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Nov 25, 2023
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Let's talk about the camel in the room. Released in 1987, Ishtar has gone down in history as an epic fiasco. Few words are more ridiculed and feared in the entertainment industry than the name of that fictional country that forms the title of writer/director Elaine May's riff on the Hope/Crosby Road Pictures. Invariably cited as one of the worst movies …

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