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10 April 1992 (USA) moreTagline:
A Thousand Voices. A Single Dream. morePlot:
July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Michael Jackson Rehearsal Photos Show Star Filming, Working With Director Ortega (From MTV Newsroom. 29 June 2009, 12:39 PM, PDT)
Leads Locked in for ‘Footloose’ Remake
(From newsinfilm. 22 June 2009, 6:16 PM, PDT)
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Lots of Fun, and Tuneful Too! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christian Bale | ... | Jack 'Cowboy' Kelly | |
| David Moscow | ... | David Jacobs | |
| Luke Edwards | ... | Les Jacobs | |
| Max Casella | ... | Racetrack Higgins | |
| Gabriel Damon | ... | Spot Conlon | |
| Marty Belafsky | ... | Crutchy | |
| Arvie Lowe Jr. | ... | Boots | |
| Aaron Lohr | ... | Mush | |
| Trey Parker | ... | Kid Blink | |
| Dee Caspary | ... | Snitch | |
| Joseph Conrad | ... | Jake | |
| Dominic Maldonado | ... | Itey | |
| Matthew Schoenfeld | ... | Snipeshooter (as Matthew Fields) | |
| Mark David | ... | Specs | |
| Ivan Dudynsky | ... | Dutchy |
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121 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Originally intended as a drama, not a musical. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Joesph Pulitzer was reading Trolley Strike Drags on for third week, he drags his magnifying glass and reads the top line but says the word 'on' (which is on the second line) while he's still reading the top line. moreQuotes:
Joseph Pulitzer: Anyone who doesn't act in their own self interest is a fool.David Jacobs: Then what does that make you?
Joseph Pulitzer: What?
Jack Kelly: Oh, this is my pal, Davey. The Walkin' Mouth.
David Jacobs: You talk about self-interest, but since the strike, your circulation's been down 70%. Everyday you're losing thousands of dollars just to beat us out of one lousy tenth of a cent. Why?
Jack Kelly: You see, it ain't about the money, Dave. It Joe gives in to nobodies like us, it means we got the power. And he can't do that, no matter what it costs.
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Waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the early 1990's, when Jeffrey Katzenberg was still a top exec at Disney, he had one of his less successful ideas -- to bring back the break-into-song musical. So, as the story goes, he selected three scripts that were about to go into production and gave them to Disney Music Maestro Alan Menken and asked him which of the scripts could be turned into a musical.
And that's how NEWSIES was born.
It's a great story, too, being a fictionalized account of the newsboy strike in New York at the turn of the century. It follows the exploits of a ragtag band of teenage boys, including Cowboy (Christian Bale), who dreams of becoming a ranch hand in Santa Fe, and David & Les (David Moscow & Luke Edwards), brothers who take up selling newspapers when their father is injured on the job.
Conflict arises when Joseph Pulitzer (Robert Duval) gets greedy and raises the price of his newspapers to the newsboys, but not to the public. The outraged "newsies" decide to go on strike, which eventually galvanizes all the working children in the city to stand up for themselves.
It's a fun film, with Duval playing his villain to the hilt, but Ann-Margret is wasted in her role as a showgirl (both of her musical numbers are badly edited down to just snippets of song). Bale is the real wonder here, though, singing and dancing with surprising aplomb. The songs overall are quite good, but a couple of them are hard to distinguish from each other. My favorites are the opening number, "Carrying the Banner," and the rousing "The World Will Know." It seems odd, though, that Duval doesn't get a musical number of his own, considering in Disney's animated musicals the villains usually get the best songs ("Poor Unfortunate Souls" or "Be Prepared" anyone?).
It's a shame that the film didn't do better financially, since as a result of its dismal box office Disney declined to ever make another like it. First time director Kenny Ortega, who also choreographed (he was known for his choreography of DIRTY DANCING), directed one more feature after this, the underrated Bette Midler flick HOCUS POCUS; since that film also failed to find an audience, he hasn't directed a movie since. And that's a shame; he has a very distinctive kinetic style that served both films well.
Seek out a copy of NEWSIES, and go for the widescreen version. You won't be disappointed!