Mmmm, great movie -- it's been a long time since I've seen it, but as soon as I read this, many of those scenes came right back to me. And just thinking of the movie makes me remember that music.

This was the first time I saw Christian Bale in a film -- I saw it when it was fairly knew; I think the first time was in a junior high history class -- but I later saw him in "Little Women" and "Swing Kids" without realizing he was the same actor.