Home Video
Ishtar was issued on VHS around the globe in late 1987 (then again in 1994), eventually generating over $7 million dollars in rental fees alone in the USA. In 2004, the film was released on DVD on every continent but North America. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment had announced that the film will be released only on Blu-ray Disc (and finally in a digital format in North America) on January 4, 2011, but it was pulled from the studio's release schedule just prior to that date.
In a more recent interview, the film's director had this say:
"They tell me now — Sony — that they’re going to release this on Blu-ray, and it will really look wonderful and sound wonderful. If they don’t, you’ll be the last 80 or 90 or however many people to see this movie in this particular version. If you all clap your hands and believe it! They say they want to and they’ll do it soon, and I have great faith that they’ll do it."
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