"his debut album. In 2011, the film was the most screened film in secondary schools in the United Kingdom. In 2017, the song ""You Give A Little Love"" was sung by a children's chorus at the end of a Netflix ""Black Mirror"" episode (Season 4 episode 3 ""Crocodile""). Parker wrote the book for a stage adaptation of ""Bugsy Malone"", using Williams' music. This premiered in the West End in 1983 at Her Majesty's Theatre and ran for 300 performances. It was directed by Michael Dolenz and the cast featured Catherine Zeta-Jones as Tallulah. In 1997, the National Youth Music Theatre"
"Bugsy Malone Bugsy Malone is a 1976 musical gangster comedy film, written and directed by Alan Parker. The film was Parker's feature film directorial debut. A co-production of United States and United Kingdom, it features only child actors with Scott Baio,Jodie Foster, John Cassisi and Martin Lev in pivotal roles. The film tells the story of the rise of ""Bugsy Malone"" and the battle for power between ""Fat Sam"" and ""Dandy Dan"". Set in New York City, it is a gangster movie spoof, substituting machine guns and bullets for ""Splurge"" guns and whipped cream. The film is loosely based on"
"""The Washington Post"" panned the film as ""a freakish embarrassment"" and an ""icky misconception,"" though he singled out Jodie Foster for praise as an actress whose ""precociousness is truly extraordinary."" Pauline Kael of ""The New Yorker"" called the film ""nothing but its godawful idea,"" writing, ""We're not watching actors in a story, we're watching kids doing a stunt, and so we're primed to ooh and aah, the way the audience does for a chimp on the Carson show."" ""Bugsy Malone"" was not a commercial success in the US, bringing in just over $2.7 million. Paramount gave it a limited release,"
"rapid-firing firearms. Baio later said making the film was ""awesome"": On Rotten Tomatoes, ""Bugsy Malone"" currently holds a score of 84% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and called it ""a charming one"" with ""yet another special performance by Jodie Foster."" Gene Siskel also gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and said that ""what makes 'Bugsy Malone' really worth watching—as opposed to being just a cute idea—are the fine performers, terrific choreography, catchy songs, and bright photography."" ""Variety"" wrote that the film had ""charm,"
"her a supporting actress Academy Award nomination, as well as two BAFTAs, a David di Donatello and a National Society of Film Critics award. The film is considered one of the best films ever made by both the American Film Institute and ""Sight & Sound"", and has been preserved in the National Film Registry. Foster also acted in another film nominated for the Palme d'Or in 1976, ""Bugsy Malone"". The British musical parodied films about Prohibition Era gangsters by having all roles played by children; Foster appeared in a major supporting role as a star of a speakeasy show. Director"
"the story of a gangster called Bugsy Malone. They’d ask me questions and I’d make up answers, based on my memories of watching old movie reruns as a kid."" His eldest son suggested children should be cast as the ""heroes"". The director chose to cast several unknown actors in the film. To find his Fat Sam, Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom, asking for ""the naughtiest boy in class"". The students were unanimous in selecting John Cassisi, and Parker gave him the role. Florrie Dugger (Blousey) was originally cast in a smaller role; when the actress cast as Blousey suddenly grew"
"in prison plus a $500,000 forfeiture. Cassisi is married and has two children. John Cassisi John Cassisi (born September 5, 1962) is a former American child actor who starred in the 1976 movie ""Bugsy Malone"" as ""Fat Sam"" and subsequently in the television series ""Fish"". He was ""discovered"" by ""Bugsy Malone"" director Alan Parker, when Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom and asked students to nominate the ""naughtiest"" boy in class. After retiring from acting in 1982, Cassisi became involved in construction work. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Director of Global Construction for Citigroup. In 2015, he pleaded"
"new gangster story. Joe suggests hiring a real gangster. Joe goes to Chicago to see the notorious ""Buggsy"" Malone, first trying a nightclub where Buggsie's sister Molly is the featured singer. Molly manages to coax her brother into doing the movie, eager to get him to give up his criminal ways and even hiding a million dollars of his cash until he turns over a new leaf. On the movie set, leading lady Vera Valaize is irate about the casting and Buggsie's rewriting of the scenes, so she walks off. Molly is asked by her brother to take over the"
"its screenplay, musical numbers, unique narrative and performances of the cast (particularly Foster's). It is frequently cited by critics, film directors, and audiences alike as one of the greatest films of all time. In 2003, ""Bugsy Malone"" was voted #19 on a list of the 100 greatest musicals, as chosen by viewers of Channel 4 in the UK. In 2008, ""Empire"" ranked it 353rd, on their list of 500 greatest movies of all time. The film received eight nominations at the 30th British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film and won three; Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer to"
"John Cassisi John Cassisi (born September 5, 1962) is a former American child actor who starred in the 1976 movie ""Bugsy Malone"" as ""Fat Sam"" and subsequently in the television series ""Fish"". He was ""discovered"" by ""Bugsy Malone"" director Alan Parker, when Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom and asked students to nominate the ""naughtiest"" boy in class. After retiring from acting in 1982, Cassisi became involved in construction work. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Director of Global Construction for Citigroup. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme and was sentenced to 2 to 6 years"
"of the show"". Foster's two BAFTAs were awarded jointly for her performances in ""Taxi Driver"" and ""Bugsy Malone"". Her third film release in spring 1976 was the independent drama ""Echoes of a Summer"", which had been filmed two years previously. ""The New York Times"" named Foster's performance as a terminally ill girl the film's ""main strength"" and Gene Siskel of the ""Chicago Tribune"" stated that she ""is not a good child actress; she's just a good actress"", although both reviewers otherwise panned the film. Foster's fourth film of 1976 was the Canadian-French thriller ""The Little Girl Who Lives Down the"
"mounted an all-youth version. It was revived at the Queen's Theatre in 1997, starring Sheridan Smith and Jamie Bell. Another revival played in 2015 and again in 2016 at the Lyric Hammersmith theatre, where it was nominated for the Olivier Award for best musical revival. Bugsy Malone Bugsy Malone is a 1976 musical gangster comedy film, written and directed by Alan Parker. The film was Parker's feature film directorial debut. A co-production of United States and United Kingdom, it features only child actors with Scott Baio,Jodie Foster, John Cassisi and Martin Lev in pivotal roles. The film tells the story"
"debut with Disney's ""Napoleon and Samantha"" (1972). Following appearances in the musical ""Tom Sawyer"" (1973) and Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama ""Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"" (1974), Foster's breakthrough came with Scorsese's psychological thriller ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), in which she played a child prostitute; at age 14, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other praised roles as a teenager were in the musical ""Bugsy Malone"" (1976) and the thriller ""The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane"" (1976), and she became a popular teen idol by starring in Disney's ""Freaky Friday"" (1976) and ""Candleshoe"" (1977),"
"Festival. Jodie Foster received two BAFTAs, ""Best Supporting Actress"" and ""Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles"", however, both her nominations were for her previous year's work in ""Taxi Driver"" in addition to her work on ""Bugsy Malone"". Alan Parker received the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and a nomination for Best Direction. Geoffrey Kirkland won the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design. Additionally, Paul Williams received a nomination for the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, and Monica Howe a Best Costume Design nomination. The film itself received a Best Picture nomination. In the early eighties, ""Bugsy Malone"""
"Victoria and for many other high end cruise lines. When not working on the high seas, Jeff is a season ticket holder at QPR. Jeff Stevenson (comedian) Jeff Stevenson (born 3 March 1961, Hammersmith, England) is an English comedian and actor. Stevenson was born in 1961 in Hammersmith, London. He attended Barbara Speake Stage school in his teens and Phil Collins' mother June was his first agent. A comedian and actor, Stevenson appeared in the 1976 film ""Bugsy Malone"", playing the part of Louis (under his real name Jeffrey Stevens). He later played the Stag comedian at Rodney Trotter's stag"
"Molly Malone (actress) Violet Elizabeth Malone (stage name Molly Malone) (December 7, 1888 – February 14, 1952) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in 86 films between 1916 and 1929. Her father, Lewis Malone, was a metallurgist for mining companies. Her mother was Violet St. John, born in Nebraska to immigrant parents from England. She started her movie career at the relatively late age of 29 but soon caught the eye of comedic actor and director Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle who cast her in a number of his shorts including ""Back Stage"" and ""The Garage"" plus"
"for protection. ""The Evacuees"" won a BAFTA for best TV drama and also an Emmy for best International Drama. Parker next wrote and directed his first feature film, ""Bugsy Malone"" (1976), a parody of early American gangster films and American musicals, but with only child actors. Parker's desire in making the film was to entertain both children and adults with a unique concept and style of film: The film received eight British Academy Award nominations and five Awards, including two BAFTAs for Jodie Foster. He next directed ""Midnight Express"" (1978), based on a true account by Billy Hayes, about his"
"later worked for the BBC. Louise began dancing at the age of two and a half years. As a child, she won a scholarship to, and for ten years attended, the Stella Mann School of Dancing in London, where she passed examinations in classical ballet and modern dance and completed her academic schooling. She also attended the Anna Scher Theatre School and turned down the opportunity to attend the Royal Ballet School, preferring to concentrate on the acting side of her career. While at ballet school, English was chosen to appear in the classic children’s film ""Bugsy Malone"" (1976) in"
"their mother had a sexual relationship with another woman. Jodie Foster called the book ""[a] cheap cry for attention and money, filled with hazy recollections, fantasies and borrowed press releases. Buddy has done nothing but break our mother's heart his whole life."" Buddy Foster Lucius Fisher ""Buddy"" Foster IV (born July 12, 1957) is an American former child actor. Beginning his professional acting career at the age of eight, Foster is perhaps best known for his roles in various television series throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. He is the older brother of actress and director Jodie Foster. Foster"
"(Jodie Foster), an old acquaintance, has died. The bulk of the film consists of extended flashbacks to the 1960s explaining Billy and Katie's relationship. Katie was a slightly older neighborhood girl who befriended Billy's mother, Ginny (Blair Brown), and who became his babysitter. Katie acts as a mentor to the young Billy, and, as he grows up, gives him advice on women and dating. As Billy ages he begins to develop feelings for Katie, though the rebellious and worldly wise Katie is interested in older men. Nevertheless, the two share a flirtatious relationship, and Katie comes to regard Billy as"
"behind and falls onto the keys, striking a single bass note. The tone silences the room, and the cream-covered crowd performs in a final number (""You Give a Little Love""). They realize they can all be friends, and Bugsy and Blousey leave for Hollywood. ""Bugsy Malone"" was Alan Parker's first feature film. Parker was trying to find a film project that was not ""parochial"" and decided upon an American gangster setting: ""I had four young children and we used to go to a cottage in Derbyshire at weekends. On the long, boring car journey up there, I started telling them"
"Jena Malone Jena Laine Malone (; born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, musician and photographer. Malone made her acting debut in the television film ""Bastard Out of Carolina"" (1996); subsequently, she starred in a number of mainstream and independent films including ""Ellen Foster"" (1997), ""Contact"" (1997), ""Stepmom"" (1998), ""Donnie Darko"" (2001), ""Life as a House"" (2001), """" (2003), ""Saved!"" (2004), ""Pride & Prejudice"" (2005), ""Into the Wild"" (2007), ""The Ruins"" (2008), ""Sucker Punch"" (2011) and ""The Neon Demon"" (2016). She played Johanna Mason in ""The Hunger Games"" film series. Malone is also an indie pop musician in two"
"Boots Malone Boots Malone is a 1952 drama film starring William Holden as a down-on-his-luck sports agent and Johnny Stewart as a rich runaway who wants to become a jockey. Down on his luck, jockey agent ""Boots"" Malone (William Holden) is at a diner with his friend ""Stash"" Clements (Stanley Clements) when teenage runaway Thomas Gibson Jr. (Johnny Stewart) tries to pay for his meal with a hundred dollar bill. When the cook asks him to come back in the morning for his change, Boots steps in (the diner is a portable trailer and will be somewhere else by that"
"Bugzy Malone Aaron Davis (born 20 December 1990), better known by his stage name Bugzy Malone, is an English grime rapper from Manchester, England. Malone has been described as one of the key MCs instigating a ""grime revival"" moving the UK urban scene away from more commercially oriented music and the first rapper in the grime genre from Manchester to have commercial success in the UK. Davis is currently one of the most popular grime artists in the UK following the release of his three EPs which have all landed in the UK Albums Chart top 10 with his latest"
"Mary Astor Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in ""The Maltese Falcon"" (1941). Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. She eventually changed to talkies. At first her voice was considered too masculine and she was off the screen for a year. She appeared in a play with friend Florence Eldridge, and the film offers came in, so she was able to resume her career in talking films."
"Joan Goodfellow Joan Goodfellow is an American actress and singer who appeared on stage, screen, and television throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Best known for her lead role in ""Buster and Billie"" (1974) as well as her performance in ""Lolly-Madonna XXX"" (1973), she also appeared in the TV-movies ""Returning Home"" (1975) and ""Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill"" (1979). Her final film was Victor Nuñez's ""A Flash of Green"" in 1984. On stage, she was a member of the original cast of Neil Simon’s Broadway hit comedy ""Biloxi Blues"" (1985). Martha Joan Goodfellow was born February 2, 1950,"
"Le Fear II: Le Sequel by writer and director Jason Croot. In addition to acting, Ames enjoys writing and wrote Strangers on the Ledge, Before We Began, and Jack and Eva after being inspired by meetings with prolific directors at Sundance Film Festival. She is a member of the organization Women in Film. Natalie Marie Ames Natalie Marie Ames (born 1 March 1989) is an English actress. Ames was born and raised in London, England. While painfully shy as a child, and once ""too shy to audition for the lead roles in the school production of Bugsy Malone"", she took"
"Scott Baio Scott Vincent James Baio (; born September 22, 1960 or 1961 (sources differ)) is an American actor and television director. He is known for his role as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom ""Happy Days"" (1977–1984) and its spin-off ""Joanie Loves Chachi"" (1982–1983), as well as the title character on the sitcom ""Charles in Charge"" (1984–1990), Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series """" (1993–1995), and the titular hero of the musical film ""Bugsy Malone"" (1976), his onscreen debut. Baio has further appeared in various television programs as a guest star, several independent films, and starred on the Nickelodeon"
"Beth Malone Elizabeth Ann Malone (born January 2, 1969) is an American actress and singer known for her work in Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre. She originated the role of Alison Bechdel in the musical ""Fun Home"", for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She was born in Auburn, Nebraska and raised in Castle Rock, Colorado, the daughter of Peggy and Bill Malone. Her mother is a professional country music singer. Malone played the title role in ""Annie"" in middle school, and participated in theatre at Douglas County High School. Malone first"
"Natalie Marie Ames Natalie Marie Ames (born 1 March 1989) is an English actress. Ames was born and raised in London, England. While painfully shy as a child, and once ""too shy to audition for the lead roles in the school production of Bugsy Malone"", she took drama, dance and art classes from a very young age. Deciding she wanted to be an actress, Ames auditioned and was accepted into the Drama Studio London, graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Acting. She began her career performing in London's Off West End theatre including the British play Eight at the Kings"
"She was saved on Day 7, and chose James to replace her. On Day 14, she was nominated. On Day 17 she became the third housemate to be evicted. Gary Busey is an American actor, who is best known for his appearances in films such as ""Big Wednesday"", ""Lethal Weapon"", ""Point Break"", and ""The Buddy Holly Story"", for which he was nominated for an Academy Award as the main title role. He has also made a career in television by guest starring in popular shows like ""Entourage"", ""Walker, Texas Ranger"" and ""Gunsmoke"". On Day 5, He was sent to ""The"
"Dorothy Malone Mary Dorothy Maloney (January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years she played small roles, mainly in B-movies. After a decade, she began to acquire a more glamorous image, particularly after her performance in ""Written on the Wind"" (1956), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her film career reached its peak by the beginning of the 1960s, and she achieved later success with her television role as Constance MacKenzie on ""Peyton Place"" from (1964–68). Less active in her later"
"years later, and his loved ones: ""whatever bad moments that I had certainly could never compare to that family"". Jodie Foster Alicia Christian Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer. She has received two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and the Cecil B DeMille Award. For her work as a director, she has been nominated a Primetime Emmy Award. A child prodigy, Foster began her professional career as a child model when she was three years old, and she made her acting debut in 1968 in the television sitcom"