The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Director: Warren Beatty
Stars: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Glenne Headly, and cameos galore.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099422/
Watched online, good print.
15 songs in the Soundtracks, 5 by Sondheim. His song, Sooner or Later, won the Best Song Oscar.
My memory is that I saw the film in cinema. Back then, I bought the Madonna album (I'm Breathless) tied to this - on cassette. I thought perhaps this was closer to a musical than it is, but her album had many songs not in the film, and when she does perform onscreen, it's strictly on the nightclub stage/rehearsal. Yet, this is tagged Music.
My memory is that I saw the film in cinema. Back then, I bought the Madonna album (I'm Breathless) tied to this - on cassette. I thought perhaps this was closer to a musical than it is, but her album had many songs not in the film, and when she does perform onscreen, it's strictly on the nightclub stage/rehearsal. Yet, this is tagged Music.
I remembered that the colors were vivid and primary, like an enhanced Sunday comics, and they really are. The film won the Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Oscar.
The makeup/prosthetics to create all those crazy comic strip faces was amazing. The film won the Best Makeup Oscar as well.
The story is cute, and the romance between WB and GH, assisted by the street-tough orphan, was sweet.
This was WB's 1st acting credit after Ishtar (1987), and Dustin Hoffman also appeared as Mumbles, a small but important role.
You don't have to be a fan of the comic strip to appreciate this film.
The makeup/prosthetics to create all those crazy comic strip faces was amazing. The film won the Best Makeup Oscar as well.
The story is cute, and the romance between WB and GH, assisted by the street-tough orphan, was sweet.
This was WB's 1st acting credit after Ishtar (1987), and Dustin Hoffman also appeared as Mumbles, a small but important role.
You don't have to be a fan of the comic strip to appreciate this film.
Touchstone & more, dir. Beatty; 7
