They delivered the papers, until they made the headlines...
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.
Newsies (2017) is a music, comedy, drama, history and romance film directed by Brett Sullivan, released on February 16, 2017 with a runtime of 2h 14m. It stars Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Ben Fankhauser and Andrew Keenan-Bolger. Viewers rate it 8.0 out of 10 across 100 ratings.
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Jeremy Jordan
as Jack Kelly
Kara Lindsay
as Katherine
Ben Fankhauser
as Davey
Andrew Keenan-Bolger
as Crutchie
Steve Blanchard
as Joseph Pulitzer
Aisha de Haas
as Medda Larkin
Ethan Steiner
as Les
Tommy Bracco
as Spot Conlon
Joshua Burrage
as Jojo
Ben Cook
as Race
Michael Dameski
as Tommy Boy/Scab
Julian DeGuzman
as Smalls
Directed by Brett Sullivan, written by Harvey Fierstein, Jack Feldman and Alan Menken, produced by Thomas Schumacher, Paul Morphos and Anne Quart.
Average viewer score of 8.0/10 from 100 ratings.
Its very rare a Broadway musical finds its way to the big screen but with Newsies it was just destined to happen with some of the best dancing, and singing you will ever see. Newsies is has always been a 10/10 but now thanks to this professional recording its an 11 in my book
Reviewed on October 15, 2017
I'm not usually a fan of filmed theatrical performances - especially musical theatre. The television so often fails to capture the vitality of the performances and often we are left with something rather lacking. Well, to be fair to Disney, they have managed to capture loads of the energy and dynamism of this adaptation of Harvey Fierstein's book about the strike by the newspaper delivery boys in New York in 1899.…
Reviewed on October 22, 2023
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Newsies (2017) is available to stream on Disney Plus, BroadwayHD and Broadway HD Amazon Channel, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Newsies (2017) includes Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Ben Fankhauser, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Steve Blanchard. The film was directed by Brett Sullivan. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Newsies was released on February 16, 2017 and runs for 2h 14m.
Newsies (2017) holds an average rating of 8.0 out of 10 from 100 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy music, comedy and drama films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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