Ishtar (1987)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 47 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Released: 5/15/1987 |Box Office Total: $12.7M

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
5/15/1987

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Elaine May	Director
Michael D Moore	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Warren Beatty	Lyle Rogers
Dustin Hoffman	Chuck Clarke
Isabelle Adjani	Shirra Assel
Charles Grodin	Jim Harrison
Jack Weston	Marty Freed
Tess Harper	Willa
Carol Kane	Carol
David Margulies	Mr Clarke
Aharon Ipale	Emir Yousef
Rose Arrick	Mrs Clarke
Fuad Hageb	Abdul
Julie Garfield	Dorothy
Cristine Rose	Siri Darma
Robert Girolami	Bartender
Abe Kroll	Mr Thomopoulos
Hannah Kroll	Mrs Thomopoulos
Herb Gardner	Rabbi Pierce
Bill Moor	US Consulate
Edgar Smith	Professor Barnes
J C Cutler	Omar
Bill Bailey	General Westlake
Ian Gray	Manager--Chez Casablanca
Maati Zaari	Porter
Bouhaddane Larbi	Taxi Driver
Fred Melamed	Caid of Assari
Ron Berglas	CIA Agent
Neil Zevnik	CIA Agent
Matt Frewer	CIA Agent
Alex Hyde-White	CIA Agent
Stefan Gryff	KGB Agent
Alexei Jawdokimov	KGB Agent
Mark Ryan	Screamin' Honker Band Member
Stuart Abramson	Screamin' Honker Band Member
John Freudenheim	Screamin' Honker Band Member
Bruce Gordon	Screamin' Honker Band Member
Paul Standig	The Swing Band Member
Joseph Gmerek	The Swing Band Member
John Trumpbour	The Swing Band Member
Marie Jean-Charles	Teacher's Daughter
Patrice Jean-Charles	Teacher's Daughter
Danielle Jean-Charles	Teacher's Daughter
Aziz Ben Driss	Waiter--Chez Casablanca
Kamarr	Maitre d'--Chez Casablanca
Eddy Nedari	Mohamad--the Camel Seller
Adam Hussein	Mohamad--the Camel Seller
George Masri	Mohamad--the Camel Seller
Warren Clarke	English Gunrunner
Arthur Brauss	German Gunrunner
Sumar Khan	Ishtari Gunrunner
Jon Paul Morgan	Djellabah Seller
Nadim Sawalha	Camel Seller
Nadim Sawalha	Rug Shop Owner
Haluk Belginer	Guerrilla Leader
Production Credits	Credit
Warren Beatty	Producer
David Allen MacLeod	Associate Producer
Nigel Wooll	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Delphi V Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video/Epic Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Morocco
Sahara Desert, West Africa
Los Angeles, California, USA
New York, New York, USA
Kaufman Astoria Studios, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Elaine May	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Ken Ryan	Accountant
Lucille Cannon-Smith	Production Accountant
Jak King	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Buford Randell	Animal Trainer
Sled Reynolds	Animal Trainer
Steve E Martin	Animal Trainer
Ross Laird	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Bill Groom	Art Director - art direction
Paul Sylbert	Production Designer
Jane Clark	Art Department - sketch artist
John R Ford	Assistant Set Dresser - set dresser assistant
Steven J Jordan	Set Decorator
Kevin McCarthy	Set Dresser
Elaine O'Donnell	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Eugene Powell	Scenic Artist
John Hughes	Scenic Artist
Driss Gaidi	Art Assistant - art department assistant
John McDonnell	Assistant Set Dresser - set dresser assistant
Vicki Paul	Art Director - art direction
Alan Hicks	Set Decorator
Jim Erickson	Set Dresser
El Fali Jalil	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Peter Childs	Art Director - art direction
Bill Murphy	Scenic Artist
Tony Reading	Art Director - art direction
Cecile Bokara	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Casting	Credit
Howard Feuer	Casting
Beverley Keogh	Casting
Todd Thaler	Casting
Noel Davis	Casting
Davis & Zimmerman Casting	Casting Agency casting
Craft Services	Credit
Rafael Garcia	Catering - catering manager
Film Camera	Credit
Kerry Hayes	Photography - stills
Fabio Cafolla	Lighting Technician - lighting operator
Marco Carosi	Video - video operator
Enrico Umetelli	Camera Operator
Vittorio Storaro	Director of Photography
Giuseppe Alberti	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Nicola Percorini	Steadicam Operator
Fabio Zamarion	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Paola Barbaglia	Video - video operator
Craig DiBona	Camera Operator
Keith Hamshere	Photography - stills
Mauro Marchetti	Camera Operator
Bruce MacCallum	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Richard Crudo	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Luigi Bernadini	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Riccardo Umetelli	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Music	Credit
Stuart Stanley	Music Editor - music editor assistant
Elaine May	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Screamin' Honkers	Song Performer
Paul Williams	Song - original songs
Paul Williams	Music
Paul Williams	Music Producer - executive music producer
John Strauss	Music Coordinator
The Swing	Song Performer
Elizabeth Ackerman	Music Editor - music editor assistant
Bruce Gordon	Song
Michael James Jackson	Music - music consultant
Michael James Jackson	Music Producer
John Mercer	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Jack Brooks	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Teacher's Daughters	Song Performer
The Swing	Song
John Strauss	Music
Maurice Williams	Song
Maurice Williams	Song Performer
Martin Charnin	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Harold Arlen	Music
Irving Berlin	Song
Harry Warren	Music
Frank Sinatra	Song Performer
Charles Singleton	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Paul Simon	Song
Eddie Snyder	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Charles Strouse	Music
Warren Beatty	Song Performer
Warren Beatty	Song
Dustin Hoffman	Song Performer
Bert Kaempfert	Music
Warren Beatty	Music
Dustin Hoffman	Song - songs
Physical Effects	Credit
George Marshall Ruge	Stunts
Victor Magnotta	Stunt Coordinator
Konrad Sheehan	Stunts
Denise Amirante	Stunts
Peter Bucosi	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Cathy Keller-Stoia	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Danny Irom	DGA Trainee
John J Healey	Location Scout
Kerry Orent	Post-Production Supervisor
Don French	Assistant Director
Denise O'Dell	Production Manager
G Mac Brown	Unit Production Manager
Karen Wookey	Script Supervisor
David Sharlein	Location Assistant
Jeffrey Stolow	Location Manager
John Bernard	Location Manager
Rick Dallago	Location Scout
Darif Ahmed	Location Assistant - location manager assistant
Louis Desposito	Assistant Director
Abbazi Mohamed	Production Manager
Blair Bellis Mohr	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Laura Grumitt	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Marcia Gay	Assistant Director
Diego Sempere	Location Manager
Khalafaoui Ihssane	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Ahmed Hatimi	Assistant Director
Lee Cleary	Assistant Director
Dinia Abdessamad	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Lois Smith	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Michael Kirchenberger	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
John Fundus	Boom Operator
Brad Fuller	ADR Editor
Andy Aaron	Sound Effects - sound effects recordist
John Strauss	Sound - sound coordinator
Ivan Sharrock	Sound Mixer
Don Banks	Boom Operator
Les Lazarowitz	Sound Mixer
Neil L Kaufman	Sound Editor
Lee Dichter	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Susan Demskey-Horiuchi	ADR Editor - ADR editor assistant
Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith	Sound Editor
David Motta	Sound - sound assistant
Michael Jacobi	Sound Editor
Louis Bertini	Sound Editor
Ira Spiegel	Sound Editor
Anthony J Ciccolini III	Sound Editor
Bruce Kitzmeyer	Sound Editor
Jeff Stern	Sound Editor
Eliza Paley	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Dana Stefenson	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Susan Wagner	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Daniel Korintus	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Ken Eluto	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Richard King	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Howard Gindoff	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Nicolas Ratner	Sound Editor - sound editor apprentice
Miriam Biderman	Sound Editor - sound editor apprentice
Lois Bellucci	Sound Editor - sound editor apprentice
Lisa Bromwell	Sound Editor - sound editor apprentice
Theo Zimmerman	Sound Editor - sound editor apprentice
Brian Katkin	Sound Editor - sound editor apprentice
Visual Effects	Credit
Garth Inns	Special Effects - special effects technician
George Gibbs	Special Effects Supervisor
Terence Cox	Special Effects - special effects technician
Brian Lince	Special Effects - special effects technician
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Barry Richardson	Hair - hairstyles
Isabelle Sanchez	Wardrobe Assistant
Michael Dennison	Wardrobe
Rosemary Burrows	Wardrobe Supervisor
Bob Jiras	Makeup
Anthony Powell	Costume Designer
Bendoula Zineb	Makeup Assistant
Binani Zhor	Makeup Assistant
Alan Boyle	Makeup
Alan D'Angerio	Hair - hairstyles
Ursula Schrader ('Kiki')	Wardrobe
Andres Fernandez	Wardrobe - wardrobe master
Keith Morton	Wardrobe - wardrobe master
Fouzi Hassan	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Naima Bouanani	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Zerouli Zoubida	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Harchaoui Mustapha	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Bensayed Kaddouj	Wardrobe - wardrobe department

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