Newsies
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.
- genus: Drama, Music, History, Family
- Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1
- keyword: new york city, musical, based on true story, teenage girl, teenage boy, juvenile crime, brawl, boy singer, name change, slingshot, juvenile detention center, corrupt official, turn of the century, newspaper boy, 19th century, newsboy, correctional institution, 20th century
- cast: Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Ann-Margret, Robert Duvall, David Moscow, Luke Edwards