Ishtar (1987)

Name: Ishtar
Director: Elaine May
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Released: 1987-05-15
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Cast: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

Comedy Adventure

Director: Elaine May

Cast: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

Runtime107 min

RatingPG-13

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Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

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Fans of offbeat comedy and outrageous buddy adventures will particularly enjoy Ishtar, the 1987 film directed by Elaine May that stars comedy heavyweights Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as two hapless lounge singers who get caught up in an international power struggle in Morocco.

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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 Chuck Clarke and Lyle Rogers, a duo of talentless American songwriters who travel to a booking in Morocco and stumble into a four-party Cold War standoff.