European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Lift Brigitte Nielsen and Dean stoc Wellin r Beverly Illta cop ii Warren Beatty olumpia pictures ishtar audiences me getting women an Dustin coveted in Tola As revolutionary in for Fellar showed two men died in Arab garments holding on to a rope a Ihu other end of the rope a Long Long distance away is a Caruol the original budgets for cop ii and Ishka were roughly the same cop ii was budgeted Al $27 no on ishtar at s23 million Beally and Hollman received $5 million a piece Bui the paths of the in o movies diverged very quickly cop ii was under inc control of Paramount during every step of production and Posl production the movie s final Cost was $31 million according to Frank Mancuso. The Chai Man and Chick executive officer of Paramount. Each extra Cost was approved by the studio in Advance we approved coverages for sex Ira music an sex if a Chase sequence and re shooting two scenes to get More reaction shots of Edd said Mancico since cop ii was made in los Angeles Paramount had Day to Day control every evening studio executives looked Al the results of the previous Day s shooting there was a weekly re Cap of How the movie was Taring in terms of shooting Days and budget a second unit director was sent to film background Shols in Del Oil but the movie s principal actors stayed on the studio lol and on locations Hal were no More than 4\oinules away there was a Columbia representative on the set of Srim. Which Wao filmed in new York and Morocco however a Chi Rector is the dictator of any film Sel and distance gives a director even More co Liol Elaine Mas Olafs screen Anler and director has a rep Lalion for being a Peden zionist members of me movie s Crew have described scones Hal she -10 or 50 times each extra Day in Morocco Means More Money had to be spent to leed and House the actors and Crew in addition try the Lime ishtar got to the editing room. June 30,19b7 there was twice As much dim to Deal with leading to the extra costs of Loams of editors working at night and on weekends because Paramount and Simpson Bruckheimer the producer of cop had teamed on several movies there was a combo Lable relationship Between them. When you have an ongoing relationship me produce s know the studio requires and a lol can be done in shorthand/1 said Mancuso the producer of Teofilar was the Brilliant complicated Star of the movie. Beatty. Until 1981 and fat is Beally had led a charmed lilo As a producer his 1975 re Nina shampoo had brought Columbia $24 million in film rentals and Lour Oscar nominal ions. His 19tb comedy heaven con a no had brought Paramount nearly $50 million in film rentals and nine Oscar nominations in a planing Why he chose to make Arjua. Guy me Wamo. Iho former chairman of Columbia pictures has reportedly said my Irusle was m Warren and his ability to merge artistic propensities Willi populist Lasto his track record is almost unmatched " the almost was reds a film about the american journalist John Reed and the russian revolution that went Horron Dolisky Over by decl reds was a failure but won Beatty an Academy award As Besl Dir Cir. Hoffman was essentially a hired hand on ishtar Bui Beatty s Perlecio Nisan and May s Indecki Vencuss and the thousand of Miles Between Morocco and los Angeles were an incl or diary Mutsuro Mcelwaine has placed the Cost of Ishur at 135 other sources say the co 1 of producing the movie plus studio overhead and financing Chni Ges Vas 101 million the balance Sheet will be available in a few years Allor sales to foreign Iha Alers Ideo cassettes by Hill and pay Cable in april 1936 Mcelwane resigned under a v. The Lime Columbia s new Lea Mol David Puilan it David picker took Over in Lale summer we " Posl production and hero was nothing to do limit it lever run its course Beauty s de Sud to control every detail. i i Many lin"2s improved the Quality of his Mono m Mhz Case led to extra expenses and difficulties in a he did nol approve Advelia Emels of a Iraq scr until the last Mononi. Aimos a year after Columbia r i him to approve a poster Beatty and May were not available Lor Corum in Tim David Macleod the isso Ciale producer them Hok Iid Hal Balty had Consul Lalio Righini hut nol approval Nyls and that the two Cini nol Ihms Columbia s original ideas wore Good Naur a Mancuso describes Beverly h is cop i As a i i pole movie each year Paramount makes several Hitti budget films Hal because of contend. Star a to or Story line have immediate want to see and Are thong enough to Tupper your entire schedule. He s no As it hurried out Feliu Rhad none of the sri Ingish of a Lent pc o ii a is. Nol a sequel or a unique subset and perhaps Tiv Nissl surprising thing us sli0i nol stars to the younger generation of mag Tours Vve in Hollywood think Beatty and Hollman Are huge a because int Yle Par of our film heritage swirl one studio but heave can i decade ago the 24 car no cd Eddie had a hiked , us. I me Between cop and cop ii Wilh lust Chr ii nil i the 50 year old Beally had Luten i screen since ui81 the 49 year old Footsie m 1032 to Lickle audiences half a decade is Rte int St?Jv-."- ". a a Yas of he stars and stripes
