A Disney musical and a true story of a group of courageous paper boys who become unlikely heroes when they team up to fight an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon and mount the 1899 strike of the New York paperboys. Educational and fun.
Starring Academy Award-winner Robert Duvall (Best Actor — TENDER MERCIES, 1983) and screen favorite Ann-Margret, here’s the true story of a courageous group of newsboys who become unlikely heroes when they team up to fight an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon. Determined to make their dreams come true, they find the courage to challenge the powerful! Critically acclaimed from coast to coast — if you’re looking for must-see, feel-good entertainment, NEWSIES delivers!
Starring Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, Christian Bale, David Moscow.
Parents need to know that this Disney production features a tough, New York street-level milieu, in which confrontations frequently threaten to culminate in fist-fighting, and often do. There are menacing scenes of adults threatening to beat children using clubs and chains, and a rivalry between different subsets of kids looks somewhat like street gangs. One boy smokes cigarettes. There is a strong pro-union (and anti-management) sentiment throughout. – Common Sense Media