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Ishtar is a 1987 American adventure-comedy film written and directed by Elaine May and produced by Warren Beatty, who co-starred Dustin Hoffman.

Plot
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 C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Reception
Ishtar currently holds a 38% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 55 reviews. The site's consensus states; "Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, and laughter itself get lost in the desert during a flawed spoof of classic road movies that proves ill-suited for its mismatched and miscast stars." Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "C+" on scale of A+ to F.

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