Ishtar
Schedule
Thu Jan 29 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:45 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Webster University Winifred Moore Auditorium | Webster Groves, MO
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(Elaine May, 1987, USA, 108 minutes)Before titles like Showgirls, Cats, and The Room started to suck all of the “Worst Movie” oxygen from the room, a longtime standard bearer was Elaine May’s fourth and so far final feature film as director, 1987’s Ishtar. Upon reappraisal, what’s that, this isn’t a “so bad it’s good” situation like the above, but instead a “misunderstood in its time” type of deal, more along the lines of Heaven’s Gate than Valley of the Dolls. It follows two talentless New York-based singer-songwriters, Chuck (Dustin Hoffman) and Lyle (Warren Beatty), who get booked to play a Moroccan hotel and, in so doing, find themselves as pawns in the middle of a four-way cold war stalemate. Adjani, who was dating Beatty at the time, plays a woman they get tangled up with when she tries to get them to help her out of the country. With cinematography by the legendary Vittorio Storaro, the DP behind The Conformist, Apocalypse Now, and more.
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Where is it happening?
Webster University Winifred Moore Auditorium, 470 E Lockwood Ave,Webster Groves, Missouri, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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