A love letter to the most misunderstood film of all time.
Waiting for Ishtar
A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of the famous Hollywood bomb Ishtar (1987).
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John Mitchell
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Jonathan Crombie
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George Anthony
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Andy Barrie
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Peter Biskind
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David Blum
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Richard Crouse
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Charles Grodin
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J. Hoberman
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Carol Kane
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Lisa Lambert
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Jef Leeson
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Matt Love
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Don McKellar
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Donald Mitchell
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Michael Vaccaro
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Scotch Wichmann
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Paul Williams
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