Dos cantantes sin talento son contratados para actuar en un hotel Marroquí, pero de alguna manera se convierten en peones en un juego de poder internacional entre la C.I.A., el Emir de Ishta... Leer todoDos cantantes sin talento son contratados para actuar en un hotel Marroquí, pero de alguna manera se convierten en peones en un juego de poder internacional entre la C.I.A., el Emir de Ishtar, y los rebeldes que tratan de acabar con su régimen.Dos cantantes sin talento son contratados para actuar en un hotel Marroquí, pero de alguna manera se convierten en peones en un juego de poder internacional entre la C.I.A., el Emir de Ishtar, y los rebeldes que tratan de acabar con su régimen.
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- Guionista
- Elenco
- Premios
- 1 premio ganado y 3 nominaciones en total
- Abdul
- (as Fuad Hageb)
- Siri Darma
- (as Christine Rose)
- Bartender
- (as Bob Girolami)
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- TriviaIn one of Gary Larson's "The Far Side" comic strips, captioned "Hell's Video Store", the entire store is stocked with nothing but copies of this film. Larson later apologized, saying "When I drew the above cartoon, I had not actually seen 'Ishtar'. Years later, I saw it on an airplane, and was stunned at what was happening to me: I was actually being entertained. Sure, maybe it's not the greatest film ever made, but my cartoon was way off the mark. There are so many cartoons for which I should probably write an apology, but this is the only one which compels me to do so."
- ErroresAS the helicopter lowers to give the CIA agent a level shot at the duo, his wood stock, single shot, bolt action rifle turns into a black automatic weapon with a banana clip.
- Citas
Chuck Clarke: Stupid-ass camel! He'd rather sit there and die!
Lyle Rogers: You know, I kind of admire that.
Chuck Clarke: Me too.
- Versiones alternativasUK cinema and video versions were cut by 8 secs by the BBFC to remove uses of the word 'fuck' in order for the film to receive a PG rating. The cuts were restored in 2004 to the 15-rated DVD release.
- ConexionesFeatured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Guilty Pleasures - 1987 (1987)
- Bandas sonorasDangerous Business
Lyrics and Music by Paul Williams
Produced by Michael James Jackson and Paul Williams
Executive Producer Paul Williams
Performed by Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman
At the time, "Ishtar" was considered so bad as to be unwatchable. It was skewered and vilified so strongly that the critics rapidly drove it out of the theaters. Few--including me--ever had the nerve to rent the movie.
It wasn't until roughly 10 years after its release that my in-laws introduced me to the comedic greatness that is "Ishtar." To this day when I tell friends and family that I love Ishtar, it is somewhat like saying, enthusiastically, "Hey, I just contracted leprosy!" Such is the stigma that still lingers with this film.
To the credit of critics, this is by no means a work of pure comedic genius.
The movie has essentially one theme that works--the effortless cluelessness of Lyle and Chuck as the world's worst songwriters--and this is exhausted almost completely within the first 30 minutes. Still, it is a totally knee-slapping hilarious 30 minutes. The meandering remaining plot that takes them to Morocco for a singing gig and leads them to become CIA "agents" is what cemented the bad taste in the mouth of critics for time immemorial. This theme by the end of the movie is rather re-treaded and worn-out. We kind of want Warren and Dustin to just shut up by then.
This second act suffers from a kind of Hope-Crosby wannabee syndrome, and the writing isn't up to the slapstick pedigree the movie had begun revealing quite hilariously in the first act. Considering this film came from the pen of Elaine May--of "Nichols and May" comedy duet fame--I would have expected more, but perhaps this movie spiraled out of her hands because of the oft-misunderstood first act. I could easily see studio test audiences handily rejecting it and thus twisting the movie's priorities out of whack.
Still, "Ishtar" shouldn't be brushed aside as a mere footnote in movie history. It is worth watching for its true hilarity and the performances of both Hoffman and Beatty.
- jantoniou
- 17 oct 2004
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Detalles
Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 55,000,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 14,375,181
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 4,331,817
- 17 may 1987
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 14,375,181