Ishtar- The lessons we can learn from the 80s movie flop — Mistakes Were Made
5 min readAug 3, 2020
Ishtar was written and directed by Elaine May and Starred Academy Award-winning duo Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as Rogers and Clarke, two untalented lounge singers who travel to Morocco hoping to find a gig. The film had an ultimate budget cost of $55 million but only earned $14 million at the North American box office, leading the film to be known as a…