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Newsies Director: Kenny Ortega Cast: Christian Bale, David Moscow, Luke Edwards, Ann-Margret

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  • DVD Release Date: 01/15/2002
  • Original Release: 1992
  • Rating: Rated PG
  • Sales Rank: 6,408

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Three behind-the-scenes featurettes: "Newsies, Newsies See All About It," "Newsies: The Inside Story," "The Strike! The True Story"; storyboard-to-scene comparison sequence with audio commentary; sing-along feature

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Chapter Selection
1. Opening Titles/"Prologue" [1:35]
2. "Carrying the Banner" [8:00]
3. Headlines [5:56]
4. Improving the Truth [4:01]
5. "My Lovey Dovey Baby" [6:22]
6. "Santa Fe" [5:10]
7. Strike!/"The World Will Know" [8:45]
8. Ambassadors [6:14]
9. "Seize the Day" [2:51]
10. The Refuge [2:29]
11. "Seize the Day (Chorale)" [3:34]
12. "King of New York" [4:24]
13. Sarah [6:32]
14. "High Times, Hard Times" [2:51]
15. Conspiracy [8:56]
16. The Power of the Press [5:03]
17. "Santa Fe (Reprise)" [4:51]
18. Loyalty [6:24]
19. "Once and for All" [2:23]
20. "The World Will Know (Reprise)" [:05]
21. It's Over! [2:23]
22. "Carrying the Banner (Finale)"/End Credits [5:08]

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Editorial Reviews

A failed effort to revive the big-budget movie musical, Newsies attempted to create toe-tapping, song-and-dance excitement out of the true story of an 1899 strike by newspaper boys against publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer. The "newsies" band together to protest a pay cut by Pulitzer (Robert Duvall), organizing a union to protect their rights and ensure fair wages. They are helped along the way by Medda (Ann-Margret), a local dance-hall performer who befriends the boys and provides an opportunity for an additional song or two. Director Kenny Ortega had previously choreographed Dirty Dancing, and composer Alan Menken had provided the acclaimed scores for Beauty and the Beast and Little Shop of Horrors, but their work here failed to capture the spark of their popular successes. Unable to connect with older or younger viewers, Newsies gained a reputation as a major bomb that cut short an attempt to bring back the live-action musical, though in the intervening years it has gained a small but appreciative cult. Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

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Best Little Musical that NEVER Made it Big at the Box Officeby Gretchen_in_the_Gem_State

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November 11, 2009: We borrowed this movie from the library and watched it. The music is FANTASTIC. Both kids and adults will like the story and the dancing is fabulous. I ended up getting the movie as a gift for my daughter and all my kids have watched it over-and-over!

Newsies for all agesby GramT

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June 29, 2009: This is a very enjoyable movie for all ages -- quite uplifting!


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