Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.Continuing our Diva Birthday Bash here at Screen Gems, we honor Madonna who turned 63 this week by reviving one of her most successful–and most forgotten films.Nobody back in 1990 would have ever believed that the world would have all but forgotten Dick Tracy some 30 years later.
The movie, produced by Disney, arrived in theatres amid a media blitz designed to rival that of Batman the year before. Toys hit the shelves, clothes hit the racks, and video games hit consoles.
McDonald’s sponsored a tie-in game hyping the film, and Disney also announced a sequel as well as a major theme park attraction based around it.