Page THE HERALD Wednesday Jane 1IM Striking sets and costumes make Dick Tracy a hit By DIAHANN NADEAU Herald Special Visually stunning a sensualists dream of a movie Dick Tracy uses its comic strip origins to serve up some of the most striking sets and costumes weve seen in years Luscious vivid colors anchored by Tracys banana it looks good enough to eat give the movie its remarkable visual ap peal The moody lighting and the atmospheric city sets add to the op tical banquet Throw in some spec tacular makeup and Madonnas siren looks and you have a film that is an experience to watch a treat for your eyes and ears AT- THE MOVIES Warren plays Dick Tracy as a vulnerable softhearted determined cop facing a moral dilemma whether to send the Kid to an orphanage and more ingly whether to give in to Breathless Matumeys Madonna demands to frisk her The Tracy of the comics was a little tougher no doubt a little stronger but who can resist Warren Beatty when he is vulnerable and isnt he always Certainly not Breathless nor his true love Tess Truehart Headly The rest of the cast offers more big names Al Pamo as Big Boy Caprice a misshapen monster who kilts off his competition when business demands it Dick Van Dyke as a corrupt D A Mandy Patinkin as the soft voiced Keys s piano player Paul Sorvmo as Lips Manlis and Hoffman as Mumbles Talk about inspired casting Hoffman is known for his mumbling accep tance speeches it couldnt have been much of a stretch All the villains sport the most amazing faces just the way they do in the comic strip The opening poker scene is full of bizarre characters funny and shockingand a little un nerving The plot Is pretty basic Tracy has to put Bad Boy Caprice in jail but he is hampered by the machinations of the sinister and mysterious NoFace He also has to look after the Kid an orphaned boy with a penchant for riding on the back of cars And he keeps try to get up the nerve to propose to A good guy s work is never done it seems The movie is not without its flaws For one thing It s a little too long and is rather slow in spots And the characters fleshed out enough especially the villains Remember how utterly evil Jack Nicholsons Joker was Big Boy Caprice is not evil incarnate ties only a cardboard meanie without a sense of the grander scheme of things His is not a black enough soul On the other hand the music is VIDEO PLUS of Georgetown BRING HOWE A STAR NOW IN Tango Caih The Wizard Steal My Left Foot Box St Unit n Geoieelown Ontario OOEY ITS G00EY GOOD TRYOURNEWl DELIVERY SERVICE Guelph St 8731651 GINOS PIZZA BUY ONE GET ONE FREE ON ANY SIZE PIZZA FREE DELIVERY After m SI 8734499 Winston Churchill hi BURGER oeiphs Georgetown STARTING JUNE NEON SUNGLASSES 99 With of King Drink Of BURGER mi PLAYING THIS WEEK superb featuring songs by Stephen Sondheim While Madonna has never been this reviewers favorite performer she lights up the screen with her looks and wonderful com ebacks and her voice suits the tor chy music Her wardrobe is ing She wears a seethrough black robe in an encounter wiih Tracy who complains that she doesnt seem very broken up over the death of boyfriend Lips Manlis Im wearing black underwear she points out Its a wonderful line This is not the perfect film but it is better than Batman And this kind of movie reminds us that there is a reason for Hollywood to exist other than to bring bloated star vehicles like Bird on a Wire to the theatres only Hollywood could have produced this luminous car toonish movie with its grand designs and unique vision This movie is worth the ticket price Telegraph granted in 1840 THE WORLD ALMANAC DATE BOOK June 20 TODAYS QUOTE People change and forget to tell each other Hellman TODAYS MOON Between last quarter June 16 and new moon June 22 hTh DIVISION OF 1UUS LTD 7400 AIRPORT SERVICE 877 PARCEL DELIVER Today the 171st day of 1990 and the day of spring TODAYS HISTORY On this day In a patent tor the telegraph was granted to Samuel F TODAYS BIRTHDAYS Lillian Hell man 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