Dick Tracy
First screened in June 2001 / Most recently screened in July 2020
Director: Warren Beatty. Cast: Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Glenne Headly, Charlie Korsmo, Madonna, Charles Durning, Seymour Cassel, William Forsythe, Dustin Hoffman, Ed O'Ross, R.G. Armstrong, James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Mandy Patinkin, James Tolkan, James Keane, Michael J. Pollard, Allen Garfield, Estelle Parsons, Dick Van Dyke, Catherine O'Hara, Stig Eldred, Chuck Hicks, Lawrence Steven Meyers, Neil Summers, Jim Wilkey. Screenplay: Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. (based on characters and comic strips by Chester Gould).

 Twitter Capsule: Remarkable that design and lighting elements can be this bright and strong while the rest remains so heavy and dismal.

VOR: ③  Bold graphic impressions diminished by how self-fetishizing the film is. Intrepid departure from generic norms that also reveals why such experiments are rare.


Photo © 1990 Touchstone Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C–

Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Supporting Actor: Al Pacino
Best Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
★Best Art Direction–Set Decoration: Richard Sylbert and Rick Simpson
Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero
Best Sound: Thomas Causey, Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, and Doug Hemphill
★Best Original Song: "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)"
★Best Makeup: John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler

Golden Globe Nominations:
Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
Best Supporting Actor: Al Pacino
Best Original Song: "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)"
Best Original Song: "What Can You Lose?"

Other Awards:
Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Cinematography (Storaro; also cited for The Sheltering Sky)
British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Production Design; Best Makeup
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