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The Polka King

Release Date: Friday, January 12, 2018 Netflix

Jack Black, Stuart Cornfeld, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, J.B. Smoove, David Permut, Maya Forbes, Vanessa Bayer, Wally Wolodarsky, Willie Garson, Monica Levinson, Shivani Rawat, Priyanka Mattoo

Centers on local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan (Jack Black) who develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.

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Centers on local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan (Jack Black) who develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.

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Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.

This exuberant tragicomedy recounts the remarkable but true story of the rise and fall of Polish émigré Jan Lewan (Jack Black), from striving tchotchke shop owner in the ’70s to the undisputed “King of Pennsylvania Polka” in the early ’90s. Lewan pursued the American Dream by any means necessary, fleecing investors and bribing officials to build a personal musical empire in what became the world’s only known Polka Ponzi scheme. Swept up by Lewan’s charismatic charm are his devoted wife, Marla (Jenny Slate), and his neurotic sidekick, Mickey (Jason Schwartzman).
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The film's director Maya Forbes last directed The Good House and Infinitely Polar Bear. The film's writer Maya Forbes last wrote The Good House and Trolls World Tour.

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Jack Black
Stuart Cornfeld
Monica Levinson
Priyanka Mattoo
David Permut

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  • Based on documentary film by Joshua Brown and John Mikulak. True story.

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The Polka King was released in Netflix on Friday, January 12, 2018 . There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including Paddington 2, The Commuter and The Post.



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