Waiting for Ishtar
2017, English. Directed by Jonathan Crombie & John Mitchell.
A love letter to the most misunderstood film of all time.
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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- 0h 47m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 14 December 2017
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Written by
- Jonathan Crombie, John Mitchell
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Waiting for Ishtar runs 47 minutes (0h 47m).
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Waiting for Ishtar isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 December 2017. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Waiting for Ishtar?
If you liked Waiting for Ishtar, try Come See Me in the Good Light, Directed by John Ford, As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty.
Who directed Waiting for Ishtar?
Waiting for Ishtar (2017) was directed by Jonathan Crombie and John Mitchell and stars John Mitchell, Jonathan Crombie, George Anthony.