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bolanrox t1_j5eoj6i wrote

Reply to comment by ninpho2246 in TIL Columbia Studios was owned by the Coca-Cola Company from 1982 to 1987, during which the studio released Ghostbusters, Stripes and The Karate Kid. The studio was sold off in part due to the financial losses from releasing Ishtar in 1987. by soysuza

Ishtar was really really bad. And expensive

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thegyyfromipanema t1_j5eyuzx wrote

Hoffman was reflecting on it, or maybe asked about it in an interview. His response was something like “into everybody’s life an Ishtar must fall”. Not sure why that stuck with me but I chuckle about it whenever it surfaces.

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DRScottt t1_j5f8p2q wrote

It's a great way of saying we all must have our failures.

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bolanrox t1_j5ff1t7 wrote

I have to return my copy of Ishtar - Dr. Clayton Forester

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