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If you folks have time, please consider adding your comments to this developing debate! matt Last Updated: May 5, 2006 Post New Blog Customize Email to a Friend Gender: Male Status: Married Age: 92 Sign: Virgo City: Wenatchee State: WASHINGTON Country: US Signup Date: 03/21/06

Sunday, April 30, 2006   The Movie Ishtar Current mood: blank I love the movie Ishtar, and I want to see it come out on DVD, with lots of extra features, and also want the soundtrack to come out. I am very encouraged that there are more and more Ishtar fans coming out of the closet, and proudly and boldly proclaiming their affection for this funny and clever movie. I think that Hoffman and Beatty are at their best in this movie. While it was great to see them together again in Dick Tracy, it's too bad that the movie did so poorly that a sequel was forever out of the question. At least, to paraphrase Humphrey Bogart in that other great desert classic, "We'll always have Ishtar." If you feel the same way way I do about this under-appreciated classic, please join my Yahoo group, "I Love Ishtar" by sending an e-mail to ILoveIshtar-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and lets get started! Matt Love matt.mattlove1@gmail.com Currently listening: Colossal Youth By Young Marble Giants Release date: By 26 August, 2003 1:21 AM - 2 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove Dark Horse Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty were at their best in Ishtar? Dude, you're on drugs. Have you forgotten about 'The Graduate' or 'Bonnie & Clyde'? What about Beatty's work in the classic series, 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'? I saw 'Ishtar' when it was first shown on HBO, and while that was so long ago that I can't remember specifics about the film, I certainly don't recall thinking that it was the best performance by either actor. Posted by Dark Horse on Sunday, May 07, 2006 at 9:24 AM [ Remove] [ Reply to this] matt I maintain they were at the top of their game. I didn't mean that their performances exceeded those other ones you mentioned, but equalled them.  I have to concede that the stark realism, the moments of tight knuckle tension and the cathartic release in explosive violence that characterized Beatty's work in "Dobie Gillis" wasn't on my mind when I wrote that, but I stand by it because this is my blog, and I'm the decider here.  Most people who are haven't climbed aboard the Ishtar bandwagon are people who barely remember it, or have never seen it. So forget what you think you know about Ishtar, get with the countdown, shake this square world, and blast off for kicksville Posted by matt on Sunday, May 07, 2006 at 10:38 AM [ Remove] [ Reply to this]

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