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Ishtar
Elaine May
(1987)
103min
PG Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
David Parkinson
Intended as a tribute to the Hope/Crosby
Road
movies, this has gone down in movie history as one of the grossest miscalculations of the blockbuster era. Even if you find it in yourself to accept the oddball casting of Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as a couple of tone deaf songwriters, it's impossible to forgive the triteness and racial insensitivity of writer/director Elaine May's crass script. It's not quite the laugh-free zone of legend, as the business with the vultures and Charles Grodin's bungling CIA agent have their moments, but the rest of this sorry mess is as redundant as poor old third-billed Isabelle Adjani.
Summary
Rogers and Clarke (Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman) are two inept songwriters, down on their luck and desperate for money. Taking the advice of their shifty agent, the duo are whisked off on a tour of the mystical republic of Ishtar.
Cast & Crew
Lyle Rogers
Warren Beatty
Chuck Clarke
Dustin Hoffman
Shirra Assel
Isabelle Adjani
Jim Harrison
Charles Grodin
Marty Freed
Jack Weston
Willa
Tess Harper
Carol
Carol Kane
Mr Clarke
David Margulies
Emir Yousef
Aharon Ipale
Mrs Clarke
Rose Arrick
Abdul
Fijad Hageb
Director
Elaine May
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Columbia-Cannon-Warner
Guidance:
Edited for some of its language and violence, and contains brief nudity.
Available on:
video and DVD
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