Night At The Movies
Newsies (1992) (Disney)
Synopsis:
A group of newsboys get together and form a union when the newspapers they hawk are raised in price.  A musical.

Availability"
VHS :  Pan and Scan
Laserdisc

Cast/Crew:
Christian Bale                        Cowboy
    Empire of the Sun

Robert Duvall                Pulitzer
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    The Apostle

Ann Margret            Medda

Max Casella                Racetrack
    Doogie Howser MD (television)

Bill Pullman                    Dent
    Independence Day
    Mr. Wrong
    Spaceballs
    While You Were Sleeping
 
Miscellaneous:
Based on actual events.

MPAA Rating:
PG  Some language, fighting

My Rating:
Some critics blast the music, but I really enjoy it.  The score was written by Alan Menken, who also did the music for The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as well as Little Shop of Horrors.
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J-R
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