On Fri, 31 May 1996 11:47:47 -0400, Michael Plott <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >Why did the movie Ishtar fail? other posters will disagree with me, but... i believe the movie failed because the press got on top of it and reviewed it out of context. they called it a bad film "for the budget." hoffman and beatty received a great deal of money to be in the film and critics did not see a small comedy costing that much money being worth touting. frankly, i saw the movie at a sneak preview and the audience was lauging its ass off (myself included). i've seen the film many times since and think it a great laugh. working in a video store i hear people all the time who see the box and make a joke out of it "hehe, let's get ishtar." "god, that's one of the worst movies ever made." to which i always ask if they've seen it, and they never have. i regularly push the film at the store i work at and i've never had someone bring it back and not like it. i only wish the film had a soundtrack released. L. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]