Newsies (released as The News Boys in the United Kingdom) is a 1992 American musical comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by choreographer Kenny Ortega in his film directing debut. Loosely based on the New York City Newsboys' Strike of 1899 and featuring twelve original songs by Alan Menken and J.A.C. Redford, it stars Christian Bale, David Moscow, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall and Ann-Margret. It was the first completely live-action musical that Disney produced.
Newsies | |
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Theatrical release poster by John Alvin | |
Directed by | Kenny Ortega |
Produced by | Michael Finnell |
Screenplay by |
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Music by |
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Cinematography | Andrew Laszlo |
Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
Production company | Walt Disney Pictures |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million |
Box office | $2.8 million |
The film was an initial box office bomb and received negative to mixed reviews at the time of its release, but later gained a large cult following on home video. It was later adapted into a highly successful stage adaptation on Broadway that was nominated for eight Tony Awards, winning two.
Screenplay
In 1899, 17-year-old Jack "Cowboy" Kelly is one of many struggling newspaper hawkers in New York City, selling copies of the New York World on the streets of Manhattan. When David Jacobs and his younger brother Les join the "newsies", Jack notices David's intelligence and Les' marketable cuteness and self-servingly takes them under his wing. Jack is invited to the Jacobs' home, becomes enamored of their sister Sarah, and sings of his desire to escape to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Attempting to outdo his business rival William Randolph Hearst, New York World publisher Joseph Pulitzer raises the prices that the newsies must pay to buy newspapers from his distribution centers. Angered, Jack and David galvanize the other Manhattan newsies to go on strike. While the others spread the word to newsies in New York's other boroughs, Jack and Les confront Pulitzer and are thrown out of his office. Bryan Denton, a reporter for The Sun, takes an interest in the boys' story. Jack and David take their cause to the Brooklyn newsies, but their leader, "Spot" Conlon, is reluctant to join the strike. This dejects the Manhattan newsies, but David riles them up until they ambush the distribution center and destroy all of the newspapers. Disabled newsie "Crutchie" is captured by Pulitzer's enforcers, the Delancey brothers, and placed in an orphanage called the Refuge, run by the sketchy Warden Snyder, who neglects the orphans so that he can embezzle money given to him by the city for their care.
The newsies try to ward off strikebreakers, but the struggle turns violent and turns out to be a trap set by the Delanceys. Just as the newsies are about to be arrested, Spot Conlon arrives with the Brooklyn newsies and the two groups unite to repel the police. Denton puts the story on the front page of The Sun, and the newsies plan to hold a rally. Snyder informs Pulitzer that Jack is an escapee from the Refuge, giving Pulitzer legal cause to have him arrested. Jack has breakfast with Sarah on the roof of the Jacobs' apartment building; he tells her of his desire to flee to Santa Fe, and wonders if she would miss him.
The police break up the rally and arrest the newsies, but Denton steps in to pay their legal fines. Snyder testifies against Jack and reveals to the others that Jack's real name is Francis Sullivan; his mother is deceased and his father incarcerated. Jack is sentenced to four years of rehabilitation in the Refuge. Denton is reassigned as a war correspondent and can no longer report on the strike. Jack is taken to see Pulitzer, who offers to waive his sentence and pay him a salary if he will work as a strikebreaker. When Pulitzer threatens to have the other newsies thrown into the Refuge, Jack complies. The boys attempt to rescue Jack, but he tells them to leave.
The newsies are shocked and dismayed to see Jack report for work the next day. When the Delanceys attack the Jacobs children, Jack steps in to save them, knowing this will break his deal with Pulitzer. The newsies learn from Denton that their strike has had little effect on public opinion, since the city thrives on child labor and Pulitzer has ordered newspapers not to report on the strike. Using an old printing press of Pulitzer's, they publish a "Newsie Banner" which they distribute to child workers citywide. Denton shares the paper with Governor Theodore Roosevelt, exposing the mistreatment of children at the Refuge. Numerous child laborers join the strike, bringing the city's workforce to a standstill. Jack and David confront Pulitzer, who finally gives in to their demands.
Roosevelt has Snyder arrested, releases the children from the Refuge, and thanks Jack for alerting him to the situation. He offers Jack a ride, and Jack asks to be taken to the train yards so he can head to Santa Fe. The newsies are disheartened by this, but Jack returns shortly, having been convinced by Roosevelt that he still has things to accomplish in New York. As the newsies celebrate his return, Sarah and Jack kiss, and Spot gets a ride back to Brooklyn from Roosevelt.
- Christian Bale as Jack "Cowboy" Kelly aka Francis Sullivan
- David Moscow as David Jacobs
- Bill Pullman as Bryan Denton
- Robert Duvall as Joseph Pulitzer
- Ann-Margret as Medda Larkson
- Ele Keats as Sarah Jacobs
- Aaron Lohr as Mush Meyers
- Max Casella as Racetrack Higgins
- Michael A. Goorjian as Skittery
- Gabriel Damon as Spot Conlon
- Marty Belafsky as Crutchie
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Mayer Jacobs
- Deborra-Lee Furness as Esther Jacobs
- Kevin Tighe as Mister Snyder
- Michael Lerner as Wiesel
- Shon Greenblatt as Oscar Delancey
- David Sheinkopf as Morris Delancey
- Charles Cioffi as Don Seitz
- William Boyett as Judge Monahan
- Marc Lawrence as Mr. Kloppman
- Arvie Lowe, Jr. as Boots Arbus
Alan Menken's longtime collaborator, Howard Ashman, was too sick from AIDS to work with Menken on this film, and he would eventually die on March 14, 1991. Menken brought in lyricist Jack Feldman to help.
Newsies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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Soundtrack album by Alan Menken, Jack Feldman and J.A.C. Redford | |
Released | April 10, 1992 |
Recorded | 1992 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Label | Walt Disney |
No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Newsies Prologue" | Max Casella | 0:48 |
2. | "Carrying the Banner" | Newsies Ensemble | 6:15 |
3. | "Santa Fe" | Christian Bale | 4:18 |
4. | "My Lovey-Dovey Baby" | Ann-Margret | 1:30 |
5. | "Fightin' Irish: Strike Action" | J.A.C. Redford | 1:50 |
6. | "The World Will Know" | Newsies Ensemble | 3:20 |
7. | "Escape from Snyder" | Redford | 2:08 |
8. | "Seize the Day" | Newsies Ensemble | 2:01 |
9. | "King of New York" | Newsies Ensemble | 2:25 |
10. | "High Times, Hard Times" | Newsies Ensemble/Ann Margret | 2:54 |
11. | "Seize the Day (Chorale)" | Newsies Ensemble | 1:12 |
12. | "Santa Fe (Reprise)" | Christian Bale | 1:49 |
13. | "Rooftop" | Redford | 3:13 |
14. | "Once and for All" | Newsies Ensemble | 2:24 |
15. | "The World Will Know (Finale)" | Newsies Ensemble | 1:50 |
16. | "Carrying the Banner (Finale)" | Newsies Ensemble | 6:20 |
Newsies did not recoup its $15 million budget, making less than a fifth of that at the box office.
Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film's average score is 41% based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Newsies has since gained a measurable cultural fan base. Bale has acknowledged that while it was not a commercial success, its fanbase is surprisingly large, saying, "You say something bad about Newsies and you have an awful lot of people to answer to."
Box office
The film grossed $2,819,485 domestically and ranks among the lowest-grossing live-action films produced by the Walt Disney Studios. This is due to the film being pulled from many theaters after a poor opening weekend. Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin called it Howard the Paperboy.
Home media
In 1992, the film was released on Walt Disney Home Video, while a collector's edition DVD was released in 2002. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on Blu-ray, as a 20th Anniversary Edition, on June 19,
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