Dick Tracy (1990)

Regisseur:

Warren Beatty

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Chester Gould (characters in Dick Tracy comic strip)
Jim Cash (written by) ...

Premierendatum:

15. Juni 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Krimi | Drama | Familienfilm | Thriller

Werbezeile:

I'm on my way.

Plot:

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | Piano | Beautiful Woman | Exploding Car | Mumbling

Filmpreise:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 26 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

One of the best comic book adaptations of all time.

Besetzung

Warren Beatty	...	Dick Tracy
Charlie Korsmo	...	Kid
Michael Donovan O'Donnell	...	McGillicuddy
Jim Wilkey	...	Stooge
Stig Eldred	...	Shoulders
Neil Summers	...	The Rodent
Chuck Hicks	...	The Brow
Lawrence Steven Meyers	...	Little Face
William Forsythe	...	Flattop
Ed O'Ross	...	Itchy
Glenne Headly	...	Tess Trueheart
Marvelee Cariaga	...	Soprano
Michael Gallup	...	Baritone
Seymour Cassel	...	Sam Catchem
James Keane	...	Pat Patton

Alternativ:

Dick Tracy (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

103 Min | Finland:101 Min | Germany:101 Min | USA:105 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (analog 70 mm prints) | CDS (digital 70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Altersfreigabe:

Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Iceland:10 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | West Germany:12 (f) | Brazil:12 | Norway:10 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Peru:14 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Canada:A (Nova Scotia)

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Mulholland Productions

Dies und das:

A 135 minute version of the film exists as confirmed by Warren Beatty in an interview in 2002. He was forced to cut the film to the current 105 minute version at the insistence of then chairman of The Walt Disney Studios Jeffrey Katzenberg, prior to the release.

Pannen:

Audio-Visuelle Asynchronität: When Tracy is fighting the man in the shack, he says several lines but his lips clearly do not match the dialog.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Radio Announcer: Gangland enforcers broke the arms of an elderly newsdealer this afternoon when he refused to share his week's receipts with them. Stacks of newspapers were tossed in the gutter as the thugs wrecked the business and made their getaway. Lunchtime crowds were paralyzed by the suddenness of the crime. Not a hand was raised in protest.

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Soundtrack:

BLUE NIGHTS

One of the best comic book adaptations of all time.

I've been watching "Dick Tracy" for years, and as a result it's become a vital part of my life - it was with me throughout childhood and I used to see it quite often. Seeing it now, as an adult, it's still a very good movie - dark, satiric and incredibly misunderstood. About the only thing that can be said is the Oscar nomination Pacino received - other than that it is rarely discussed and didn't make much of a fuss when it came out.

Pacino is over-the-top but to good effect as he's clearly having loads of fun. Beatty is great as Dick Tracy and behind the camera manages to capture the atmosphere of a film noir comic book better than any other film, possibly, I have ever seen. Just taking a look at one scene from the film is breathtaking. The lighting, velvet overtones and smog/smoke combine to create a great effect.

There are some really funny cameos including one by Dustin Hoffman as "Mumbles," and I don't think there are any flaws at all in terms of acting - even the mandatory kid-character is far better than expected.

Overall, a really fine movie that has become misunderstood over the years since its release and is incredibly underrated with only 5.7/10 average on IMDb. The critics' reviews are very positive (check out RottenTomatoes.com) and after seeing the film once again it's not hard to see why - this is a perfect example of capturing the essence of a comic book, from style to eccentricity.

Highly recommended. 4.5/5 stars.