Shanghai Surprise is a 1986 British adventure/crime/romance film starring then-newlyweds Madonna and Sean Penn, produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films. Harrison appeared as a night club singer, and also recorded several songs for the film's soundtrack including the song "Breath Away From Heaven", which was re-recorded and released on his album Cloud Nine along with the song "Someplace Else", another track used in the film. The soundtrack fo...
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Shanghai Surprise is a 1986 British adventure/crime/romance film starring then-newlyweds Madonna and Sean Penn, produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films. Harrison appeared as a night club singer, and also recorded several songs for the film's soundtrack including the song "Breath Away From Heaven", which was re-recorded and released on his album Cloud Nine along with the song "Someplace Else", another track used in the film. The soundtrack for Shanghai Surprise was never released as a record or CD, and was only briefly available as a promotional single featuring the title song "Shanghai Surprise" and "Zig Zag". Both of these songs have since been released as "additional tracks" on the 2004 release of the "Cloud Nine" CD. Another track, "The Hottest Gong in Town", was included on "Songs by George Harrison Volume 2".
The screenplay was adapted by John Kohn and Robert Bentley from Tony Kenrick's 1978 novel Faraday's Flowers. The book was reprinted (under the film's title and with a...
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