Bugsy Malone with Scott Baio: DVD Cover

    Bugsy Malone Director: Alan Parker Cast: Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, Florrie Dugger, John Cassisi

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/11/2005
    • Original Release: 1976
    • Sales Rank: 1,933

    Viewer Rating: (7 ratings)

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    Scene Index

    Disc #1 -- Bugsy Malone
    1. Opening [6:29]
    2. Dancers [16:02]
    3. Hallo [5:59]
    4. Wash Up [10:07]
    5. Hired [9:02]
    6. Pitfall [8:33]
    7. Present [8:14]
    8. Trouble [6:12]
    9. Dreams [7:37]
    10. Courage [4:26]
    11. Fight [4:49]
    12. Ending [2:10]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Here's the basic "shtick" of Bugsy Malone: it's a gangster picture enacted by children. Acted out before scaled-down sets, the film details the career of Bugsy Malone (Scott Baio), who rises to the top of the criminal ladder in 1920s New York. Whenever gunfire is called for, the kiddie crooks substitute whipped cream for bullets. Paul Williams contributes several songs, which are performed by adult singers and lip-synched by the pint-sized actors. The cast includes John Cassisi as diminutive Capone clone Fat Sam, and then-13-year-old Jodie Foster as the sultry nightclub thrush Tallulah. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    Bugsy Maloneby Anonymous

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    April 04, 2003: Bugsy Malone, a must see for all the family no matter what your age, i've seen the film so many times I've lost count. The music is brilliant and my favourite song has got to be the down and outs song. The kids acting was great their proffesionalism was great, they couldn't have gotton better actors if they'd tried.

    This review was written about the VHS edition.

    Bugsy Maloneby Anonymous

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    March 07, 2003: I am sure i am not alone in my passion for the movie, major stars all captured at youth immitating adults??? It cant get any better than that BUT IT DOES! Micheal Jackson playing piano and singing!!! Never since that movie have I been as involved emotionaly intillectualy and passionately as I did the first time I saw it... roughly '77. I will even go as far as to say that we should make sure our children and neices and nefews see Bugsy, I believe it definetely opens creative thinking. If there is a show bizz spark in a child it will be seen on his/her face as they watch this incredible masterpeice.

    This review was written about the VHS edition.


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    • Violence:

      Lots of comic violence with guns filled with cream. Instead of being shot with bullets, kids are "killed" with the help of semiautomatic "splurge guns." Scenes with these guns include a massacre at a speakeasy and pies in the face. Bugsy ge... More

      Lots of comic violence with guns filled with cream. Instead of being shot with bullets, kids are "killed" with the help of semiautomatic "splurge guns." Scenes with these guns include a massacre at a speakeasy and pies in the face. Bugsy gets beaten up and robbed. Leroy boxes and punches someone out in the ring. Close

    • Sex:

      Lots of tween girls wearing sexy outfits, but no sexual behavior. Tallulah kisses Bugsy on the forehead.

    • Consumerism:

      Not an issue.

    • Drugs:

      Only if you count bootleg root beer.

    • Language:

      One use of "hell."

    What Parents Need to Know

    About Bugsy Malone

    Parents need to know that while all the violence here involves cream pies and cream-loaded "splurge guns," there's still menace behind it and characters do "die" of their cream-filled wounds. There are cream massacres and cream-pie hits. There's also a great deal of sexualization of tween girls, with young girls saying that they watch their figures and dancing suggestively. Jodie Foster's character sings about how the men in the audience "don't have to be lonely."

    Families Can Talk About

    Families can talk about what it means to act like an adult. Kids: How would you act if you were suddenly told you had to be a grown-up? Girls: What do you think about the characters who say they need to watch their weight? Parents: See our tips on talking to kids about body image.