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Elaine MayForgatókönyvíró:
Elaine MayOperatőr:
Vittorio StoraroZeneszerző:
Dave GrusinSzereplők:
Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Jack Weston, Tess Harper, Carol Kane, Aharon Ipalé, Herb Gardner, Fred Melamed (több)Streaming (1)
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Beatty is Lyle Rogers, a dimwitted songwriter who befriends and partners with Chuck Clarke (Hoffman), who is only slightly more intelligent but every bit as untalented. Together the duo dreams of becoming a big-time lounge act, but their songs, with titles like "That a Lawnmower Can Do All That," are unintentionally hilarious. Chuck becomes suicidal, but just when it seems they'll never strike it rich, the boys are offered a shady gig at a North African hotel, entertaining U.S. troops stationed in the tiny nation of Ishtar. On their way to accept the job, Lyle, Chuck, and their blind camel are sidetracked by a mysterious woman (Isabelle Adjani) and a scheming CIA agent (Charles Grodin), who are involved in a rebellion against the country's emir. (forgalmazó hivatalos szövege)
(több)Recenziók (1)
"The KGB is here. I recognize two agents." - "The ones dressed as Texans?" - "No. The ones dressed as Arabs. The ones dressed as Texans are Arab agents." Not a bad film at all, as is commonly said. It's got pace, the musical numbers of Hoffman and Beatty stealing from Simon and Garfunkel are good fun (not to mention the rather morbid song dedicated to the couple celebrating 53 years of togetherness), the spy plot is fine and many of the scenes are good (the acquisition of a blind camel with bad teeth, the arms dealers). Only there should have been more jokes (especially for Isabelle Adjani's too-dry character) and the runtime should have been shorter. And it could have used a bit better music, not the strange noise that sounds in the film, for example during the scene in the marketplace.
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