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6.7/ 10

TMDB Rating

294

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1992

Release Year

121 min

Runtime

Drama
History

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.

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

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Reviews(2)

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r96sk

r96sk

September 23, 2020

8
8/10

Enjoyed this. I've noted before that musicals aren't my favourite (the more I watch, the more they grow on me to be honest), but I had a fun time viewing <em>'Newsies'</em>. It manages to maintain the entertainment whilst keeping strong focus on both the music and storyline, a lot of the musicals

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GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

January 17, 2023

10
10/10

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

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