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The Polka King is a 2017 American biographical comedy film directed by Maya Forbes and written by Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky. The film is about real-life Polish-American polka band leader Jan Lewan, who was imprisoned in 2004 for running a Ponzi scheme. The film stars Jack Black as Lewan, as well as Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman ...
Jan 12, 2018 · The Polka King: Directed by Maya Forbes. With Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver. Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Maya Forbes
- 2018-01-12
105K views 6 years ago. The Polka King, Netflix Original Film, starring Jack Black as Jan Lewan. Jack Black Polka Band - The Polka King Soundtrack...
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- Tenacious Defense
Jan 12, 2018 · But from the very beginning, Jack Black’s first-generation Polish immigrant Jan Lewan is presented as a well-meaning, ambitious father and husband, working minimum wage jobs while owning a Pennsylvania strip mall trinket shop and leading his namesake polka band (featuring a sandpaper-dry Jason Schwartzman on clarinet), always with a huge ...
Determined to make it big in America, Polish-born bandleader Jan Lewan draws his fans into a Ponzi scheme in this comedy based on a true story. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Maya Forbes
- 2 min
Feb 2, 2017 · This exuberant tragicomedy recounts the remarkable but true story of the rise and fall of Polish émigré Jan Lewan (Black), from striving tchotchke shop owner in the ’70s to the undisputed...
Jan 23, 2017 · Jack Black stars in the real-life story of an accordion-playing hustler -- a role that plays to the actor's strengths
