Disney's DICK TRACY (1990) Al Pacino as Big and 44 similar items

This is a vintage original 27x40 in. US single-sided advance one-sheet poster from the action/crime comedy thriller, DICK TRACY, released in 1990 by Touchstone Pictures and directed by Warren Beatty. Based upon the famous comic strip, Dick Tracy, by Chester Gould, the gritty detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's (Al Pacino) united mob. The cast includes Madonna, Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Dick Van Dyke, Charles Durning, and many other big names. A series of advance one-sheet posters were issued to announce the upcoming release of this film and each featured a different character. This one depicts the film's arch villain, Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino), as he speaks the line, "You just said good-bye to oxygen" as he threatens one of the film's characters. Unrestored and rolled as originally issued, this single-sided advance one-sheet is in fine+ condition with a 4.5 and 1.5 in. diagonal crease on the bottom right corner; a 1.25 in. diagonal crease and signs of wear around it on the bottom left corner; and some small creases from handling in the top half of the poster which are unobtrusive. There are no pinholes, tears, stains, or other flaws. Dick Tracy was the highest-grossing film of Warren Beatty's career. As a fan of the comic strip, Beatty wanted to put in as many characters from the comics into the film as he could (this was a measure used by Beatty in case the film didn't have a sequel). Al Pacino designed Big Boy Caprice's make-up, and completely re-imagined the character, who was originally big and fat in the comics with a little nose. Caprice's resulting film counterpart is of average height with enlarged hands, nose, and cheekbones, hence his street name. Make-up designer John Caglione, Jr.'s final design of Big Boy Caprice matches the intended design conceived by Pacino Since then, Caglione, Jr. became Pacino's personal make-up man in all of his films. Pacino has stated that Madonna flashed him during rehearsals for this movie, opening her coat to reveal that she was naked underneath. Pacino joked that when he is old, if he is observed with a beatific smile on his face, it will be because he is recalling the incident.