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Shanghai

Movie (2010)

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

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Released:	Jun 17th, 2010
Budget:	$50,000,000.00
Revenue:	N/A

Shanghai Main Cast

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John Cusack
plays Paul Soames

Wolf Kahler
plays

Don Tai
plays Lan-Ting Bodyguard

Daniel Lapaine
plays Ted

Tohoru Masamune
plays Radio Announcer (voiced)

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The brainchild of Mike Medavoy, who was born in Shanghai in 1941 and who developed the story through his Phoenix Pictures shingle, project was subsequently bought by Harvey Weinstein while still at Miramax; it took eight years in the making.
John Cusack said once he heard the filmmakers were interested in casting him, he aggressively lobbied for the part.
At one point, Johnny Depp was interested in the project.
Prior to filming, Franka Potente's life was threatened by a stalker. Throughout the filming and entire production she was referred to by a pseudonym.

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