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Dick Tracy
(1990),
Director: Warren Beatty, rated PG
Their
turf. Their game. Their rules. They didn't count on HIS
law...
  Starring:
Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna, Glenne Headly, Charlie Korsmo, William
Forsythe, Ed O'Ross, Charles Durning, Dustin Hoffman, Mandy Patinkin, Paul
Sorvino, James Caan
DML Rating:
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
- above average
"Thanks for calling. I
was beginning to wonder what a girl had to do to get arrested."
- Breathless
Mahoney
Why watch this? This
visual, artsy film combines action and a nod to old-time comics
strips.
Plot Summary:
Hard-boiled detective Dick Tracy works to dismantle the criminal
empire of Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice. Tracy also navigates a
complex personal life with his girlfriend Tess Trueheart and the
seductive singer Breathless Mahoney. Along the way, he takes in
a young street orphan known as "Kid," who becomes his protégé.
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Dad's Preview:
This Disney effort, and Warren Beatty's vision, set out to bring
the comic-strip crimefighter, Dick Tracy, to life. However, it is not
real life, but rather life in the primary-colored world
of the drawn pulp strips from our Sunday
newspapers. It is a wonder to behold, be it the
tough-guy in a yellow trench coat, buxom ladies
with red lipstick, or a cast of villains so
devious and deformed that the mere sight of them
makes your skin crawl. The film won three
Academy awards, but it just never quite becomes
believable. It's best when Madonna breathes
sexual tension into her sultry role as
Breathless Mahoney. |
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Touchstone
Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Mulholland Prod.;
Buena Vista Pictures Dist. |
