bugsy malone
the classic gangster story of bugsy malone told with an all - child cast .
hamilton district youth theatre' s production of bugsy malone at hamilton town house .
paul williams – bugsy malone soundtrack urltoken; david chamberlayne. retrieved 3 june 2010 .
bugsy malone was nominated for afi' s top 10 gangster films list. [ 11 ]
bugsy malone jr. is presented through special arrangement with music theatre international (mti) .
scott baio as bugsy malone, an italian - irish ex - boxer / boxing scout .

after they were famous
, bugsy malone. (2003 )
on imdb
bugsy malone: show history
, mtishows. com, accessed july 16, 2016
a young catherine zeta - jones appeared as tallulah in the west end production of bugsy malone .
what can i say bugsy malone the iconic film. very funny and enjoyable film for all ages
‘bugsy malone’, the movie musical beloved by drama teachers, was released in 1976 to positive reviews .
year 5 were fantastic in the bugsy malone production at macclesfield academy this week. what a show !
the cult film bugsy malone comes to life in a tongue ­in ­cheek tribute to the roaring 20s .
it' s the weapon of choice for the gangsters in a new stage adaptation of bugsy malone .
a major revival of the stage musical bugsy malone in london presented by the national youth music theatre .
bugsy malone reopened the lyric in april 2015 following a major redevelopment and the creation of the reuben foundation wing. it was the uk' s first professional stage production of bugsy malone in over a decade .
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tampa bay lightning player ryan malone' s locker room nickname is bugsy, a homage to this film .
, entitled' wanna be' references the bugsy malone track' so you wanna be a boxer' .
tampa bay lightning player ryan malone' s locker room nickname is bugsy, a homage to this film .
theatre designer jon bausor explains the pitfalls of working on a stage adaptation of the 1976 film bugsy malone .
like all the shows performed by hamilton district youth theatre, bugsy malone was performed in hamilton town house .
full casting has been announced for alan parker' s musical bugsy malone which returns to the lyric hammersmith in june .
forth children’s theatre has put out an open casting call for its spring 2017 production of the musical, bugsy malone .
1976 was a breakthrough year for jodie foster with five films including ‘bugsy malone’, ‘taxi driver’ and ‘freaky friday’ being released. she was nominated for a best supporting actress oscar that year for ‘taxi driver’ and landed two baftas for ‘bugsy malone’ .
instead of bullets, the gun - toting gangsters in bugsy malone wield
splurge guns
that shoot custard pie foam .
these 7 bugsy malone actors have been famous since they were kids but look how much they' ve changed ...
alan parker went on to write the book for a stage adaptation of bugsy malone, using paul williams' s music .
bugsy malone previews from june 11, with press night on june 24. for more information and to book tickets, visit urltoken
bugsy malone by alan parker, republished by harpercollins as part of the essential modern classics list, is available at £5. 99
bugsy malone has a reputation for delivering a triple treat, with singing, acting and dancing combining to equal a great family show .
‘i threw the script at him and walked out’ … john cassisi, jodie foster and scott baio in bugsy malone. photograph: allstar / tristar
shenton, mark .
bugsy malone, review of lyric hammersmith' s olivier nominated revival
, londontheatre. co, june 27, 2016
the leads were played by nairn archer as bugsy malone, grace robertson as blousy, jacob duffy as fat sam and jaya diarra as tallulah .
bugsy malone was his first major role; he appeared in happy days for seven years and had a starring role in the sitcom charles in charge .
when the original production of bugsy malone was done in london, the producers auditioned over 13, 000 children between the ages of nine and sixteen .
sb: no, i’d done commercials. that would’ve been my first on - camera work. but bugsy malone would’ve been my first meaningful role .
bugsy malone in london at the queen' s theatre previewed from 15 november 1997, opened on 19 november 1997 and closed on 17 january 1998 .
bugsy malone in london at her majesty' s theatre previewed from 16 may 1983, opened on 26 may 1983 and closed on 11 february 1984 .
the director of the original production of bugsy malone in london was michael dolenz, better known as mickey on the television show ,
the monkees .
kelly, matthew (2003 - 12 - 31) .
bugsy malone
. after they were famous. season 3. series 18. itv .
but, the legacy funeral director got to hang with some recently as aquinas college students prepared for an upcoming show - the gangster musical, bugsy malone .
harpercollins children' s books has bought world rights to the original bugsy malone book, which was later adapted into the much loved musical... .
the british academy of film and television arts (bafta) is pleased to announce that it will be honouring the 40th birthday of the multi - bafta - winning film bugsy malone through a public exhibition and events programme this summer at its central london headquarters, bafta 195 piccadilly, entitled ‘40 years of bugsy malone’ .
bugsy malone is a master class in musical comedy. the libretto tosses the reader into uproarious laughter without even being staged. imagine how delightful it is when it' s brought to life! not to mention, bugsy malone is a fantastic choice for school groups and programs with a large talent pool of young performers .
as the custard pies fly, bugsy malone, an all - round nice guy, falls for blousey brown, a singer at fat sam’s speakeasy. his designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress tallulah who wants bugsy for herself .
back by public demand! a major revival of alan parkers musical bugsy malone in london for a strictly limited season. it' s the messiest show in town !
sir alan parker, director of bugsy malone, said: “i’m always astounded at the ‘legs’ of bugsy malone. hard to think that what started out as a story that i made up for my children on long car journeys has lasted this long, so i’m extra grateful to bafta for celebrating the 40th anniversary of its release. ”
bugsy malone (1976), directed by alan parker. starring scott baio, florrie dugger, jodie foster, john cassisi and martin lev. running time: 93 minutes .
casting has been announced for the lyric hammersmith' s upcoming revival of bugsy malone, which marks the first production on its main stage since a multi - million pound redevelopment .
stream bugsy malone by paul williams and 40 million songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. exclusively for prime members. new subscribers only. terms and conditions apply .
ten thousand auditions, 100 gallons of artificial cream, the invention of the splurge gun … the writer - director fondly recalls making the classic children’s gangster movie' bugsy malone’ .
a mobster named roxy robinson is
splurged
by members of a gang, using rapid - fire custard - shooting
splurge guns .
once splurged, a kid is
all washed up
-
finished .
speakeasy boss fat sam introduces himself and bugsy malone, a boxing promoter with no money (
bugsy malone
) .
a mobster named roxy robinson is
splurged
by members of a gang, using rapid - fire cream - shooting
splurge guns
. once splurged, a kid is
all washed up... finished
. speakeasy boss fat sam introduces himself and bugsy malone, a boxing promoter with no money (
bugsy malone
) .
humour, talent, entertainment and splurge guns. these were all on show at hamilton district youth theatre ’s stage adaptation of alan parker’s 1976 film bugsy malone writes callum robertson .
bugsy malone is set in prohibition - era new york with rival gangsters fat sam and dandy dan at logger heads. as custard pies fly and dan' s destructive' splurge guns' wreak havoc, bugsy malone, a penniless ex - boxer and all - round nice guy, falls for blousey brown, an aspiring singer. will bugsy be able to resist seductive songstress tallulah, fat sam' s moll and bugsy' s old flame, and stay out of trouble while helping fat sam to defend his business ?
bugsy malone auditions trinity adademicals rugy club, 30 craighall gardens, eh6 4rw sunday 18 december 2016, 10am - 6pm. email benking927 @ urltoken to confirm attendance and for further details .
easily the biggest star to have come from bugsy malone, jodie had already been in the business since she was three years old. the same year as bugsy, jodie was nominated for an oscar for her performance as a teenage prostitute in martin scorsese' s taxi driver .
with well - known songs such as ‘bugsy malone’, ‘fat sam’s grand slam’ and ‘bad guys’ plus exciting dance routines, this is a massively popular show for audiences of all ages to enjoy .
the lyric' s critically acclaimed, bugsey malone returns to the lyric for a 12 week run .
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, placing it higher than the phantom of the opera, cats, and the king and i. [ 12 ] bugsy malone ranks 353rd on empire magazine' s 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. [ 13 ]
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, placing it higher than the phantom of the opera, cats, and the king and i. [ 16 ] bugsy malone ranks 353rd on empire magazine' s 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. [ 17 ]
as custard pies fly and dan' s destructive splurge guns wreak havoc, bugsy malone, a penniless ex - boxer and all round nice guy, falls for blousey brown, an aspiring singer .
bugsy malone jr. includes an ensemble that may be expanded by adding members to dandy dan’s and fat sam’s gangs. the grand slam girls can also be expanded to incorporate more singing and dancing roles !
director alan parker once said of the production of this movie :
if i' d have gone sick on bugsy malone (1976) i swear she [ jodie foster ] could have taken over
.
it’s been almost 40 years since sir alan parker released bugsy malone in 1976. since then the relatively unknown child cast have either gone on to become stars while others fell back into a life of normality .
sean holmes' s production of bugsy malone, a stage adaptation of sir alan parker' s 1976 debut film of the same name, is to return for a 12 - week summer season in 2016 .
overall, bugsy malone was another resounding success from hamilton district youth theatre and fans will forward to their next show in october, when the older members of the company feature in a production of legally blonde .
coming for the game snapchat: bugzy _ malone bookings / enquiries email: (bugzymaloneteam @ gmail. com )
bugsy malone was alan parker' s first feature film. parker was trying to find a film that his children would enjoy, and his eldest son suggested one featuring a cast of only children. [ 3 ]
bugsy malone has been adapted into a stage show in two forms. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] a tv documentary called bugsy malone: after they were famous features a reunion and interviews with jodie foster, scott baio, john cassisi and florrie dugger. the british actors who played fat sam' s gang are also reunited at pinewood studios. it was aired in december 2004 on itv in the uk. [ 16 ]
everybody sing theatre company' s first production will be bugsy malone. the all - singing, all - dancing action musical set in prohibition era new york sees rival gansters fat sam and dandy dan at loggerheads .
bugsy returns to fat sam' s to arrange a new audition for blousey. fat sam' s girlfriend, the chanteuse tallulah, makes a pass at him. although bugsy rejects her flirtation, tallulah plants a big kiss on bugsy' s forehead when blousey enters; blousey is jealous. fat sam hires blousey after her audition, but she refuses to speak to bugsy (
i' m feelin' fine
) .
fat sam hires bugsy to accompany him to a meeting with dandy dan. the meeting is a trap, but bugsy helps fat sam escape. gratefully, fat sam pays him $ 200. bugsy and blousey reconcile and have a romantic outing on a lake; bugsy promises to take her to hollywood. when he returns sam' s car to the garage, he is attacked and his money is stolen. bugsy is saved by leroy smith, who assaults the attackers and drives them away. bugsy realizes that leroy has the potential to be a great boxer. bugsy introduces leroy to cagey joe and helps him train (
so you wanna be a boxer ?
). fat sam again seeks bugsy' s aid after his assistant knuckles is unintentionally killed. bugsy resists, but fat sam offers $ 400, enough money to keep his promise to blousey. blousey is disappointed when she learns that bugsy hasn' t bought the tickets to california yet (
ordinary fool
). bugsy and leroy follow dandy dan' s men to a warehouse, where the guns are being stashed. the two of them can' t take the place alone, so bugsy recruits a large group of down - and - out workers at a soup kitchen (
down and out
) .
it' s been a whopping 42 years since alan parker' s bugsy malone first hit the screens, and it continues to have a life in theatres around the world. but what happened to its young cast since then ?
the american actress made her one and only film appearance in ‘bugsy malone’. she was living in the uk on a us air force base when ‘bugsy’ was casting and was originally due to play a very minor role. that all changed when the starlet set to play blousey had a sudden growth spurt and dugger found her self taking centre stage .
a smartly made musical set at the time of absolute depression. all the cast are children and bugsy malone is one of the few films in which child actors i believe should win or at least be nominated for great acting achievment awards .
based on the hit 1976 film, starring a pre - teen scott baio and jodi foster, and featuring a catchy, swinging score by the composer of the muppet movie, bugsy malone jr. is good, clean, comedic fun !
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bugsy malone was the musical we all wanted to be in at school. it was made for kids, starred kids, had an awesome soundtrack and made us all wish we could have pie - fights while pedalling 1930s cars about the place .
it appears albin fell off the face of the earth since appearing in bugsy malone as tapdancing cleaner fizzy, but we' ll always love his song' tomorrow'. we just don' t know what happened to him after the movie .
florence, 52 decided against becoming an actress after her debut in bugsy malone at the age of 13 saying, ‘i enjoyed the acting, and the camaraderie and the joy of memorising roles. but i didn’t want to do it professionally. ’
the london - born actor turned professional aged just 14 and made his film debut in ‘bugsy malone’ as copper o’dreary the same year. he later appeared in the controversial borstal film ‘scum’, and spent most of his youth touring with the rsc .
bugsy malone in london at the lyric theatre hammersmith previewed from 11 april 2015, opened on 28 april 2015 and closed on 5 september 2015 - returned: previewed from 11 june 2016, opened 24 june 2016 and closed on 4 september 2016 .
fat sam hires bugsy to come along to a meeting with dandy dan. this meeting turns out to be a trap, but bugsy helps fat sam escape. gratefully, fat sam pays him $ 200. bugsy and blousey reconcile, and have a lunch and a romantic outing on a lake. back in the city, bugsy promises to buy tickets for them to leave for hollywood. however, when he returns sam' s car to the garage, he is attacked, and his money stolen. bugsy is saved by leroy, who punches the attackers; seeing this, bugsy realizes he has found a potentially great boxer and helps him begin training. fat sam once again enlists bugsy' s aid after his assistant knuckles gets splurged by a splurge gun which fat sam invented. bugsy breaks up the idea with blousey to leave for hollywood and helps fat sam. bugsy and leroy follow dandy dan' s men to a warehouse, where they discover the guns are being stashed. the two of them can' t take the place alone, so bugsy enlists the aid of a large group of down - and - out workers at a soup kitchen .
bugsy malone is set in chicago in the 1920’s and concerns the battle for criminal supremacy of rival gangs led by fat sam and dandy dan. into the mix steps aspiring boxing promoter bugsy malone, who becomes involved with aspiring night club singer blousey brown and agrees to help fat sam turn the tables on his rival. the ‘weapons’ in this story are of course, splurge guns and in the finale just about everyone gets ‘splurged’ before getting up and realising they can all be friends after all .
before mark curry landed the role of the theatre producer in ‘bugsy malone’ he had been a regular child performer on the pantomime scene. coincidentally, he appeared in the 1972 tv panto ‘babes in the wood’ alongside fellow ‘bugsy malone’ alumni bonnie langford in 1972. after his movie debut he moved into television presenting famously co - hosting ‘blue peter’ from 1986 - 89. since then, curry has appeared in numerous west end plays, and hosted a radio show ‘curry for breakfast’ on talk radio europe .
paul williams wrote all the music for this film, and sang many of bugsy' s lines for scott baio .
at the club, tallulah is putting the moves on bugsy as fat sam and knuckles arrive to audition blousey, who walks in just as tallulah plants a big smooch right on bugsy (
i' m feeling fine
). blousey books the gig and fat sam offers bugsy $ 200 to drive him to his meeting with dandy dan. back at the girls' dressing room, bugsy tries to reconcile with a very angry blousey, but blousey is unconvinced .
british actor dexter fletcher’s first film part came in ‘bugsy malone’. he played the youthful (even for a film filled with tots) robber baby face who helps bugsy to steal splurge guns for fat sam. fletcher went on to become an accomplished child star with roles in ‘the long good friday’ and ‘the elephant man’ before graduating into teen roles like ‘press gang’ on itv .
full description: this photograph features alan parker, the writer / director of the 1970s movie' bugsy malone', with child stars jodie foster and scott baio. the bar scenes in the film were filmed in the huntley & palmers factory at reading .
the bugsy malone cast of 63 will take to the baycourt stage this month, with support from legacy trust. legacy trust has a history of supporting western bay of plenty secondary school productions, and has gifted $ 8, 000 towards the aquinas production .
set in prohibition era new york, it portrays rival gangsters fat sam and dandy dan at logger heads. as custard pies fly and dan' s destructive' splurge guns' wreak havoc, bugsy malone, a penniless ex - boxer and all round nice guy, falls for blousey brown, an aspiring singer. will bugsy be able to resist seductive songstress tallulah, fat sam' s moll and bugsy' s old flame, and stay out of trouble while helping fat sam to defend his business ?
you will be treated to such classic hits including, we could have been anything that we wanted to be, my name is tallulah, fat sam' s grand slam, so you wanna be a boxer and of course the unforgettable title track bugsy malone .
yarm lower school production of the musical bugsy malone. directed by claire cornielje. musical director katie staggs may 2013 song selection 3: 22 bugsy malone 7: 32 fat sam' s grand slam 24: 51 tomorrow 40: 36 bad guys' song 52: 22 i' m feeling fine 59: 12 my name is talulah 1: 15: 05 so you wanna be a boxer 1: 23: 24 ordinary fool 1: 29: 18 down and out 1: 37: 47 you give a little love
fat sam hires bugsy to come along to a meeting with dandy dan. this meeting turns out to be a trap, but bugsy helps fat sam escape. gratefully, fat sam pays him $ 200. bugsy and blousey reconcile and have a lunch and a romantic outing on a lake. back in the city, bugsy promises to buy tickets for them to leave for hollywood. however, when he returns sam' s car to the garage, he is attacked and his money stolen. bugsy is saved by leroy smith, who punches the attackers: seeing this, bugsy realizes he has found a potentially great boxer. bugsy introduces leroy to cagey joe and helps him begin training (
so you wanna be a boxer ?
). fat sam once again enlists bugsy' s aid after his assistant knuckles is unintentionally killed. bugsy declines, but when fat sam pays him $ 400 he sees another chance to fulfill his promise to blousey, so he agrees to help fat sam. however, when blousey finds out that bugsy hasn' t yet bought the tickets, she is left in a state of disappointment (
ordinary fool
). bugsy and leroy follow dandy dan' s men to a warehouse, where they discover the guns are being stashed. the two of them can' t take the place alone, so bugsy enlists the aid of a large group of down - and - out workers at a soup kitchen (
down and out
) .
although it performed well in england and japan, paramount only gave
bugsy malone
a limited release in us theaters, usually dumping it onto second - feature screens partnered with a late -' 76 re - release of the bad news bears (1976) .
the thought occurs to me while i’m driving to cranford, new jersey, to see the theatre project jr. ’s production of bugsy malone, jr. this was minutes after i’d finished watching alan parker’s 1976 film, a spoof of prohibition - era ...
bonnie langford won the uk talent show ‘opportunity knocks’ at the tender age of 6 in 1970 and made her film debut as the squeaky singer lena marelli in ‘bugsy malone’. she went on to appear in ‘just william’ and a prime - time kids show ‘junior showtime’ .
sean holmes, who directs the production, commented :
it is with great excitement and delight that we welcome the smash - hit success bugsy malone back to the lyric. we look forward to reigniting the joyful connection between the audience and our extraordinary 2016 cast .
sean holmes, lyric hammersmith artistic director, said :
it is with great excitement and delight that we welcome the smash - hit success bugsy malone back to the lyric. we look forward to reigniting the joyful connection between the audience and our extraordinary 2016 cast .
two gangs: fat sam' s stacheto and dandy dan are rivals. bugsy malone goes to fat sam' s bar where he meets wannabe movie star blousey brown. the bar is raided and fat sam states that it means war. meanwhile, dandy dan is using the new splurge gun to destroy his enemies. bugsy falls for blousey but fat sam' s girlfriend, tallulah wants him for herself. bugsy is asked to do a job by fat sam but it all ends up a mess because fat sam had hired louey begonzey who dies. bugsy treats blousey and says he' ll get her tickets to hollywood but someone steals his newly earned money. his rescuer is made a boxer by bugsy. blousey is upset about the tickets and begins to think about what happened .
jodie foster as tallulah, fat sam' s gun moll, the speakeasy' s star chanteuse and bugsy' s old flame .
the birthday celebration reflects the way in which the history and success of bugsy malone has been recognised by bafta, with the film winning multiple awards, becoming a cult british classic and its director and producer alan parker and david puttnam going on to take up major roles at bafta .
bugsy returns sam' s car to the garage and is attacked and robbed. he is saved by leroy, who bugsy realises could be a great boxer. he takes him to the gym and trains him to be a fighter. dan' s men continue to wreck sam' s business, so he sends tallulah to get bugsy. he pays him $ 400 to help him get rid of dan. when bugsy phones to tell blousey that they will have to delay their trip to hollywood, she gets angry with him and hangs up. bugsy and leroy follow dan' s men and find where the splurge guns are being held. the place is heavily guarded however, so bugsy hires men from a local soup kitchen. they trap the guards in a warehouse and take the guns to sam .
liverpool - born martin started acting aged 16 in the nbc tv movie ‘the day after tomorrow’. he then landed the part of the dapper dandy dan in ‘bugsy malone’ and he puts in one of the film’s more memorable performances as fat sam’s rival, thanks to his drawn on mustache .
bugsy malone has been adapted into a stage show in two forms. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] a 2003 television documentary called bugsy malone: after they were famous features a reunion and interviews with jodie foster, scott baio, john cassisi and florrie dugger. the british actors who played fat sam' s gang are also reunited at pinewood studios. [ 20 ] the documentary reported that dugger, who (unlike her co - stars) had never acted again, had chosen to pursue a career in the united states air force medical service. [ 21 ] [ 7 ]
in the next scene, fat sam and dandy dan confront each other. but just as fat sam reveals his secret weapon, looney bergonzi, dan' s gang emerges from the trees and
splurge
him. bugsy grabs fat sam and they escape. grateful, fat sam gives him an extra $ 100 for being quick on his feet and tells him to get a new suit (
bugsy malone
reprise) .
‘40 years of bugsy malone’ promises to be fun for all the family – for the young and the young at heart. it is a chance to remember and relive the gloriously catchy songs and irrepressible humour of this bafta - nominated film, within the famous walls of another great british institution .
bugsy malone is a fast, furious show about the warring crime bosses, fat sam and dandy dan, vying for control of the city. against this backdrop, the action centres around bugsy and his relationship with blousey brown, the girl who wants to be a star in fat sam’s grand slam, the speakeasy that’s your ‘home from home. ’ with its cast of colourful characters and fantastic songs, not to mention the copious amounts of custard pies and splurge guns, bugsy has become part of theatrical and cinematic folklore. last performed by dunhurst over twenty years ago .
prepare to be dazzled by new wimbledon theatre’s unique production of alan parker’s smash - hit musical, bugsy malone. with a cast of over forty of the borough’s brightest young performers and direction from kate mcgregor, artistic director of award - winning theatre6, this is bugsy malone as you’ve never seen it before. set in prohibition new york, bugsy malone tells the story of rival gang leaders fat sam and dandy dan in their fight for turf. dandy dan and her top - of - the - range splurge guns are winning the war, and a desperate fat sam calls on smooth - talking, ex - boxer bugsy for help. as the custard pies start flying, relationships are tested, sisterhoods severed and allegiances questioned. a show for all the family, this much loved hit promises to be a blast and should not be missed! to find out more about creative learning; acting, musical theatre and behind the scenes workshops and how you can star in our next production, contact jessicawilliams @ theambassadors. com .
a gangster movie where all the gangsters are played by children. instead of real bullets they use
splurge guns
that cover the victim in cream. the story tells of the rise of
bugsy malone
and the battle for power between
fat sam
and
dandy dan
.
bugsy malone is the hero of our story. cast a handsome young man who can sing and act. this role is equal parts jimmy stewart, james bond and gene kelly. bugsy alternates as the narrator and the star of the show. a young performer comfortable in front of an audience, who radiates a sense of charm and sincerity as well as a street - wise sensibility, will take your show a long way towards success .
alan parker went on to write the book for a stage adaptation of bugsy malone, using paul williams' s music. music theatre international currently holds the licensing and performance rights for both the regular production and a
junior
version of the show meant for children. [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
in the 2009 comedy in the loop, judy molloy (gina mckee) remarks, after seeing that most of the top positions in d. c. are staffed by young college graduates ,
they' re all kids in washington. it' s like bugsy malone, but with real guns .
in the 2009 comedy in the loop, judy molloy (gina mckee) remarks, after seeing that most of the top positions in d. c. are staffed by young college graduates ,
they' re all kids in washington. it' s like bugsy malone, but with real guns .
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 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
. [ 6 ]
to launch the anniversary celebrations, bafta will host a special screening of the film featuring a q & a that reunites four of the extraordinary talents involved in bugsy malone – director alan parker, producer david puttnam and actors dexter fletcher, bonnie langford and donal waugh. the event takes places on wednesday 29 june .
created in the shadow and influence of such hardened criminals such as al capone and set in the prohibition era. bugsy malone is a unique style of musical, where all the grown up characters are played by children. one of the highlights of scott baio' s career (and let' s face it, he was a cuit kit and suited the role well) but who would have known at this stage what a huge star jodie foster would turn out to be. filled with memorable songs and the quirkiest cars ever (i still want one of these) bugsy malone is a film i never get tired of watching .
bugsy malone is based on the 1976 alan parker film of the same name. parker' s movie is a tongue - in - cheek tribute to the gangster films of the 1920s. parker had the idea for a gangster film that starred an all - child cast in 1973, but his idea was met with very little enthusiasm. eventually, he was able to raise enough money to develop the project. he commissioned the legendary paul williams to compose the score and they auditioned over 10, 000 children. the film starred scott baio as bugsy and jodie foster as tallulah. in an era when movie musicals were considered a thing of the past, bugsy malone was a surprise hit. following the film' s success, parker was deluged with requests to develop a stage version .
halfway through
bugsy malone ,
i started wondering how anyone ever came up with this idea for a movie. alan parker, who wrote and directed it, claims his inspiration came while he was watching
the godfather .
i dunno, i think the movie has more insights into kids than into gangsters .
with bugsy' s help, fat sam escapes from a frame up but he learns later that dandy dan' s mob have splurged nearly all his gang. they' ve also destroyed his sarsparilla and grocery rackets the whole empire' s gone! there' s only one hope left. fat sam pays bugsy 400 dollars in exchange for more help. bugsy, who has promised to take blousey to hollywood, has to break his date with her .
at first the notion seems alarming: a gangster movie cast entirely with kids. especially when we learn that
bugsy malone
isn' t intended as a kid' s movie so much as a cheerful comment on the childlike values and behavior in classic hollywood crime films. what are kids doing in something like this ?
holmes directs the production, which features choreography from recent olivier award winner drew mconie, designs from jon bausor, musical direction from phil bateman, lighting by james farncombe, sound by ben harrison, fight direction by kate waters, and orchestrations by phil bateman. bugsy malone originated as a 1976 film by sir alan parker .
here' s the basic
shtick
of bugsy malone: it' s a gangster picture enacted by children. acted out before scaled - down sets, the film details the career of bugsy malone (scott baio), who rises to the top of the criminal ladder in 1920s new york. whenever gunfire is called for, the kiddie crooks substitute whipped cream for bullets. paul williams contributes several songs, which are performed by adult singers and lip - synched by the pint - sized actors. the cast includes john cassisi as diminutive capone clone fat sam, and then - 13 - year - old jodie foster as the sultry nightclub thrush tallulah .
mr graham says students have been rehearsing for three months and are ready to bring bugsy to life. they will deliver five shows from may 11 to 13 .
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 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 .
alan parker' s musical spoof of gangster films features an all - child cast with guns that fire cream. when gang warfare erupts between fat sam and dandy dan, hustler bugsy malone (scott baio), singer tallulah (jodie foster) and newly arrived showgirl blousey brown (florrie dugger) find themselves caught up in the middle of it .
bugsy malone is based on the cult 1970’s film that featured scott baio (that’s right… cha - chi, charles, reality tv) and jody foster in a world of hoodlums, thugs, and heavys who sort out their differences by “splurging” their rivals with guns shooting whipped cream. it is funny, witty, charming, and about to go on the road. that’s right - bugsy malone will be included in the 2012 national junior theatre festival, which is held in atlanta, georgia in january of 2012. you can support the participating parkway playhouse jr. students who are performing in this musical by coming to our december 15 performance at mountain heritage hs. then it is off to atlanta .
bugsy offers to take blousey home, even though he has no money for a cab. they stop at a cafă©, where he tells her that he makes his living by finding potential boxers. when it' s time to pay the bill, bugsy traps the waitress in a phone booth and makes a quick exit with blousey .
before bugsy malone was a film, it first was just a story. in 1974 i had four small children and to keep them occupied on long (and mostly boring) car journeys, i would invent a story for them. it was a world of gangsters and showgirls and set in new york city, a long way from where we lived .
we welcomed director alan parker to bfi southbank to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his much loved film, bugsy malone. parker describes the genesis of this' musical gangster film', and is joined on stage by cast members paul murphy and dexter fletcher, who reminisce about making the film aged ten and twelve respectively. for more bfi event videos visit urltoken
in a press statement, sean holmes, who is also the theatre' s artistic director, commented ,
i' m so pleased that bugsy malone is returning to the lyric. i' m delighted our audience will get a further opportunity to relish alan parker’s inspired creation and to be transported by the talent and energy of our young cast .
new york 1929: war rages between two rival gangsters, fat sam and dandy dan. dan is in possession of a new weapon, the dreaded' splurge gun'. as the custard pies fly, bugsy malone (happy days' scott baio), an all - round nice guy, falls for blousy brown (florrie dugger), a singer at fat sam' s speakeasy. his designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress tallulah (double academy award winner jodie foster) who wants bugsy for herself .
after the song
tomorrow
bugsy and blousey are in the café. blousey has a drink and it has two straws and one spoon. the spoon keeps disappearing .
finally dandy dan prepares for a showdown at fat sam' s speakeasy. when his mob burst in, bugsy and the guys let' em have it the works. splurge, custard pies, flour bombs... out of the gooey pandemonium it emerges that bugsy and blousey have made it up. peace has broken out at last .
holmes, who is the lyric' s artistic director, said :
after a long and exhaustive search we are delighted to announce the full cast of bugsy malone. true to the spirit of the lyric the production will deliver everything you would want and expect from a stage version of alan parker' s seminal film - whilst promising unexpected surprises and delights .
the 13th track on british rapper dizzee rascal' s 2007 album, maths + english, entitled' wanna be' references the bugsy malone track' so you wanna be a boxer'. [ 19 ] the song
ordinary fool
has been performed on recordings by karen carpenter, [ 20 ] ella fitzgerald [ 21 ] and mel tormé. [ 22 ]
( 1929, gangster warfare in new york) dandy dan' s hoodlums terrorise the district, exterminating undesirables with their new weapon splurge guns. his rival is fat sam stacetto, who runs the grand slam speakeasy, but fat sam' s gang still use old fashioned pies. fat sam engages the help of bugsy malone, a smooth city slicker who hitherto has been more occupied in sweet talking blousey brown, a would be girl singer. with bugsy' s help, fat sam escapes from a frame up but he learns later that dandy dan' s mob have splurged nearly all his gang. they' ve also destroyed his sarsparilla and grocery rackets the whole empire' s gone! there' s only one hope left. fat sam pays bugsy 400 dollars in exchange for more help. bugsy, who has promised to take blousey to hollywood, has to break his date with her. is she mad! meanwhile bugsy and leroy smith, a guy with an awesome punch, witness a secret delivery of splurge guns at dock 17. with a bunch of down and outs, they help themselves from the crates. then the police arrive, led by captain smolsky and lieutenant o' dreary. bugsy and the gang escape through a trapdoor. finally dandy dan prepares for a showdown at fat sam' s speakeasy. when his mob burst in, bugsy and the guys let' em have it the works. splurge, custard pies, flour bombs... out of the gooey pandemonium it emerges that bugsy and blousey have made it up. peace has broken out at last .
is she mad! meanwhile bugsy and leroy smith, a guy with an awesome punch, witness a secret delivery of splurge guns at dock 17. with a bunch of down and outs, they help themselves from the crates. then the police arrive, led by captain smolsky and lieutenant o' dreary. bugsy and the gang escape through a trapdoor .
51 year - old bonnie is known for her dancing as much as she is for her acting! after bugsy malone, bonnie appeared in the bbc’s doctor who as well as on stage in west end and broadway musicals such as peter pan: the musical, cats, the pirates of penzance and chicago and more recently on tv in the reality competition programme dancing on ice .
bugsy malone is not every parent' s cup of tea. a comic book based on a musical about gangsters, the roles performed by children, it has all the makings of inappropriate, but it got a g rating. in our politically correct times, this book might not be acceptable to every parent, but i dislike censoring what kids read, so here goes .
two gangs in a fictitious city populated only by children are in a rivalry of capone - ian standards. dandy dan' s gang has gotten the upper hand since acquiring the
splurge
gun (a weapon that shoots whip cream). bugsy malone, a one - time boxer, is thrust into the limelight when he becomes the last chance fat sam' s gang has of surviving. all bugsy really wants to do is spend time with his new love, blousey... but that just isn' t in the cards for our hero .
a spoof 1920s musical set in prohibition new york - in a world of splurge - gun toting gangsters, show - girls and dreamers. join fat sam, who runs one of the most popular speakeasies in town, as he fights to stop his' business rival' dandy dan from closing his speakeasy down. enter baby - faced bugsy malone, a killer with the ladies and a definite asset to fat sam. unfortunately, bugsy has also caught the eye of sam' s girlfriend tallulah - though he' s set his designs on the showgirl blousey brown .
“we could have been anything that we wanted to be, ” sang the young cast of the 1976 movie bugsy malone. for some, it was a prophecy of sorts. jodie foster, who played gangster’s moll tallulah, went on to become one of hollywood’s most acclaimed actresses; several other cast members including scott baio, dexter fletcher and bonnie langford also achieved their share of fame .
bugsy malone was released in late 1976 to generally positive reviews. on rotten tomatoes, it currently holds a score of 83% based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 6. 6 / 10. [ 12 ] despite the positive critical reception, bugsy malone was not a commercial success in the us, bringing in just over $ 2. 7 million. paramount gave it a limited release, usually in second - tier theaters in a double - bill with the bad news bears, which had already been out for six months and was no longer much of a draw. according to parker, the film was
quite successful
in the united kingdom. by 1985, it had earned an estimated profit of £1, 854, 000. [ 3 ]
as the musical opens, bugsy malone, a one - time boxer who' s neither completely honest nor crooked, ushers us through his neighborhood where three murders have just occurred (
bugsy malone
). bugsy winds up at the local speakeasy, owned by gangster boss fat sam (
fat sam' s grand slam
). turns out, one of those murders was that of roxy
the weasel
robinson – one of fat sam' s best men. enraged, fat sam, vows revenge on dandy dan whose henchman carried out the hit. meanwhile, bugsy' s been chatting up blousy brown, the new girl in town who' s come to audition for fat sam' s club; but fat sam' s given her the brush off (as he does to everyone) and tells her to come back tomorrow. bugsy takes blousey for dinner and she tells him she' s going to audition for the lena marelli show as well. just as the mood turns romantic, however, dandy dan' s men raid the club. dan' s determined to become the fashionable kingpin of the neighborhood, bringing all the other gangs under his control (
that' s why the call him dandy
) using his newly fashioned weapon of choice – the splurge
mark two
gun .
i saw the movie myself when i was a kid and i am 36 years old. i loved the movie and at the time i would always wish i had those hard to find legendary
splurge guns
as well as the peddle cars. this is a very good movie for whether or not you have kids. i still watch it and it just reminds me of my youth. if you have watched the super bowl last weekend you also would have noticed that in the coke commercial they took the ending song or last song in the musical of bugsy malone and used it in the coke superbowl commercial. i believe the song was called
you give a little love
i used to want to be bugsy malone and would play gangster wars with my brothers as a kid.
bugsy malone is a 1976 american-british musical gangster comedy film , directed by alan parker and featuring only child actors . set in new york city , the film is loosely based on events in new york and chicago from the early 1920s to 1931 during prohibition , specifically the exploits of real-life gangsters like al capone and bugs moran , as dramatized in cinema . parker lightened the subject matter considerably for the children 's market ; in the u.s. the film received a g rating . the film was parker 's feature-length directorial debut , introduced actor scott baio , and featured a 13-year old jodie foster . 
bugsy malone is a 1976 american-british musical gangster comedy film, directed by alan parker and featuring only child actors. set in new york city, the film is loosely based on events in new york and chicago from the early 1920s to 1931 during prohibition, specifically the exploits of real-life gangsters like al capone and bugs moran, as dramatized in cinema. parker lightened the subject matter considerably for the children's market; in the u.s. the film received a g rating. the film was parker's feature-length directorial debut, introduced actor scott baio, and featured a 13-year old jodie foster.
bugsy malone is a 1976 american-british musical gangster comedy film, directed by alan parker and featuring only child actors. set in new york city, the film is loosely based on events in new york and chicago from the early 1920s to 1931 during prohibition, specifically the exploits of real-life gangsters like al capone and bugs moran, as dramatized in cinema. parker lightened the subject matter considerably for the children's market; in the u.s. the film received a g rating. the film was parker's feature-length directorial debut, introduced actor scott baio, and featured a 13-year old jodie foster.