By The Wiz

1. I love Newsies, anybody know if you can get it on DVD?

   Comment #1 by Jon W.October 25th, 2008 at 9:40 pm

2. Well, I just watched it on DVD (rented), so I would assume it’d be for sale too….

   Comment #2 by The WizOctober 25th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

3. Dude.

   Newsies is where I first discovered how much I great big puffy ♥ LOVE Christian Bale.

   Serious.

   Comment #3 by MomBabeOctober 26th, 2008 at 10:14 am

4. I saw Newsies 17 times when it came out. My sister had a crush on someone (not Christian Bale), and would buy my ticket if I drove her to the theater. I didn’t have anything else to do, so we went. It was like Twilight for our generation. Yeah.

   Comment #4 by MelindaOctober 26th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

5. Cute guys dancing and singing. What more could you want?

   Comment #5 by RorieOctober 26th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

6. I think it’s Christian Bale’s horribly over emphasized fake Brooklyn accent and all the hats placed ‘just so’ on all the boys that gets me. I can’t sick back and enjoy without mocking mercilessly. “Uh-oh, don’t let that beret get jostled!” “Will someone get this boy a dialect coach?” And when Bill Pullman starts dancing on the table, I’m sorry….What?

   Comment #6 by The WizOctober 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

7. What??? The goosebumps - the happiness - the dancing - the singing - it’s pure joy!! Party pooper.

   Comment #7 by wbprawOctober 26th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

8. I’ve never seen Newsies …

   Comment #8 by EstherOctober 26th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

9. I pity you, Wiz. You obviously have no soul.

   Comment #9 by Heather O.October 26th, 2008 at 6:47 pm

10. “Newsies” is to women as James Bond movies are to men.

    Gee, that was easy.

    Comment #10 by RayOctober 26th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

11. I’m indoctrinating my young daughter with newsies. She watches the video all the time and we have the CD going in the car.

    Cute boys singing, pretty good dancing, totally clean, and makes you think you could sing and dance too.

    perfect

    oh and I bet our fake british accents totally but the british too LOL

    Comment #11 by SarahOctober 27th, 2008 at 8:01 am

12. You can go to half.com and they have Newsies for sell on DVD or video

    Comment #12 by BressicaOctober 27th, 2008 at 10:08 am

13. I don’t get it either. But i always fall asleep in the first 45 minutes or so, so maybe it’s not really fair to say until I actually watch it to the end. If that ever happens.

    Comment #13 by JustRandiOctober 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am

14. Watched Newsies for the first time this summer. Don’t get it either. I guess I always preferred dancing, singing, MEN. Like brother Benjamin in 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. Or Gene Kelly in Brigadoon. Mmmmmm……. Now we’re talking. Now, where’s that remote?

    Comment #14 by All8October 27th, 2008 at 10:30 am

15. It’s all about Christian Bale. That’s the whole reason for Newsies. No other.

    Comment #15 by SallygirlOctober 27th, 2008 at 11:48 am

16. mmmmm Benjamin in 7 brides/7 brothers mmmm
    happy times

    Comment #16 by ModdyOctober 27th, 2008 at 11:48 am

17. Benjamin is the only brother who can’t dance. Watch the movie very closely, and you’ll see he is in almost no dance scenes, or he’s doing something else while everybody else is dancing. The actor who plays Gideon was hired because he was an acrobat, as was Frank. The scene they do with the planks and stuff is completely real–no effects. Also, one of them, I forget which one (Ephraim, maybe?), was hired from the Joffrey Ballet. Yes, I’m geeking out about Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I’m that lame.

    Comment #17 by Heather O.October 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

18. I think that the youngest Gideon was the ballet dancer, at least that’s what my mom always said when ever we watched the movie. I just finished watching it again, All8 reminded me it had been awhile since I last watched it.
    And even though Howard Keel (adam) doesn’t do it for me I love most of his other movies.

    Comment #18 by ModdyOctober 27th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

19. I

    Comment #19 by cherylOctober 27th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

20. Doh! What happened to my comment? Oh, well, it said this:

    I Heart (I tried to make a heart, maybe that’s how it got all weird?) Newsies. Sigh.

    I love 7 brides for 7 brothers, too! Benjamin was also my favorite.

    Comment #20 by cherylOctober 27th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

21. I feel that way about The Princess Bride. I just don’t get it, no matter how many times I watch.

    Comment #21 by Tracy MOctober 27th, 2008 at 10:47 pm

22. Tracy-
    Do you get Princess Bride the book?

    Comment #22 by cherylOctober 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am

23. oh the book is soooo good.

    Comment #23 by SarahOctober 28th, 2008 at 9:31 am

24. Sorry, Moddy, your mom is incorrect. Gideon was an acrobat, not a ballet dancer. The casting directors were severely limited in who they could cast. Labor/union laws concerning actors were very different then, and they basically got handed a list from the studio and said, “Here. These are the only people you can hire.” There weren’t many male dancers in the bunch, so they picked 2 acrobats who could tumble, figuring that they could probably manage dance moves. Their limited pool made it so they had to hire Benjamin, a completely non-dancing actor, and then they persuaded the Joffrey Ballet guy to join whatever union thingie they had going so they could hire him.

    What can I say, I have the special edition DVD with lots of extras.

    Comment #24 by Heather O.October 29th, 2008 at 7:19 am

25. And Tracy, seriously? Wow. I love that movie. Couldn’t really get through tbe book, though. Sorry, Sarah and Cheryl. I thought it was a bit of a snooz-a-thon.

    Comment #25 by Heather O.October 29th, 2008 at 7:20 am

26. Thanks Heather, I’ll let my mom know. And really does it matter if Benjamin can dance or not, I really think they cast him for his eye candyness.
    Oh and love princess bride, even my kids quote lines from that movie and they are 7 & 4.

    Comment #26 by ModdyOctober 29th, 2008 at 8:00 am

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