Newsies
(1992)
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.
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r96sk
⭐ 8/10September 23, 2020
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 that I've seen tend to focus on the tunes first and almost forget about the plot, this doesn't. I thoroughly liked seeing the premise unfold.
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GenerationofSwine
⭐ 10/10January 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.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$2,819,485