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Byline: Desmond Ryan
Some films get made in spite of everything _ budget overruns, star tantrums or illness, bad weather, accidents _ and go on to enduring greatness. Francis Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" (R, 4 stars ) is a prime example.
Then there are those ill-starred ventures, such as "Ishtar" (PG-13, 1 { stars) and "Heaven's Gate" (R, 2 stars), that live down to low expectations.
And dark clouds without silver linings sometimes settle over high-profile movies. That was certainly the case for "The Misfits" (unrated, 2 stars). In 1961, the press devoted endless ink to the travails of John Huston's film, and the bad publicity surrounding the …