You can't have a
Jodie Foster marathon without including
Bugsy Malone in it. Even though she has a small part, she does in fact own every scene that she is in. I still remember the day that I saw this in the theater like it was yesterday. It was actually part of a double feature that night with the opening movie being
The Blue Bird with
Shirley Temple of all things. Anyway, this movie is my guilty pleasure and one that I've watched thousands of times ever since that night.
The movie isn't meant to be taken seriously. It's suppose to be fun and entertaining, which it still is to this day for me. The movie was HUGE among us kids at my elementary school. We all wanted the Splurge Gun. Even now, I still want one. Not only that, I want my very own Pedal Car!!! The movie is an original and will never be duplicated with a cast made up entirely of kids with
Scott Baio as
Bugsy Malone and Jodie Foster as
Tallulah as the "big stars". But there are plenty of great characters in this one and I gotta point out that
John Cassisi as
Fat Sam, Martin Lev as
Dandy Dan and
Florrie Dugger as
Blousey Brown as scene stealers.
Good luck getting this on DVD. It doesn't exist as an actual USA-made DVD. You will have to get them overseas or on
eBay as an import. As for me, I'm still sitting on my
VHS copy. FYI, I didn't post the image for the
VHS Cover because there wasn't any decent enough scans online. In its place, I went with the Movie Poster in all its awesome glory.
For my review of the actual Bugsy Malone Soundtrack, you can find it
here.