One of my favorite movies of all time! This almost beats Wizard of Oz for me. I was surprised when I found out theres only one person out of 30 on my floor who have actually heard of this awesome movie.
It's also a musical! So that can be taken both ways, it's a musical in the movie but it's finally starting to get the recognition it deserves because it's currently on its way to broadway!
The movie is based on the Newsboys strike of 1899 in New York City. The story revolves around a group of newsies who live day to day selling papers just to go back to the orphanage at the end of their route. The head of the newsies, Jack Kelly (Christian Bale) dreams of skipping town first chance he gets and going to Santa Fe. Did anyone know Christian Bale could sing?....
The movie starts with the newsies living the average day when David and his little brother Les show up to work as newsies to earn more money for their family. Jack takes them under his experienced wing and shows them the ropes of being a part of the newsies. Jack is introduced to the brother's family and starts to realize what he's missing.
Elsewhere, Joseph Pulitzer (Robert Duvall) decides to mercilessly raise the price of papers. BOOM strike starts!....
They try recruiting all the newsies in New York to defeat Pulitzer. But I wont give anymore away...with the exception of my favorite musical number...OH! and the musical was composed by Alan Menken...I believe thats reason enough to hunt down this movie right now and watch it!
(I actually danced to this when I took lessons so that's how I actually heard of this movie)
Please tell me someone has seen this awesome movie! Thoughts?
If we carry the banner enough, we can spread the word. Neighbor to Neighbor. Father to son. One for all, and all for one. And then we shall seize the day! And maybe visit Santa Fe, our old friend!
ReplyDeleteBut you know, there's this fire inside me that won't stop burning. Cause now the choices are clear, and tomorrow is here. And then we shall be the kings of New York!