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Fumetti Funnies Presents: Dick Tracy & The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

Fumetti Funnies Presents: Dick Tracy & The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

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  • SO Sold Out
  • CC Cult Club
  • MC Movie Church
  • SB Subtitled
  • QZ Quiz
  • TPP Third Party Promoters
  • CU CURSE

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  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Film

Fumetti Funnies Presents: Dick Tracy & The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

"POW! BANG! ZAP! AND SO ON! A BRAND NEW MOVIE EVENT IN MANCHESTER!

Taking its name from the Italian word for comics, Fumetti Funnies is a screening series presented by Joel Whitaker and Paul Farrell, two film curators obsessed with pulp oddities of the 20th century and beyond. Expect monster movies, Saturday morning cartoons, newspaper strips, low-budget remakes, Lucha Libre, underground comix, and more! For FF's debut screening, we're bringing together two of America's greatest crime-fighters: Dick Tracy and Daffy Duck.

Modelled on the box office success of Batman (1989), Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (adapted from Chester Gould's classic comic strip) sees the New Hollywood icon donning Tracy's signature yellow fedora and trench coat to take on a gruesome rogues' gallery of crooks led by crime-baron Big Boy (played by an entirely off-the-wall Al Pacino). Set in a world of jaw-dropping matte paintings and eye-popping colour, Dick Tracy features incredible make-up effects, songs & lyrics by Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, and a smouldering performance by Madonna as Breathless Mahoney (Did you know 'Vogue' was the lead single from the aptly-titled, Tracy-inspired album I'm Breathless?)

In Bob Clampett's Looney Tunes classic, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery, Daffy Duck gets lost in a caper while reading the latest issue of a beloved comic book, battling his way through ghouls, guns and gangsters. The only way he can overcome this four-colour peril is to become... Duck Twacy! Like much of the Looney Tunes back catalogue, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery was made to be seen in cinemas and it's our pleasure to give Daffy the great duck-tective his due once again. 

And finally, if that wasn't enough, there will also be a special giveaway for attendees lucky enough to win our Dick Tracy scratch-card challenge!

This screening is rated PG and will feature subtitles to aid accessibility.
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Film

Times

Event Key:

  • SO Sold Out
  • CC Cult Club
  • MC Movie Church
  • SB Subtitled
  • QZ Quiz
  • TPP Third Party Promoters
  • CU CURSE