GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Newsies (1992)
Info:
- Release Date: April 10, 1992
- Creators: Kenny Ortega (director), Bob Tzudiker (writer)
- Genre: We Just Wanna Dance!
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- Tough street-kid Jack Kelly teaches new kid David the newsboy ropes, while David teaches Jack about the importance of family and friends. The two of them lead a fairly successful newsboy strike in New York City, in spite of all the singin' and dancin' going on.
Notes:
- Turn-of-the-century child labor disputes, by way of Disney
- Trying to decide if the high color in Christian Bale's cheeks is from soul-crushing embarrassment or excessive dancing in the hot California sun.
- "I spent a month in Brooklyn one night." No sleep 'til Brooklyn, my friends
- Rather ballsy of Disney to hard-code their previews before the main menu on the special-edition DVD
Cast:
- Christian Bale as Jack
- David Moscow as David
- Bill Pullman as Denton
- Ann-Margret as Medda
- Gabriel Damon as Spot Conlon
- Max Casella as Racetrack
