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Warren Beatty (Actor, Producer), Dustin Hoffman (Actor), Elaine May (Director, Writer) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Jack Weston
  • Directors: Elaine May
  • Writers: Elaine May
  • Producers: Warren Beatty, David Leigh MacLeod, Nigel Wooll
  • Format: PAL
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: UCA
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Sept. 2004
  • Run Time: 103 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002XP06O
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 43,968 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Uncut version of writer/director Elaine May's modern-day road movie in which Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman play two dim-witted and talentless singer-songwriters whose agent tells them to go as far away as possible. They are offered work in North Africa in the tiny nation of 'Ishtar' to entertain the US troops. But whilst trying to get there they become involved in a revolution and somehow they end up on different sides, trying to impress a freedom-fighter (Isabelle Adjani) who is riding behind a camel across the desert and being tailed by C.I.A. snipers. The songs were written by actor/musician Paul Williams.

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5.0 out of 5 starsA seriously underrated classic
By B. Nyberg on 10 Aug. 2011
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
ISHTAR has been subjected to a smear campaign ever since it broke its production budget, something that is totally irrelevant to its value as a film. As a film it is not only well scripted, well acted, and beautifully shot, it is consistently funny. Compare it fairly with any of the old Hope/Crosby road movies, to which it pays tribute, and it is much, much cleverer. To condemn anything without a hearing is absurd, and yet so effective has been the whispering campaign against ISHTAR (politically motivated?), that despite brilliant performances by Hoffmann, Beatty, Adjani, & Grodin (a real standout), the only DVD available is this one in PAL format which requires a special all-zone player to view in the USA. Sad, very sad.
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4.0 out of 5 starsIshtar (blu ray): no DVD; finally on high definition; average audio/video; definitely for fans only
By Dr. Joseph Lee on 26 Feb. 2016
Format: Blu-ray
VIDEO:

Although Ishtar received VHS releases, it was oddly never granted a North American DVD release. After an initial announcement that it would debut on blu ray in 2011, Sony will make good on that claim over two and a half years later on August 6, 2013. Ishtar arrives on blu ray with MPEG-4 AVC 1080p 1.85:1 encode. The image looks clean throughout, free from dirt, damage, and digital artifacts. There is a noticeable film grain that becomes accentuated when against a bright sky. Colours are delivered in moderate, consistent hues, and blacks are solid. The image offers fine details. But the overall transfer is average at best. It is understandable that Sony did not spend tons of money on restoration of a movie with such bad reputation, but the final effort is decent. (3.5/5)

AUDIO:

The audio with DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio lossless track does not fare much better than the video, or the Mono track. The audio is clean and free of hiss or defect and also delivers clear dialogue. The gun effects are weak on both. It is louder on the 5.1 track, but remains underwhelming in terms of expected oomph. The sound field is not wide and is limited mostly to the middle. Like the video, the audio presentation is rather flat. (3.0/5)

FINAL THOUGHTS:

Like Cleopatra, Heaven's Gate, and many others, writer/director Elaine May's Ishtar is a film whose notoriety is derived from its production troubles and box-off failure. Though Ishtar has a bad reputation, it offers more laughs than I expected. There are a few funny scenes, like when Lyle asks for Simon & Garfunkel requests, when he has to deal with the vultures, and when different spies track the two in the city market. Unfortunately, the film fizzles out at the last one-third.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsEither shoot me, or lower your voice....
By Corey Newcombe on 8 April 2015
Format: DVD
Lyle Rogers, a dimwitted songwriter befriends and partners with Chuck Clarke, who is only slightly more intelligent but every bit as untalented.

Together the duo dreams of becoming a big-time lounge act, but their songs, with titles like "That a Lawnmower Can Do All That," are unintentionally hilarious.

Chuck becomes suicidal, but just when it seems they'll never strike it rich, the boys are offered a shady gig at a North African hotel, entertaining U.S. troops stationed in the tiny nation of Ishtar.

On their way to accept the job, Lyle, Chuck, and their blind camel are sidetracked by a mysterious woman, and a scheming CIA agent, who are involved in a rebellion against the country's emir.....

With it being one of the most notorious turkeys of all time, and almost ruining a few careers, Ishtar is one of those film you just have to watch, no matter how many bad reviews there are, you watch it so you've experienced it, not for story or narrative.

Story wise, it's pretty sound, two wannabe crooners get caught up in a middle eastern conflict, it should have harked back to the old Crosby and Hope movies, but there's something really, really wrong about the whole film.

The switching of the Beatty and Hoffman personalities just doesn't work, especially seeing Beatty as a shy loner. Absolutely not. And when you can't familiarise with the two main characters, you begin to lose interest in the rest of the film, and this is only after ten minutes.

Once in the titular place, it becomes too incoherent, so many characters with different goals can make and interesting movie, but make the script a little fresh.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsIshtar
By The Wonder Kid on 2 Jun. 2008
Format: DVD
The critics missed the point of this film.
The humour is along the lines of "The Office" meets "Dumb and Dumber". The Rogers and Clark songs are cringingly bad, deliberately so - that is the whole point of the film. Rogers and Clark are meant to be deluded about their lack of talent (a bit like David Brent's pop video "If you don't know me by now").
They rate their song "Dangerous Business" better than anything Simon and Garfunkle have written.
It's not typical slick american one liner humour, but I found it very funny and have watched it many times.
Ignore the critics and give it a go.
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5.0 out of 5 starsCorny but fun!
By E.Brett on 15 Mar. 2015
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
Corny film but we enjoyed it! Loved the main characters, they were a good pairing. Recommended for a nice way to spend a couple of hours where you don't have to concentrate much! Warning, their songs get stuck in your head!
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