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Mack the Knife (1989)In the 19th century London, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal and they decide to get married. Her family strongly disapproves so her father "the king of thieves" gets the gangster arrested. Director:Menahem GolanWriter:Menahem Golan (screenplay) |
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Molly
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In the 19th century London, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal and they decide to get married. Her family strongly disapproves so her father "the king of thieves" gets the gangster arrested.
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Scoundrel, liar, thief... They all loved him. See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
2 February 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mackie Majcher See more »Filming Locations:
Budapest, HungaryBox Office
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$9,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Street Singer: Happy endings, nice and tidy, its a rule I, Learnt in school. Just get your money every Friday, happy endings are the rule. Keep on smiling, go home singing, and remember, that in life; you can love him, or you can hate him, but they'll always be Mack the Knife!
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Written by Kurt Weill
Performed by Raul Julia, Bill Nighy & Company
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[last lines]Street Singer: Happy endings, nice and tidy, its a rule I, Learnt in school. Just get your money every Friday, happy endings are the rule. Keep on smiling, go home singing, and remember, that in life; you can love him, or you can hate him, but they'll always be Mack the Knife!
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"The Cannon Song"Written by Kurt Weill
Performed by Raul Julia, Bill Nighy & Company
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Out of the three film versions of this Brecht classic this is by far the best. No, its not perfect. First it uses the watered down Blitztien translation on most songs and there is too much dancing in the film.The main problem with the film is that the editor hacked it up. I have the soundtrack and no less than 6 songs were omitted after filming, including "What Keeps Mankind Alive", the theme of the play! What we are left with though is well done, Raul Julia excels as Mackie, charming, smooth and dangerous and with a great singing voice. Richard Harris is a delight as J.J. Peacham, king of the beggars and is well matched by Julie Walters as his wife. Bill Nighy makes a wonderful;ly confused Tiger Brown and the Jealousy duet performed by Rachel Robertson and Erin Donovan is the musical high point. Not great but a big improvement over the German film and the dull 1960 film with Curt Jergens.