Ishtar (1987)
DVDRip | MKV | 704x548 | x264 @ 2098 Kbps | 103 min | 1,68 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English SDH, Arabic, Czech, Dansk, Dutch, Suomi, French, Deutsch, Greek, Hindi, Magyar, Italiano, Norsk, Polski, Portuguese, Spanish, Svenska, Turkish
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
DVDRip | MKV | 704x548 | x264 @ 2098 Kbps | 103 min | 1,68 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English SDH, Arabic, Czech, Dansk, Dutch, Suomi, French, Deutsch, Greek, Hindi, Magyar, Italiano, Norsk, Polski, Portuguese, Spanish, Svenska, Turkish
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Elaine May
Writer: Elaine May
Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani
The film that effectively brought Elaine May’s directing career to an end after cost overruns and fights with Columbia management that led the studio to effectively disown it. It was almost universally and somewhat mysteriously condemned on release, but since then many critics have argued strongly in its favour.
Lyle Rogers (Warren Beatty) and Chuck Clarke (Dustin Hoffman) are a singing and song-writing duo who dream of cracking the big time but have no idea just how talentless they are. Chuck becomes suicidal, but just when it seems they'll never strike it rich, their agent lands them a gig at a North African hotel. On arrival, they become embroiled in a complex international power play involving the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and rebels trying to overthrow his regime…
I am aware of much of the criticism this movie received. Basically that it was awful and not worth seeing. To all those who have said such words I just have to ask, what movie were you watching? In my opinion Ishtar was a wonderful movie. It's about two grown men, whose only dream is to become great musicians but are so horrible that no one will have them but the tourist industry in Morocco. All the songs that these two, Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman, sing are written by Elaine May and I found them to be simply hysterical. Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman make a great team, with humor vaguely reminiscent of Woody Allen. This is one of the only movies in which you get to see Warren act in such a way. I would defiantly recommend it to anyone despite its poor reviews.
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