Actors: Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna, Glenne Headly, Mandy Patinkin
Directors: Warren Beatty
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Run Time: 106 minutes
Film: 4 out of 5 stars
Extras: N/A
When I think of “Dick Tracy”, I immediately get transported back to my grade school school yard back in 1990. We used to run about the school yard pretending that we were characters from the film. I even had (and actually still have) school-work folder with the “Dick Tracy” logo. I had various toys from the film and even shirts. So is “Dick Tracy”, the best comic book adaption film to date…nope but it has history with me and that is worth the purchase only.
Plus since this film is available on high-def Blu-ray for the very first time, it comes with a hot new digital restoration. The 1080p transfer really delivers the goods. The audio track included is DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and works well with the score and the film’s action. I wish Disney would have given more effort here as well. This film has never looked better (for what it is worth, it’s 1990 come on!). Fans of this film should definitely check this out, just don’t expect anything in the special features department.
Warren Beatty played the role of Dick Tracy well. Today he is probably not the best choice but in 1990, he was the bees knees. Madonna was decent as well and sings a great song “Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)”, which won the Oscar that year. But the star of the film is really Al Pacino. I love his take on the character Big Boy. Also who doesn’t love William Forsythe depiction of Flattop. The make-up is this film is awesome and there is no shock that it won the Oscar for Best Makeup that year.
Synopsis: Thecomic strip detective (Beatty) finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney (Madonna) makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice’s (Pacino) united mob. Winner of three Academy Awards (1990), including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Makeup and Best Music (Original Song for “Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)”).
This release comes as a combo pack with Blu-ray disc and digital copy. I would have also like to see an DVD copy as well. There are zero special features included on this release, which is very disappointing. I would have loved to at least gotten a trailer or even better the animated short “Roller Coaster Rabbit”, which was released theatrically with this movie. Oh well there is always the 25 anniversary in three years, hint-hint!
