Walt Disney Studios's film about the New York newsboy strikes of 1899 was a flop but a stage revival nearly 20 years later proved that some still root for the underdogKenny Ortega's 1992 film dramatising the 1899 newsboy strikes in New York was how to put this nicely? not very well received by critics or audiences. It was a rare live-action flop for Walt Disney Studios, which at the time was hoping the film would …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:23AM on April 14, 2014