Newsies (Collector's Edition)
Walt Disney Home Video

January 15th, 2002

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Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 (649 votes)

Released: 2002-01-15
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Newsies (Collector's Edition) by Walt Disney Home Video

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Movie Details
Director Andrew Laszlo	Studio Walt Disney Home Vid	Runtime 121	Rated PG (Parental Guidance)	Binding DVD

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Description

The film was inspired by a real-life strike that occurred in 1899 when a group of newsboys took on publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer and won.

Actors

Ann-Margret
Christian Bale
Robert Duvall
Marty Belafsky
Bill Pullman

Format

Anamorphic
Closed-captioned
Color
NTSC
Subtitled

Editorial Review

Except for feature-length animation, the musical has gone the way of the dinosaur. The Walt Disney company took a stab at reviving the live-action musical in 1992 with Newsies, a throwback picture with a curious subject. In 1899, the pint-sized newsboys delivering the New York papers go on strike against the unfair practices of news magnates Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. The production is heavy on kiddie humor, although Christian Bale (the child star of Spielberg's Empire of the Sun) is charismatic as one of the older leaders of the revolt. The adult stars don't fare as well, with Robert Duvall doddering around as Pulitzer and Ann-Margret and Bill Pullman doing decorative duty. The film was not well received when first released, but hindsight reveals its charm (and allowed the young target audience to catch up with the picture on video). The first-time director is Kenny Ortega, the choreographer of Dirty Dancing, who brings plenty of energy to the action. –Robert Horton