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Ishtar

Elaine May / US, 1987 / 105 min.

Black comedy about two talentless musicians – Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman – who become entangled in a conflict between Moroccan revolutionaries and the CIA. A huge flop at the time, but now re-evaluated as a parable about the imperialist actions of the US during the 1980s.

poster Ishtar (Elaine May, US 1987)
The stories surrounding the making of Ishtar are as epic as those of the privations suffered by the cast and crew during the shooting of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.

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Persons under 6 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains scenes of violenceThis movie contains foul language

Director

Elaine May

Production year

1987

Country

US

Original title

Ishtar

Length

105 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NONE

Format

DCP

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Feat or Failure

Magnum opus or flawed masterpiece? No film divided opinion at the last Cannes film festival as much as Francis Ford Coppola's latest epic, Megalopolis. To accompany the première, Eye is screening a selection of other films that turned out to be way ahead of their time – in spite of not being well understood in their own era.

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