Dick Tracy: Why Doesn't Disney Show This Classic Any Love? 

I love when a Disney movie doesn't look like something done by Disney

Dick Tracy is a beyond underrated and underappreciated gem.

The 90's were so experimental and I miss it so much. Movies could afford to take risks, fail and then make a comeback with VHS rentals. Dick Tracy, The Shadow, The Phantom, The Rocketeer... Flawed classics. Great video. Thanks

Warren Beatty's interpretation of Dick Tracy was way ahead of its time, in my opinion. It was visually stunning, true to the source material, and really created a superhero out of a pulp comic.

"EVERYWHERE I TURN ITS 'TRACY TRACY TRACY!" God bless Al Pacino and his over the top performance. I always found it fun to watch in this movie as well as in other films.

Dick Tracy was one of those movies that if you watch it today you would be amazed at how it even got made. The star power in this movie was insane. Very fun film when I watched it as a kid. I really hope current year Disney does not touch it.

This movie actually won multiple Oscars. Best Art Direction, Best Make-Up, and Best Original Song for Stephen Sondheim.

Tracy is a true Comic Toned movie. Warren did a fantastic job. All the sets and characters gave old comic book feel that we don't get anymore. Flat Top & Itchy are my fave duo.

Honestly, one of my top five comic book movies. It just gets so much right visually and on a script level. And the make-up and costumes are out of this world!

As mentioned in the credits, the cinematography was done by Vittorio Storora. Who's other films include Apocalypse Now and it shows. Dick Tracy, is one of the best looking comic to screen adaptations ever.

I love Dick Tracy! I watched it in theaters knowing nothing about it. The characters, story, and the look of the film with their vivid colors. Instant classic in my book.

I love your little bit where Big Boys yelling is overlapping itself…genius 10:28

What a movie and what a cast, the music, the look and effects. Looking back, there were so many good things here. What a treat, they don't treat old properties like this anymore.

I know that this is off topic but im cracking up at the "Istar" movie scene with Warren Beatty singing. I almost spilled my coffee cup laughing so hard.

This is another one i saw multiple times in the theater. I haven't seen it in years but it really was a great film.

As a kid in the 70s I’d get shipped to my grandmother in Brooklyn every summer. Every Sunday I’d take the very generous comics section from the newspaper and read it start to finish. The back page was Dick Tracy and I loved saving that best for last. This was many years of my youth. From that perspective I enjoyed this movie. It was absolutely not a great movie, the strip itself wasn’t humorous, and the camp was heavy but it carried enough of the heart of the strip that it had a happy familiarity. I still appreciate it.

I checked the Dick Tracy DVD out a lot from my local library when I was a kid. It was one of my favorite movies growing up.

This movie and The Shadow were great 90s comic movies

This is one of the most gorgeous movies I’ve ever seen, all that bright color really pops on screen

Great kids movie too ahead of its time. Pacino and great actor William Forsythe killed it

Saw this at the theater when I was a kid, it was AMAZING to us kids.

This was my favorite movie for a long time got the VHS for my 9th birthday in 91, and was obsessed by it for a few years. It's such a shame there was never any sequels.

Disney's only released a bare bones release on DVD and Blu-ray. They need to do a special edition with all the special features and promotional material that came out at that time.

A childhood favorite that I still love today.

I like the movie, but I really want to see Warren Beaty’s preferred longer cut, but Disney had him shorten it

THE SHADOW AND THIS WERE SUPERB versions of classic pulp noir Comics. Many a times such Space1999 for example never never get recognized as being game changing in their own ways.

Thanks for giving this movie some attention! I was 9 when this came out back in 1990 & still love it. Flattop Rules!!

This and The Rocketeer and The Shadow are the best comic book movies of the 90s.

I've always loved this ... both the wonderfully quotable movie, and the live stage show at the Disney parks.

Glad to see this underappreciated comic book film get some love. This and Batman were my movie obsessions back in the day.

I remember seeing this in the theater with my boy scout troop. Really enjoyed it, from what I remember.

My friends and I got tickets to the advanced showing of this movie. It cost $20.00, which was a lot of money in 1990, but you got a tee-shirt, and the tee-shirt was your ticket. It was Awesome!

The montage of pacino screaming is hilarious, come to think of it he screams in a lot of his films.

Surprised it gets forgotten, Dick Tracy had huge marketing behind it at the time. I love this movie.

This deserves a 4K

I enjoyed this movie as a kid, a good natured spectacle for a different time.

I'm so glad you're covering this movie! There's a bunch of 90's and 00's underrated comic book movies that JoBlo is yet to talk about.

When Disney wants us to watch something, they'll smother us to death with marketing But when they don't want us to watch something They won't even bother promoting it

This was a good movie. Beautiful color palette. It’s a shame it’s been forgotten. The Genesis game was good too. I can’t believe he still owns the rights.

Here's a film that deserves a Criterion 4K release. Someone call up Warren Beatty on their wrist phone!

I use to watch that cartoon when I was little, saw the movie when I was adult. This is the first time I've seen something about it. Hopefully I can find the movie here on RU-vid so I can see it again.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

Loved this movie as a kid. I remember all the tie in's McDonald's had with the movie.

Madonna's soundtrack album for Dick Tracy was in my stereo on regular rotation all year after that movie came out. Fantastic 90s movie sdtk!

Flat Top-“That’ll be the end of Dick Tracy.” Itchy-“Yeah. Thirty seconds, no more Dick. Thirty seconds, no more Dick. Thirty seconds, no more Dick.” Prune Face-“I’m not gonna take this bum out of the headlines. I’m rubbin’ him out!” Kid-“When do we eat?” Tess Trueheart-“Tracy, when you play in the streets, it’s part of the game. I get that. Just don’t expect me to like it.” Big Boy Caprice-“YOU’RE NOT OUT! YOU ARE NOT OUT! WHEN YOU ARE DEAD, YOU ARE OUT!” You are mine, I own you!” Dick Tracy-“Is the enemy of my enemy my friend? Or, is the enemy of my enemy my enemy?” I loved the visual style of Dick Tracy. It was a comic strip that came to life. A few years later, I met a film extra on the set of Two Much. He told me that he dubbed the voice of Mumbles in the Spanish language version. What was missing in the movie was Dick Tracy’s origin. What made Dick Tracy Dick Tracy? In the novelization, Dick Tracy was in college to become an accountant, but criminals robbed his parents’ business and they were killed. Tracy swore that his parents will have justice. He became a police officer and worked his way up through the ranks to become the lead detective in the department. Madonna’s album I’m Breathless was interesting and inspired because she was performing in the character of Breathless Mahoney. Songs like ‘He’s A Man, Hanky Spanky, Back In Business, Something To Remember, Cry Baby all fit the setting of Dick Tracy. There was another album that had other songs dedicated to Dick Tracy. One of which was performed by Jerry Lee Lewis. I remember The Dick Tracy Show when I was a kid. The Filmation studio would have Dick Tracy in an animated segment on a show called T.V. Funnies. Of all the rogues gallery of villains in Dick Tracy, Flat Top was the most dangerous. I think Dick Tracy got a raw deal. If a remake is in the works, Warren Beatty could get Bradley Cooper to play Dick Tracy. Just a thought.

Love this movie. Caught the Rona and happened to have ordered this off eBay for 4 bucks or something. Watched it over and over. Damn good 4 dollar movie

This is one of the few gems they were smart enough not to do a sequel of. It stands alone. It was actually really good. I wish Disney would put it up on Disney+.

One of my favorite childhood films

I became fascinated with Dick Tracy when I saw it in theaters, then bought it in VHS and later on DVD. Loved the 'Making Of...' featurette, the way Beatty only used basic colors, the detail on the cars, the beautiful matté paintings used to create a huge fake city, the all star cast, especially the cameos, Sondheim songs, Elfman's score, the mystery of The Blank character, the grotesque make up on the villains, the humor, etc. Somebody compared Pacino's Big Boy Caprice with a combination of Hitler with Groucho Marx 😂, he stole the picture. Never get enough from this 1-derful film !!!

Such a great movie! It needs more love because I haven't seen it since I was little.

Pacino screaming montage is classic. 🎉😂

Madonna’s performance at the Oscars for “Sooner or Later” is amazing

Loved the sets and backgrounds on this movie, just gorgeous. Hire actual painters, not digital artists. I loved painting this kind stuff with perspective and playing with depth and shadows. Thou my favorite is that when Warren Beatty jumps to the lamp post you see him just eat it. Makes me laugh every time.

Tracy is a mind blowingly great film - why this hasn’t been turned into a series, spin off or franchise is beyond me. 🇺🇸🚫🐭

I always loved Dick Tracy- I always loved how the movie looked exactly like a comic book with the colors and atmosphere

1 of my favorite movies as a kid. Had all the action figures

@joblo, it seems we are from the same generation and spend too much time in front of TV. just recently stumbled over your channel. great work! thank you.

I loved this movie as a kid

Dick Tracy was Ahead of its time with predictions like a smartwatch.

The cast for this movie was insane....i don't fully understand the reason it got shelved.....crazy visuals

I had the movie poster in my home. It was a theater backlit kind that I built a light box to display. I loved the graphic style of the movie.

This feels like Flash Gordon of 1980 and I do recommend it ❤

I remember as a kid this movie's stuff being HUGE at McDonald's at the time too with the typical happy meal toys but also with scratchers and other prizes. It felt at the time that it was about as big as the annual monopoly tie in they started only a few years earlier

I like this movie, especially the plot twist at the end. Disney will never be able to make this kind of theme as long as Bob Iger is at the helm

I watched it on a 70mm giant screen... And I loved every frame..every minute of it. Really didn't get hownit didn't do big numbers at the big office... Maybe Dick Tracy just missed its time window to really jell with movie audience...

I totally forgot about this movie. I use to read the comic strips in the paper every week when I was a kid and I wanted one of those phone watches ! Dude was way ahead of his time with the phone watch

I prolly watched this, the original Tim Burton Batman, and Who Framed RR 100 times each when I was kid.

And then Pacino went pack to a more cool-headed character with Carlito's Way and it buried all those others. He was so damn cool in that movie.

One of my first memories of watching a movie. This, Home Alone and Jurrasic Park were my first cinema experiences. However shit it may be it will always have a special place.

This was one of my favorite movies growing up.

The late 80's early 90's were a cornucopia of Film Noir style comic book movies and there were all (mostly great). In addition to Batman and Dick Tracy, we also had The Rocketeer, The Mask, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and others..

Disney has a lot of hidden gems they seem to bury. Child of Glass, Watcher in the Woods, Something Wicked This Way Comes. The Black Hole and Who Framed Roger Rabbit seem to sort of be on that list as well as Rocketed and Arachnophopia. The last four I believe are at least on Disney +. Dick Tracy is a very innovative movie. It mainly stays in the primary color palette like a comic strip would ever Dick Tracy got his start. A failed adaptation of Brenda Starr came out before this starring Brooke Shields. Brenda Starr and Dick Tracy shared the same comic as Little Orphan Annie. Disney should have known with a forties era property it wasn't going to be wholesome especially with gangsters. I think Dick Tracy suffered the same fate as Roger Rabbit for many years. So many classics ended up under the Touchstone label. Another example would be Adventures in Babysitting. Chris Columbus' directorial debut with a John Hughes feel of kids acting like kids. Yeah it has cussing, the cheating boyfriend and one of the most underrated lines in a movie. "Don't F with the babysitter!" Because of the John Hughes influence Disney tried to bury it and homogenized it with a Disney Channel remake. Disney doesn't value the real treasures in their catalogue.

I was under the impression that Beatty played with the idea of wearing a prosthetic nose/chin, but he was dissuaded to do so by producers because he’d lose sympathy from the audience. Or maybe he just spread that to make himself look good. Either way so much could’ve come from this movie- there was character appearances and a short lived stage show at Disney, there were plans for a shooter ride (which was an insane concept for the time), and many more things planned.

One of my absolute favorites!

It’s been 35 years since we last got Dick, a remake would be great

I bought this movie on blu ray last year! I had some nostalgia to see it again! Its a Great all star movie!

This would look incredible in 4K

As a kid , Flat Top scared the sh*t out of me . Haha

Glad I still got my Blu Ray Steelbook..

Be sure to read Jeffrey Katzenberg’a infamous 1991 memo. It details that the reason Dick Tracy was concerned as a disappointment was that they spent just as much money marketing it as they did making it, severely narrowing the profits. Meanwhile, Pretty Woman only cost a faction of the budget of Dick Tracy and ended up outgrossing Batman worldwide, which was their goal with Dick Tracy. Beatty was pissed about being singled out for this and has sat on the property all of these decades out of spite it seems.

It was an eyeful, to be sure, on those big screens...

Such a fun movie. Who would be stupid enough to not watch this movie over and over.

two movies popular back in the nineties Dick Tracy and the other one is Gremlins Two New Batch . those other movies that got mentioned in this should all get brought right back again . may the videos continue .

I remember getting the radio watch as a kid. It was so cool!

I first saw Dick Tracy as youngster during the summer of 1990 in the theatre. To this day, I still believe it is the most underrated comic book movie of all time.

Great movie and Ironically i was just quoting Dustin Hoffman's Mumbles last week to a friend of mine...,a long running joke since the movie dropped when we saw it together as kids,,when the heatlamps hit and Mumbles slowly but surely snitched Big Boy out "Big boy did it"😆🤣

I loved this movie. They did a great job.

In 1990, Warren Beatty made a Dick Tracy movie. But no one would let him make another one, and even tried to do a tv show without him. He got so mad he decided to find a loophole in his contract and get decades of petty revenge. Every couple of decades, he makes a no-budget 20-some minute tv special where he complains to Leonard Maltin while wearing his old costume, and releases it unannounced in the middle of the night on TCM. This week, at 85 years old, he premiered his new one, called Dick Tracy Zooms In. He didn't even have to show up on set. However, he has gone to court to make sure that they legally count as sequels, and thus renew his rights to the character. He does this solely so that no one else can legally use the character for anything. This new special will make the character his until 2027, when Dick Tracy goes into the public domain and anyone can use him for free. This is art. This is some A+ Andy Kaufman-level trolling. I will never watch either of these specials, because the whole point is that they are unwatchable, low effort, and awful enough to be a middle finger to some bean counting whipper snapper who made Warren Beatty mad in the 90s. But I am so happy they exist. I'd rather know these bird flips by an old man taking a grudge to the grave are in the world than a Dick Tracy Disney+ show starring Chris Pratt.

The cinematography in this movie is one in a million

As a kid, I liked the artistic side. My dad rented often horror movies for me and my older brother, so it was not a problem the violence hehehe He hated Disney. I went to Disney World with my mother and my aunt, he didn't want to come 😂

Oh man I love this movie! Saw it in the theater with my mom, absolutely holds up today.

Awesome film! absolutely love Al Pacino energy in the movie. Warren Beatty is great and I got a good laugh out of Dustin Hoffman’s Mumbles character.

What a time to have been a 5 yr old❤❤

I remember watching this in the theater and merchandise everywhere!

I enjoyed this film! I even had the toys.

I’ve always loved this movie. I need it in 4k.

I have this movie, I love this movie. I didn't know that Warren holds the rights to it though. That's interesting...

It’s a _good_ flick IMHO (👏). I _do_ love me a good 1930 Noir type of movie (🎥).

I loved this movie as a kid. a reboot would be great if they keep the style, update the story if they want but it needs this super saturated limited pallet static shot moving painting feel

For many of us kids who grew up when this movie was out, it served as our introduction to many of the great actors of the day, like Pacino, Hoffman, Sorvino, James Caan, William Forsythe, and of course Beatty himself. I mean the cast itself was a rogue's gallery of the best crime cinema actors of the past thirty-odd years by that point. I know for me, my childhood obsession with Dick Tracy would go on to inform my love of classic film noir and hardboiled detective fiction which I dabble in in present day.

I love this movie. I saw it in the theater when I was 11. I had the trading cards and action figures.