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Ishtar is a 1987 American adventure - comedy film written and directed by Elaine May, and produced by Warren Beatty, who co-stars opposite Dustin Hoffman. The story revolves around a duo of talentless American songwriters who travel to a booking in Morocco and stumble into a four-party Cold War standoff.
May 15, 1987 · Two terrible lounge singers get involved in a CIA plot in Morocco in this Elaine May-directed film. IMDb users rate it 4.7/10 and critics give it a Metascore of 51.
- (12K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Elaine May
- 1987-05-15
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- 2 min
- 76.1K
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
May 21, 2022 · Ishtar was a comedy starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as songwriters in Morocco, directed by Elaine May. The film was a critical and commercial disaster, but this article explores its legacy and the factors that led to its failure.
Booked in Marrakech, two New York singers (Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman) stop in Ishtar, meet a beautiful rebel (Isabelle Adjani) and alarm the CIA.
- (59)
- Elaine May
- PG-13
- Warren Beatty
With a song in their hearts, the CIA on their backs, a gorgeous revolutionary in their arms and two nations after their heads, Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman find adventure, romance and comedy on the road to ISHTAR. Isabelle Adjani is the female lead and Elaine May is the writer and director.
When they get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel, they somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime. Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
