Movies - Newsies

	Movies - Newsies

Newsies is a 1992 Disney live action film musical starring Christian Bale, David Moscow and Bill Pullman. Robert Duvall and Ann-Margret also appeared in smaller roles. The film marked the directorial debut of Dirty Dancing
choreographer Kenny Ortega and featured the music of composer Alan Menken.

Although the film was not originally intended to be a musical, it contains twelve songs and multiple dance sequences (for which the young cast trained for approximately 10 weeks). Highlights include "Carrying the Banner", "Santa Fe", "Seize The Day", and "King of New York".

Newsies was not a commercial success (at the time it was one of the lowest-grossing Disney live-action films in the studio's history) and for years did not appear on video. It has subsequently gained a modest yet enthusiastic cult following and was released on DVD in 2002.

It was nominated for Worst Picture in the 1992 Golden Raspberry Awards.

Tagline: A Thousand Voices. A Single Dream.

Plot

Newsies is based on the story of The Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. Jack Kelly (played by Bale) is a newsboy ("newsie") selling newspapers for Joseph Pulitzer and his paper, the New York World. David Jacobs (played by Moscow) leaves school temporarily and joins the newsies to help his family while his father is out of work. Shortly afterwards the price of newspapers to the newsboys is raised by 10 cents per 100 papers by joint decision of Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.

Feeling they will be unable to bear the added cost, Jack Kelly organizes a strike with the aid of David Jacobs. As the protagonist, Jack Kelly struggles with his past as he forms an important friendship with David and his family. Along the way the boys are aided by newspaper reporter Bryan Denton (Pullman) and vaudeville performer Medda (Ann-Margret), as well as being hindered by Snyder, warden of the "Refuge" juvenile detention facility (played by Kevin Tighe) and Pulitzer (played by Robert Duvall).

Cast

Christian Bale
as Jack Kelly
David Moscow
as David Jacobs
Bill Pullman
as Bryan Denton
Robert Duvall
as Joseph Pulitzer
Ann-Margret
as Medda
Luke Edwards as Les Jacobs
Max Casella as Racetrack Higgins
Marty Belafsky as Crutchy
Gabriel Damon
as Spot Conlon
Aaron Lohr
as Mush Meyers
Dominic Lucero as Bumlets
Mark David as Specs
Ivan Dudynsky as Dutchy
Arvie Lowe Jr as Boots
Kevin Stea as Swifty
Michael Goorjian as Skittery
Trey Parker as Kid Blink
Joseph Conrad as Jake
Robert Feeney as Snoddy
Dominic Maldonado as Itey
Dee Caspary as Snitch
Mathew Fields as Snipeshooter
Shon Greenblatt
as Oscar Delancey

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