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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_(film)
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solrize@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 260d
This movie is famous for being terrible. It's literally the only thing I know about it.
ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 228d
One of the only movies I ever walked out of. It's truly terrible.
perishthethought@piefed.social · 6 pts · 260d
40% on RottenTomatoes. Do I know how to pick 'em, or what?
HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 260d
I wrote a paper in college about how ishtar was a more realistic movie than lawrence of arabia.
perishthethought@piefed.social · 3 pts · 260d
I'm not interested in Ishtar, in the end, but I would be curious to know what you learned about Lawrence of Arabia. That's one of my favorite movies, but I couldn't say how historically accurate it is.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 260d
Its been a long time but that was the main thing. The trek through the desert was not anything like portrayed. Its basically based on a true story but everything is altered to make him out to be some sort of superhero and minimized the assistance he got.
perishthethought@piefed.social · 1 pts · 260d
I see, and yah, that worked -- I loved Peter O'Toole's performance, he did seem to do all of that on his own in the film.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 260d
Just saw the trailer I know why this is free.
Yamees@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 260d
The movie has a couple good bits, it's only real crime is being a little boring. It's definitely overblown in it's legend of being bad, Biodome for instance made me viscerally angry in a way this movie never could.