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Newsies

1992, Movie, PG, 125 mins

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Newsies is based on the true story of the Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. Thousands of homeless children are living in Newsboys lodging houses, including Manhattan newsboy Jack "Cowboy" Kelly (Christian Bale), who is a regular newsboy selling newspapers for Joseph Pulitzer (Robert Duvall) and his paper, the New York World. The newsboys wake up and get ready to sell papers. (Carrying the Banner)Jack meets David Jacobs (David Moscow) leaves school temporarily and joins the newsies along with his little brother Les (Luke Edwards) to help his family while his father is out of work with a broken arm. Though the injury was work-related, he lacked the protection of a union; he was deemed useless and fired with no severance. Les looks up to the older Jack. Jack seeing this as an oppertunity to make money by using Les because he is younger and cute. Jack teachs Les how to trick people into buying a paper by pretending to be sick and making up headlines. The 3 of them duck into Irving watch

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In 1899, New York City got its news from an army of ragged orphans and runaways, called newsies. They sold the newspapers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, and other great publishers. Like many of his friends, newsie Jack Kelly (Christian Bale) dreams of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when Pulitzer and Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsies' expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for, and must decide between his dreams and his new found responsibility. watch

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Year: 1992
Rated PG

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Cast
Christian Bale: Jack Kelly/Frances Sullivan
David Moscow: David Jacobs
Luke Edwards: Les Jacobs
Max Casella: Racetrack
Marty Belafsky: Crutchy
Arvie Lowe Jr.: Boots

 

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