Little Fugitive | Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster (II)

Little Fugitive | Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster (II) | joey's day at coney island

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Little Fugitive

	Little Fugitive Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster (II) Kino Video, 2003 average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Morris Engel's All-American classic. Widely regarded as one of the most influential and enjoyable films of the American independent cinema, "Little Fugitive" is an utterly charming fable that poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood.

At Last. What a thrill!

I bought the Little Fugitive in its first incarnation as a fairly basic DVD. The other two movies, made in the same hand-held, on-location manner, I've had on VHS tape for twenty plus years, never thinking that these minor masterpieces would ever be picked up for a decent release. For all the subsequent work that Morris Engel did that garnered him some amount of fame and fortune, these early works stand out for their absolute honesty and great humor. They are gems of small, 1950s film making from New York. I can't wait!

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joey's day at coney island

Just wanted to say that this has always been my "favorite" kids film since i first saw it on tv, as i was too young to see it when it came out in 1952. Joey is wonderful in this film about a youngster who flees to coney island after being tricked into thinking he's shot & killed his older brother lenny. With just a few bucks in his pocket he explores all the games & rides & meets 'jay the ponie ride man' who eventually befriends him when lenny shows up searching for his younger brother. This film features natural everyday people + kids who are acting without even trying, so the viewer is put at ease & can enjoy all the mis-adventures that happen to joey during his "day at coney island", like riding the ponies everytime he found bottles to return for deposit. I recomend this film to anyone with young children, as it's an excellent study of boys & how they relate to each other & the pranks that can get them into trouble. Fortunately, this film has a very happy ending, & the best part is that their mom never suspects anything unusual happened while she was away visiting her ill sister. It's a timeless treasure that children of all ages will enjoy! Too bad this film never had a sequel, as more adventures of joey & lenny would have been most welcome!!!

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The Little Fugitive

This simple, sublime, touching little film became a landmark in independent film-making, winning the Silver Lion Award at Cannes, and influencing what would become the French New Wave with its documentary-like immediacy. Seen today, "Fugitive" evokes a potent nostalgia for the long-ago fifties, with the fabled Coney Island beach and amusement park captured (from a kid-size view) in its prime, with all its wonder intact. Appealing non-actor Andrusco is also transfixing as Joey, our little protagonist. This "Little Fugitive" is definitely worth tracking down.

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Coney Island is alive!

As a person who grew up as a kid in Brooklyn in the fifties and sixties and enjoyed going to Coney Island, this was pure nostalgia. What a delight! But to realize that this film was a such a seminal and pivotal movie to a cinematic style, such as the French New Wave, is an added bonus.

Charming!

The Little Fugitive is a wonderfully simple tale of a young boy and his brother. The young lad runs away from home because he thinks that he's killed his brother (a prank of course) and spends the day at Coney Island. The dialogue is very sparse. There's no need for it. Also, it's very interesting that a hand held camera was used especially back in those days. Coney Island buffs will enjoy seeing the park when it really was an amusement park. Today's Coney Island pales in comparison. Even I, who thought I knew everything there was to know about Coney Island, never knew that there were places under the boardwalk where you could return soda bottles.

This film is very kid friendly. No foul language, nudity or sexual situations. Watch it with your kids. These are the good old days!

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