Film: Dick Tracy (1990)
Showing: Tue Dec 22, 11.55am, C4
Why It’s A Must-See: Warren Beatty went all auteur on us here, directing, producing and starring in this pulpy comic book adaptation alongside Madonna, Dustin Hoffman and a genuinely demented-looking Al Pacino chewing the scenery as crime boss ‘Big Boy’ Caprice.
Lavish visuals evoke a Nighthawks-era Hopper painting and the overall tone, though tongue-in-cheek, remains grittier than a gravel toastie.
Don’t Get Up For A Mince Pie...whenever Pacino’s creepy, enorma-chinned cartoon pimp starts yelling and frothing and generally hamming things up a treat - even poor Madonna looks terrified, bless ‘er.
Next: Shrek 2
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sleepwalker
Dec 8th 2009, 12:52
Wasnt Sparrow's rum burning tantrum in the first one!
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sleepwalker
Dec 8th 2009, 12:54
Wasnt Sparrows rum burning tantrum in the first one!
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MarkPowell
Dec 8th 2009, 16:55
Quite right sleepwalker...good spot, dunno quite how I managed that one! Amended to what it was supposed to have been originally now, ta.
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hughjass1970
Dec 8th 2009, 22:04
Dances With Wolves - catch the James Cameron remake in theatres from 17th Dec!
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Ali1748
Dec 9th 2009, 1:32
Midnight Run is such a vastly underrated film.
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lpatterson
Dec 9th 2009, 10:51
This is a brilliant feature! Now I don't have to spend two hours with the frickin Radio Times.
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Hadouken76
Dec 9th 2009, 12:59
dick tracys 'The Blank' was basically a rip off of Rorschach
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KerrAvon
Dec 9th 2009, 15:15
No Scrooged, shocking.
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KerrAvon
Dec 9th 2009, 15:16
Or Bad Santa Christmas is ruined.
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badblokebob
Dec 11th 2009, 15:18
And there I was thinking Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was an adaptation of a book by this guy called Roald Dahl.
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