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Ishtar (1987) [PG-13]

Release Date:
May 15, 1987

Original Title:
Ishtar

Alternate Titles:
이슈타르

Genres:
Adventure | Comedy

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Delphi V

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  CZ: 18+  DE: 12  IE: PG  NL: 6  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 107

Telling the truth can be dangerous business.

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Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

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ADR Editor:
Brad Fuller

Accountant:
Ken Ryan

Additional Music:
Gary Anderson
Bahjawa
Gary Anderson

Additional Photography:
Paul Beeson
Peter Anderson

Animal Wrangler:
Fess Reynolds
Carrie Park
Paul 'Sled' Reynolds
Corky Randall
Bill Rivers
David J. McMillan

Apprentice Sound Editor:
Lois Bellucci
Brian Katkin
Yaffa Lerea

Art Department Coordinator:
Elaine O'Donnell

Art Direction:
Peter Childs
Bill Groom
Victoria Paul

Assistant Camera:
Adam Dale
Riccardo Umetelli

Assistant Director:
Ahmed Hatimi

Assistant Editor:
Richard Friedlander
William Kruzykowski
Joseph Gutowski
J. Kathleen Gibson

Assistant Location Manager:
Rick Dallago

Assistant Sound Editor:
Dan Korintus
Susan M. Wagner
Richard King

Associate Editor:
William S. Scharf

Associate Producer:
David L. MacLeod
Nigel Wooll

Boom Operator:
Donald Banks

Cableman:
Linda Murphy

Camera Operator:
Enrico Umetelli
Steve Parker

Carpenter:
Manny Sanchez
Joseph S. Alfieri

Casting:
Jeremy Zimmermann
Noel Davis
Howard Feuer

Charge Scenic Artist:
Bruno Robotti

Costume Design:
Anthony Powell

Director:
Elaine May

Director of Photography:
Vittorio Storaro

Dressing Prop:
Dave Midson

Editor:
Stephen A. Rotter
Richard P. Cirincione
William Reynolds

Electrician:
Lance Shepherd
Stefano Marino

First Assistant Camera:
Giuseppe Alberti

First Assistant Director:
Don French

Foley Artist:
Marko Costanzo

Foley Mixer:
George A. Lara

Gaffer:
Giuseppe Meloni
Sal Martorano
Filippo Cafolla

Grip:
Mauro Pezzotti

Hairstylist:
Zineb Bendoula
Barry Richardson

Key Grip:
Tom Prate

Location Manager:
Jeff Stolow
Mohamed Benhmamane

Makeup Artist:
Robert Jiras
Alan Boyle

Matte Painter:
Mark Sullivan

Music Consultant:
Michael James Jackson

Music Coordinator:
John Strauss

Music Editor:
Michael Berenbaum
Stuart Stanley
Alex Steyermark

Music Producer:
Michael James Jackson

Music Programmer:
Michael A. Levine

Original Music Composer:
Dave Grusin

Pilot:
Marc Wolff

Post Production Supervisor:
Kerry Orent

Producer:
Warren Beatty

Producer's Assistant:
Chris Brancato
Sue Leibman

Production Accountant:
Lucille Smith
Jak King

Production Assistant:
George Bamber
Maggie Kusik
Khadija Alami

Production Design:
Paul Sylbert

Production Manager:
Stefan Zürcher

Production Supervisor:
Denise O'Dell

Property Master:
Bill Coggon

Script Supervisor:
Karen Hale Wookey

Second Assistant Camera:
Fabio Zamarion

Second Assistant Director:
Marcia Gay
James W. Skotchdopole
Louis D'Esposito

Second Second Assistant Director:
Ahmed Boulane

Second Unit Director:
Michael D. Moore

Second Unit First Assistant Director:
Stefan Zürcher
Ken Rudnick

Set Buyer:
Brian Read

Set Decoration:
Jim Erickson
Alan Hicks
Steven J. Jordan

Set Dresser:
Adil Abdelwahab

Songs:
Elaine May
Paul Williams

Sound:
John Strauss

Sound Editor:
Bruce Kitzmeyer
Ira Spiegel
Anthony J. Ciccolini III
Neil L. Kaufman
Louis Bertini

Sound Mixer:
Ivan Sharrock

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Lee Dichter

Special Effects:
Tim Willis

Special Effects Supervisor:
George Gibbs

Special Effects Technician:
Terence J. Cox
Brian Lince
Garth Inns

Steadicam Operator:
Nicola Percorini

Still Photographer:
Keith Hamshere
Andrew D. Schwartz
Kerry Hayes

Stunt Coordinator:
Victor Magnotta

Stunts:
Peter Bucossi
John Hayden
Konrad Sheehan
Denise Amirante
George Marshall Ruge

Supervising Sound Editor:
Michael Kirchberger

Third Assistant Director:
Lee Cleary

Title Graphics:
Chris F. Woods

Unit Production Manager:
G. Mac Brown

Video Assist Operator:
Marco Carosi

Visual Effects:
Mark Wolf
George Muhs

Wardrobe Assistant:
Hassan Taghriti

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Abdelkrim Akallach
Rosemary Burrows

Writer:
Elaine May

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