Ishtar: The Movie/Film


The movie Hollywood wants you to forget...

	ISHTAR CREDITS - Those who put it all together

DIRECTOR & WRITER: Elaine May

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Actor

- In ground breaking duo with Mike Nichols during the '60s.
- Roles in 'Enter Laughing', 'Luv', 'Bach to Bach', 'A New Leaf', 'California Suite', 'In the Spirit', 'Small Time Crooks'

• Director

   - A New Leaf (1971) - also role as Henrietta Lowell (WGA nominee)
   - The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
   - Mikey & Nicky (1976)

IN HER WORDS:

• 'If all of the people who hate Ishtar had seen it, I would be a rich woman today.'

Read more on our 'IN THEIR WORDS' page.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: David L. MacLeod • Nigel Wooll

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

MacLeod - co-producer on 'REDS'; first cousin to Warren Beatty; served as a senior advisor to the provincial Ontario Progressive Conservatives in Canada during the 1970's
Wooll - 'G. I. Jane', 'White Squall', 'Patriot Games', 'Willow', 'Reds'

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Vittorio Storaro A.I.C. - Technicolor

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Movies

'Ladyhawke', 'Last Tango In Paris', 'Tucker', 'Dick Tracy', 'Dune', 'Dick Tracy','Bulworth','Exorcist: The Beginning'

• Awards

'Apocalypse Now', 'Reds', 'The Last Emperor'

FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT http://www.storarovittorio.com/

EDITING: Stephen A. Rotter • William Reynolds (II) A.C.E. • Richard P. Cirincione

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

Rotter - 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', 'Head of State', 'Heaven Help Us', 'My Blue Heaven', 'Prelude to a Kiss', 'Rising Sun', 'The Deadliest Season', 'The Parent Trap', 'The Right Stuff', 'The World According to Garp', 'What Women Want'
Reynolds - '52nd Street', 'Carousel', 'Fanny', 'Give My Regards to Broadway', 'Hello, Dolly!', 'The Day the Earth Stood Still', 'The Godfather Saga', 'The Great White Hope', 'The Lonely Guy', 'The Sound of Music', 'The Sting', 'Yellowbeard'
Cirincione - 'Harry & Son', 'Midnight Cowboy', 'Q & A', 'Target'

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Paul Sylbert

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

'Biloxi Blues', 'Fresh Horses', 'Gorky Park', 'Heaven Can Wait', 'Kramer vs. Kramer', 'Mikey & Nicky', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', 'Rosewood', 'The Drowning Pool', 'The Pick-up Artist', 'The Pope of Greenwich Village', 'Without a Trace'

ART DIRECTION: Tony Reading • Vicki Paul • Bill Groom • Peter Childs

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

Reading - 'Event Horizon', 'Jack the Ripper', 'Sahara', 'Shanghai Knights', 'Superman', 'The Bounty', 'The Da Vinci Code', 'The Mummy', 'The Mummy Returns', 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'Van Helsing', 'Willow'
Paul - 'My Cousin Vinny'
Childs - 'Mission: Impossible'

SET DIRECTION: Steven Jordan • Alan Hicks

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

Jordan - 'Clueless'
Hicks - 'Author! Author!', 'Black Rain', 'Cape Fear', 'Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights', 'Jenny', 'Kramer vs. Kramer', 'Sweet Liberty', 'The Dream Team', 'The Mirror Has Two Faces', 'The Seduction of Joe Tynan', 'Without a Trace'

COSTUME DESIGN: Anthony Powell

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

'Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade'

MAKEUP: Bob Jiras • Alan Boyle

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

Jiras - '$', 'Bonnie & Clyde', 'First Monday in October', 'Fresh Horses', 'Ghost Story', 'Jaws 2', 'Lilith', 'Splendor in the Grass', 'Starting Over', 'Taps', 'The Hustler', 'The Pick-up Artist', 'Two Tickets to Paris'
Boyle - 'Barry Lyndon'

SOUND & MUSIC COORDINATION: John Strauss

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

'Amadeus' (Also actor: Conductor), 'Mikey & Nicky', 'Impromptu'

ORIGINAL SCORE: Dave Grusin

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

'A Man Called Gannon', 'Candy', 'Heaven Can Wait', 'On Golden Pond', 'Reds', 'The Electric Horseman', 'The Graduate', 'The Pursuit of Happiness', 'Tootsie'
FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT http://www.grusin.net/

MUSIC PRODUCERS: Michael James Jackson • Paul Williams

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

Jackson (Other films with his productions & scores) - 'Along For The Ride', 'Bad City Blues', 'Forever Lulu', 'Gleaming The Cube', 'Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man', 'Lovelines', 'No Nukes', 'Split Decisions', 'The Confession', 'World Gone Wild'

Williams (Song Writing) - 'We've Only Just Begun,' 'Just An Old Fashioned Love Song,' 'Rainy Days & Mondays', 'You & Me Against The World', 'Rainbow Connection'
FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT http://websitedesigns-2-go.com/paul/

IN PAUL'S WORDS:

• 'I spent months with the actors, and with the amazing Ms May. It's one of the greatest gigs imaginable.'