Ishtar

A pair of tone-deaf crooners set their sights on a Moroccan payday, only to stumble into Cold War crossfire. Their musical ambitions prove less useful than a faulty compass in a desert of coups and conspiracies. What starts as a tax write-off soon feels like an actual write-off.

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Elaine May directed Ishtar in 1987. See Elaine May's full filmography, where to start with Elaine May, or where to go after you've seen everything by Elaine May.

Ishtar was released in 1987 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 107 minutes.