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Newsies (1992)

10/04/1992 (US)Drama, Music, History, Family2h 1m
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A Thousand Voices. A Single Dream.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Christian Bale

      Christian Bale

      Jack 'Cowboy' Kelly

    2. Bill Pullman

      Bill Pullman

      Bryan Denton

    3. Ann-Margret

      Ann-Margret

      Medda Larkson

    4. Robert Duvall

      Robert Duvall

      Joseph Pulitzer

    5. David Moscow

      David Moscow

      David Jacobs

    6. Luke Edwards

      Luke Edwards

      Les Jacobs

    7. Max Casella

      Max Casella

      Racetrack Higgins

    8. Gabriel Damon

      Gabriel Damon

      Spot Conlon

    9. Marty Belafsky

      Marty Belafsky

      Crutchy

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    A review by GenerationofSwine

    10.0
    Written by GenerationofSwine on Jan 17, 2023

    This was a financial flop for Disney that became a cult classic and finally turned a profit in video rentals. Let's look at this logically (especially since I was 12 when it came out and as a 12 year old I was about all things movie related), this wasn't a failure of the film, it was a failure of marketing. No one heard about it, no one knew about it, they failed in the marketing campaign, no real buzz was around it, so it flopped. Now if you ask me... don't cast Bill Pullman in musicals, that could be a correction. But in all honesty, the songs were catchy, the case was great, the s...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$15,000,000.00

    Revenue$2,819,485.00

    Keywords

    • new york city
    • musical
    • based on true story
    • teenage girl
    • teenage boy
    • juvenile crime
    • brawl
    • boy singer
    • name change
    • slingshot
    • juvenile detention center
    • corrupt official
    • turn of the century
    • newspaper boy
    • 19th century
    • newsboy
    • correctional institution
    • 20th century