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Newsies - Region 1 DVD

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Description: D D 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 aro ... (more)
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Release date: 15 January 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780788831003 UPC: 786936162783
Tags: Musical (7), Luke Edwards (2), Ann-Margret (1), Grand (1), Kidz (1), LA (1), Youth (1), Theatre (1), VHS (1), Robert Duvall (1), Family (1), Bill Pullman (1), Max Casella (1), David Moscow (1), Christian Bale (1), Disney (1)
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