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Newsies (1992)

Directed by Kenny Ortega

Musical | Drama | Family

Most recently watched by CaptainBigTime, schofizzy

Overview

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer’s hard-ball tactics.

Rated PG | Length 121 minutes

Actors

Christian Bale | Bill Pullman | Ann-Margret | Robert Duvall | David Moscow | Luke Edwards | Max Casella | Gabriel Damon | Marty Belafsky | Aaron Lohr | Dee Caspary | Shon Greenblatt | Trey Parker | Michael A. Goorjian | Dominic Lucero | David Sidoni | Kevin Stea | Ele Keats | Jeffrey DeMunn | Deborra-Lee Furness | Marc Lawrence | Michael Lerner | Kevin Tighe | Charles Cioffi | William Boyett | Shay Duffin | Tom Finnegan | Frank Novak | Arvie Lowe, Jr. | Mark David

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
09/10/2011TVDVDLibrary7.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

After always hearing (reading) so much chatter about this film on Twitter I finally got the DVD from the library. Yep, it’s pretty damn entertaining. Baby faced Christian Bale is the best.

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