Dick Tracy Special

Dick Tracy Special is a 2010 television special starring Warren Beatty and Leonard Maltin. In the special, Maltin (as himself) interviews Tracy (Beatty) about his long career, and the comic strips and films "starring" him, including the 1990 film that Beatty starred in and directed for Disney/Touchstone. Maltin also narrates clips showing the history of the character and clips 
Mindy Sterling and Wendi McLendon-Covey play studio personnel waiting for Tracy to arrive at his interview.
The special, which broadcast once on TCM, was produced by Beatty in order to retain the film and television rights to the character, which would expire if he did not use them. In an interview about the special, Maltin said that Beatty had pitched the special to Disney Home Video, wanting to produce something similar in style to , and someone there suggested Maltin for the job.
The special was set and partially filmed at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. The interview was shot on a stage at Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale. The interview was shot by acclaimed cinematographer , to the surprise of Maltin: "I said, 'Oh my god, Chivo is shooting this little conversation!' He’s a lovely man and I’ve seen him many times since and we always laugh about it."
==Gallery==
Dick Tracy Special 1.jpg|Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty, center) with two studio employees (Mindy Sterling, left, and Wendi McLendon-Covey, right)
Dick Tracy Special 2.jpg|Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy Special 3.jpg|Leonard Maltin (as himself) interviewing Dick Tracy
==Videos==
Dick Tracy Special|
==References==
Category:Television specials
Category:Dick Tracy
Category:2010 shorts
Category:Live-action shorts
Category:Non-Disney
Category:Turner Classic Movies