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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   23,630 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Chester Gould (characters created by)
Jim Cash (written by) ...
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Release Date:
15 June 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 26 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(45 articles)
Birthday Suit (With Bright Yellow Trench)
 (From FilmExperience. 20 November 2009, 7:08 AM, PST)

Comic-Con Founder Sheldon Dorf Dies at 76
 (From The Wrap. 12 November 2009, 8:04 AM, PST)

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All those colors more (125 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min | Finland:101 min | Germany:101 min | USA:105 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (analog 70 mm prints) | CDS (digital 70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
As a fan of the comic strip, Warren Beatty was initially offered the director's job. He signed on only if he could play Tracy himself. The producers, having trouble casting the lead role, happily complied with his wish. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Big Boy Caprice has all the mob bosses together, Itchy stands behind him. In a close-up, Itchy scratches his neck with his right hand. But then it cuts back to Big Boy and Itchy has his right hand at his side. more
Quotes:
[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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Movie Connections:
Featured in "I Love the '90s: Part Deux" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
What Can You Lose more

FAQ

Do any of the villains live?
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21 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
All those colors, 11 August 2001
9/10
Author: Loff24 from Portugal

If Dick Tracy was in black and white, the pope wouldn't be religious. Giving a new sense to the concept of color in a movie, we are offered an unique experience throughout a comic-strip world, and it's one of the few movies which succeeded in doing so, thanks to a serious script, good direction, great performances (Al Pacino is astonishing) and most importantly a powerful mix of cinematography, art direction and costume design. Using only primary colors, the experience is quite different from anything we have seen before. And there is also a quite successful hommage to all the gangster-movie genre, pratically extinct from modern cinema. Overall, I see this movie as a fresh attempt and a touch of originality to a cinema which relies more and more on the old and already-seen formulas. 7 out of 10.

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