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Nov 23, 2017
A chapter in U.S. history about child abuse, when newspaper tycoons such as Joseph Pulitzer (Duvall) with R. Hearst in the background. With poor paper sales, they tried to pass on their losses to the newspaper boys by milking them. The result was a revolt and a war of David vs Goliath in which the newsies used the same weapons (i.e. news prints) to get their voices heard. They finally won with Teddy Roosevelt as a Deus ex Machina. Bale sang n' dance at the cusp of his adulthood, Ann Margret didn't have much of a voice but a nice presence, Duvall was past his prime. Great supporting cast of Newsies.