200 films in 50 words, #6
Bugsy Malone, dir. Alan Parker (1976), Sofa, Home (BBC iPlayer), 20/1/23.
Friday family film club (my week). How great is Fat Sam? Alan Parker sought out the naughtiest Brooklyn schoolboy, getting a kid who later did time for bribery. The tap-dancing Fizzy – singing Tomorrow – still wrecks me. Dexter Fletcher charges my heart. Ten, saucer-eyed, lightning-quick. “I am Babyface!” – forever. Whack. Run!
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