Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788831003
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0788831003
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-01-15
Running Time: 121
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1992-04-10

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Summary: BEST MOVIE EVOR!
Comment: OK I LOVE this movie I haave seen it 20 times (I conted) it has asome songs I can't get out of my head. It has grate danses grate actors and my fav movie ever! :)

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Summary: Newsies
Comment: I loved it as a kid from the city and I still love it as an adult from the city

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Summary: A Musical for all ages
Comment: My children have all enjoyed this musical. They started watching it when they were in early grade school. Today (15 years later) they still enjoy it. Even my father enjoys it. But I think that is because it has Ann Margret in it. :)

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Summary: A Family Favorite
Comment: Fun, heartwarming musical about the rising up of the newspaper boys against the establishment publishing houses.

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Summary: Musical with muscle
Comment: Musicals struggle at the theater and this one suffered I'm sure. But, it is a great and energetic musical that shows some great actors in their earlier years as well as a good view of life during this time in our history. If not completely accurate--at least some appreciation of it. Christian Bale shows his versatility and range--even at this young age. Good fun and good music.

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Editorial Reviews:

Except for feature-length animation, the musical has gone the way of the dinosaur. The Walt Disney company took a stab at reviving the live-action musical in 1992 with Newsies, a throwback picture with a curious subject. In 1899, the pint-sized newsboys delivering the New York papers go on strike against the unfair practices of news magnates Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. The production is heavy on kiddie humor, although Christian Bale (the child star of Spielberg's Empire of the Sun) is charismatic as one of the older leaders of the revolt. The adult stars don't fare as well, with Robert Duvall doddering around as Pulitzer and Ann-Margret and Bill Pullman doing decorative duty. The film was not well received when first released, but hindsight reveals its charm (and allowed the young target audience to catch up with the picture on video). The first-time director is Kenny Ortega, the choreographer of Dirty Dancing, who brings plenty of energy to the action. --Robert Horton