at one end of the eighty warren beatty create and star in the literate epic reds about the founding of the soviet union a see through the eye of iconoclast radical john reed . it be a profound film both entertaining and with a message present by an all star cast . at the end of the decade warren beatty create another kind of epic in dick tracy that make no pretense to be anything other than entertainment with a whole bunch of the best actor around just have a great old time ham it up under ton of makeup . that both red and dick tracy could come from the same individual speaks volume about the range this man have a a player . in this film beatty manage to get all the famous cartoon character from the strip and put them in one original screenplay . the city top mobster big boy caprice be make a move to really eliminate competition . the film open with him rub out lip manlis henchman in a valentine massacre style shooting and then lips himself be fit for a cement overcoat . but caprice move be make him a target for tracy . in the meantime a third mysterious and faceless individual be look to topple caprice himself . will our hero sort out this thicket of crime . the spirit of fun this film have be truly infectious . when people like al pacino and dustin hoffman and paul sorvino and william forsythe and r. g. armstrong get themselves outrageously make up to look like the cartoon creation of strip author chester gould and then indulge in an exercise of carve the big slice of ham and you have get to love this film . al pacino get a nomination for best support actor and but any of these guy could have and it only that pacino a big boy caprice get the most screen time . only beatty play it completely straight and the others all seem to play off of him . dick tracy win oscar for best art and set design and best song write by stephen sondheim and introduce by madonna and sooner or later . the fact he be even able to get somebody like sondheim to write a score for this film only show sondheim want to get in on the fun . a for madonna and the material girl do more than hold her own with all these act heavyweight a club torch singer breathless mahoney . before this film and dick tracy movie be consign to the b picture and bad a saturday afternoon serial . the only thing that rival this all star extravaganza be a radio broadcast do for armed force radio during world war ii that get to vinyl . can you believe a cast like bing crosby and bob hope and frank sinatra and dinah shore and jimmy durante and judy garland and frank morgan and and the andrews sister . try and find a recording of that gem . until then warren beatty classic comic strip for the big screen will do nicely .