Bugsy Malone is a 1976 musical film, very loosely based on events in Chicago, Illinois in the Prohibition era, specifically the exploits of gangsters like Al Capone, as dramatized in cinema. Featuring only children, director Alan Parker lightened the subject matter considerably for the children's market; the film received a G rating.
This was the first feature film for Parker, and introduced actor Scott Baio as well (it is Baio's first listed cre...
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Bugsy Malone is a 1976 musical film, very loosely based on events in Chicago, Illinois in the Prohibition era, specifically the exploits of gangsters like Al Capone, as dramatized in cinema. Featuring only children, director Alan Parker lightened the subject matter considerably for the children's market; the film received a G rating.
This was the first feature film for Parker, and introduced actor Scott Baio as well (it is Baio's first listed credit at the IMDB). It also featured Jodie Foster (already a veteran actress at the time) near the beginning of her transition from television child star to award-winning film actress; she was awarded two BAFTAs (see Awards, below).
The film opens with a brief action sequence in which a gangster (Roxy Robinson) is "splurged" by a rival gang of mobsters (Dandy Dan's gang) using rapid-fire "splurge guns". (Once splurged, a kid is "all washed up" and his career in crime is over—the splurged gangsters are never shown as dead or even unconscious,...
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