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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