Newsies

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Call Number: DVD Musical Newsies
On Shelf At: Traverwood Branch

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Special features: Audio commentary by director Kenny Ortega; sing-along feature (lyrics at the bottom of the screen); historical featurette about the real newspaper boy strike.
Cast: Christian Bale, David Moscow, Luke Edwards, Max Casella, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret.
July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper, ten cents per hundred, the newsboys, poor enough already, are outraged. Inspired by the strike put on by the trolley workers, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly organizes a newsboys' strike. With David Jacobs as the brains of the new union, and Jack as the voice, the weak and oppressed found the strength to band together and challenge the powerful.
DVD, Dolby digital, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, widescreen.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Fight for your rights submitted by breaking_glass on August 3, 2010, 2:42pm Weeeelll....it's clearly filmed on a Disney lot (old NYC looks way too clean) and some of the songs are kind of cheesy, but Newsies stands as a pretty enjoyable film. Especially if you want to see a young Christian Bale in a song and dancer-iffic role. (Note: If you're looking for a young Christian Bale in a less wholesome role, watch "Swing Kids"). In all seriousness, I think Newsies would be a great film for kids to learn about standing up for their rights and how one small voice CAN make a difference. The kids form their own union! The songs and dances are fun, you get a history lesson, and you get Robert Duvall, too. Recommended.

Wonderful submitted by poptart887 on July 11, 2011, 10:49pm This is a wonderful film. The music is wonderful as well as the story.

Inspiring! submitted by crazypockets on July 16, 2013, 2:22pm I loved this movie as a kid and still do. The singing and dancing is really fun, and it's just an inspirational story about standing up for yourself and knowing that people can make a difference if they help each other out.

best thing EVER!!! submitted by Kikumatsu97 on June 24, 2015, 4:28pm If you were a young girl (or boy) in 1992, had a typical obsession for dancing boys, and loved a grand adventure full of whimsy and charm, you needed Newsies like you needed air, okay? Filmed on a lot? Yes. Didn't care, still don't. Cheesy songs? yes. ... ALL showtunes are cheesy. It's certainly not boring.