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Legendary police detective Dick Tracy is the only man tough enough to take on gangster boss Big Boy Caprice and his band of menacing mobsters. Dedicated to his work but at the same time devoted to his loyal girlfriend, Tess Trueheart, Tracy finds himself torn between love and duty. His relentless crusade against crime becomes even more difficult when he gets saddled with an engaging orphan and meets seductive and sultry Breathless Mahoney, a torch singer determined to get the best of Tracy. A faceless character, the Blank, threatens both Tracy and Big Boy, and it takes all of Tracy's skills to save the city.
"Colorful, high-style adaptation... eye-popping Academy Award-winning make-up and art direction." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
Warren Beatty directs and stars in this lavish adaptation of Chester Gould's famous comic strip. Against a stylized and solid color backdrop of 1930s Chicago, straight-laced, square-jawed, detective hero Dick Tracy battles gangster Big Boy Caprice -- and temptation in the form of blonde bombshell Breathless Mahoney. Dick's long-time girlfriend Tess Trueheart and a feisty street urchin are on hand to offer support. With songs by Stephen Sondheim, Madonna as Breathless Mahoney, and a vast array of cartoon villains -- Mumbles, Pruneface, Lips, Flattop -- brought to life by a glittering cast of stars.
Plot Summary
Once again, director Beatty assembles an all-star cast. Dick Tracy, America's top crimestopper, goes up against a mob of colorful gangsters in this rich production. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Supporting Actor--Al Pacino. Academy Awards: 3, including Best Makeup, Best Art Direction, Best Song ("Sooner or Later" by Stephen Sondheim).
| Features | Audio: English, French 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 9/11/2009 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1990 | | Catalog ID: 1837203 | | UPC: 00717951005298 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1991) |  | Stephen Sondheim, Winner, Best Music, Song ("I Always Get My Man") | | John Caglione Jr., Doug Drexler, Winner, Best Makeup | | | Al Pacino, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | | | Vittorio Storaro, Nominee, Best Cinematography |
| Memorable Quotes| "So many questions, so few answers." ---- Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) | | "You don't know whether you want to hit me or kiss me. I get a lot of that." ---- Breathless Mahoney (Madonna) to Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) | | "Thanks for calling. I was wondering what a girl had to do to get arrested." |"Wearing a dress like that is a step in the right direction." ---- Dick Tracy to Breathless Mahoney (Warren Beatty and Madonna) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...A visual knockout..." 07/12/1990 p.41USA Today
"...It really gets under your skin..." 06/14/1990 p.4D New York Times
"...DICK TRACY is a great uninterrupted grin....Oddball and matchless..." 06/15/1990 p.C1 Los Angeles Times
"...DICK TRACY is brash, irresistible fun. Warren Beatty's vision of a comic strip on film comes in paint-box bright colors with nicely irreverent dialogue....It's a film of enormous style..." 06/10/1990 p.F3 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
...a masterpiece of studio artificiality, of matte drawings and miniatures and optical effects... a sweeter, more optimistic movie, outdoes even Batman in the visual departments... It is one of the most original and visionary fantasies I've seen on a screen. - Roger Ebert
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