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The movie thugs were clones of their printed counterparts.
Chester Gould designed over-the-top criminals with autological names. Let’s put it to the test: random image from the film: PASS! One can randomly pull any single frame from this movie and find a beautifully lit and composed image. The world of Dick Tracy intentionally looked artificial and stylized (a ´la Tim Burton) employing obvious matte paintings and garishly colored costumes. Each shot is a locked-down composition mimicking a comic strip panel. Storaro chose to keep the camera static it barely moves. Disney however had never given up control of a movie of this scale.
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Frances Ford Coppola and George Lucas controlled the production of EPCOT’s Captain-Eo (cute story here) and even John Landis put his stamp on an odd Disneyland TV special.
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Eisner agreed to give Beatty full artistic control Disney was establishing a pattern of doing so. For various reasons, none of these filmmakers worked out and Beatty eventually agreed to helm the project he would produce and direct as well as star.īeatty was a demanding artist he had the clout to make what he wanted and he answered to no one. Originally attached to Steven Speilberg the project then went through directors John Landis, Walter Hill, and even Martin Scorsese. There is a bit of a twist at the end but all in all, it is a standard pulp crime drama similar to those actually produced in the 1930s.Ī major Tracy film had been floating around Hollywood for nearly a decade. Along the way fetching chanteuse Breathless Mahoney seduces Tracy trapping him between herself and his longtime girl Tess. Set in 1938, the Dick Tracy movie tells the story of the crime boss Big Boy Caprice squaring off against Tracy and the authorities. Disney green-lit a big-budget movie adaptation of Dick Tracy and just like that found itself in the movie star business.
Disney believed that it was ready to move to the next level in Hollywood and wanted to work with a high-profile star like Beatty.Ī perfect storm formed as Disney needed a franchise, Beatty needed to recoup his investment in Tracy, comic-based movies were fashionable and Eisner was enamored with A-list talent. He had a reputation as a perfectionist and was a notorious lothario with a large “ black book” and an ego to match. In fact, Beatty still holds the rights to Dick Tracy to this day, remember that.īeatty, a multitalented actor, and filmmaker who had won the Oscar for best direction in 1981 (with 14 total nominations to date) was looking to make his next film. It was not a studio or a media company but rather a single guy who purchased the rights to this once-formidable franchise. By 1985 the film rights to Dick Tracy lapsed and Hollywood icon Warren Beatty bought them. This guy however will certainly save the day.ĭick Tracy became a hit in the 1930s and 1940s spinning off of radio shows, books, and movies however its popularity eventually waned. The closest thing to a successful franchise Disney had were the Ernest movies.
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Disney had to license films from MGM to have recognizable content for its own park. It was so dire that when Disney was competing with Universal to create studio parks the head of Universal quipped: “What are they going to do, build a Three Men and a Baby ride?” he was not wrong. Movies such as Splash, Good Morning Vietnam, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and Adventures in Babysitting were well-reviewed and successful but not home runs.ĭisney’s animated movies of the time were still in a lull this was prior to the animation renaissance. Commonly referred to as “singles and doubles” they were low-risk endeavors. These movies featured inexpensive fading stars seeking a comeback or up-and-coming actors in need of a break. Paramount had Star Trek and Indiana Jones, Fox had Star Wars and Die Hard, Universal had Back to the Future and Jaws, Warner Brothers had Superman and now Batman and Disney had… well Disney had squat.ĭisney’s top executives Michael Eisner and Jeffery Katzenberg had done an admirable job reviving the company by producing modest films. However, by the late 1980s, every studio had its own high-profile franchise.
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Film series existed (including James Bond) but as a general rule movies were either stand-alone affairs or part of lower-budget serials. In the 1970s and 1980s studios started to create sequels to their biggest hits, these were the primordial versions of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Please refer to this simple chart to better understand all the Disney-owned properties.