Hey folks, Harry here... Now I actually dig DICK TRACY... from the old Chester Gould work to the Ralph Byrd serials to that funky sixties animated show... all the way on up to Warren Beatty's film. The movie was filled with as many holes as the usual machine-gunned thug in a Gould panel. The first problem was even attempting to make it 'family friendly'... DICK TRACY was known for killing the bad guys fairly grisley... the bad guys were known for killing in obscenely evil ways. This was the world of DICK TRACY... a parody of the gangland hell of Capone's Chicago. Tracy was Elliot Ness... Scarface was the model for Big Boy... Netti was Flat Top and on and on and on... Dick Tracy comics were 4-color delights that were heavy on the red. Seeing Beatty cutting together his 'darker' version for DVD... I'm intrigued. I'm sure it will still have way too many close-ups of Beatty... And that Madonna will be way too throaty... but heck... it's a comic book played for it's four color roots... Beautiful looking... but nothing that would set the world ablaze...
Wondering what Warren Beatty has been up to since this years biggest flop "Town and Country"?..Well aside from getting the role of Bill in "Kill Bill" .Mr. Beatty is returning to his 1990 100 million doller grossing "Dick Tracy". Even though all the Dick Tracy Returns rumors were shot done withen weeks of it's release 10 years ago. Beatty has decided to work with Touchstone Pictures for a Region 1 Vista Series disc. Already availible in Germany and the U.K., When Touchstone decided to release it into the states they gave Mr. Beatty a call...
Evidently the film was somewhat cut from a 2 hour 15 min version and was alittle darker in tone. Although the Beatty had final cut he decided to tone it down in fear that it would'nt appeal to familys..Thus risking a box office bomb. The version that was released was 1 hour 45 mins and was rated PG. Some of these sceens will be cut back into the film ,while others will be added as cut sceens .The original 1990 Dick Tracy behind the badge,Behind the sceens Tv special will be added along with A new Dick Tracy Look at the origins of Tracy from the comics until now.Plus Updated Cast a crew interveiws looking back into the summer of 1990. Warren Beatty will provide a commentary track as will Danny Elfman .Others extras include trailers,tv spots and posters..I'm sure more will be added..
Duck Twacy
