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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Title: The Polka King (2017)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jack Black | ... | Jan Lewan | |
| Jenny Slate | ... | Marla Lewan | |
| Jason Schwartzman | ... | Mickey Pizzazz | |
| Jacki Weaver | ... | Barb | |
| J.B. Smoove | ... | Ron Edwards (as JB Smoove) | |
| Robert Capron | ... | David Lewan | |
| Willie Garson | ... | Lonny | |
| Vanessa Bayer | ... | Bitsy Bear | |
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Robert Macaux | ... | Christopher |
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Mary Klug | ... | Anita Krzyewski |
| Wallace Wolodarsky | ... | Vince (as Wally Wolodarsky) | |
| Lew Schneider | ... | Lou Laroue | |
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Phyllis Kay | ... | Marilyn |
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Richard Donelly | ... | Stan Moetek |
| Kati Salowsky | ... | Connie Klopski | |
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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.
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The greatest scandal in polka history.Parents Guide:
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Jan Lewan: [narrating] When I was little boy in Poland, all the times, I dreaming of America. So I come, I work hard, and I climb to the highest stars.
Jan Lewan: [on stage singing] Oh, la, la; Ole, ole, ole, ole; O la-di, o la-la; Ole, ole, ole, ole; O la-di, o la-la Let's go!
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Written by Mike Stock, Jeanine Dee, Roland Verlooven, Matt Aitken (as Matthew James Aitken) and Pete Waterman
Performed by Jack Black
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Closing credits show some documents from original Jan Lewan's career. Among other, his Polish actors association card (dated 1964), signed by Henryk Szletynski, great Polish stage actor and the society's chairman. The card reveals also that Lewans real name is "Lewandowski". See more »Goofs
Although the minor detail was caught to use the proper blue & yellow Pennsylvania license plates prior to the year 2000 and then update them to the current form upon Lewan's release from prison, vehicles are shown having front plates. Pennsylvania does not issue front license plates. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jan Lewan: [narrating] When I was little boy in Poland, all the times, I dreaming of America. So I come, I work hard, and I climb to the highest stars.
Jan Lewan: [on stage singing] Oh, la, la; Ole, ole, ole, ole; O la-di, o la-la; Ole, ole, ole, ole; O la-di, o la-la Let's go!
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Crazy Credits
You can see and hear the real Jan Lewin and his band perform. See more »Soundtracks
Ole Ole Ole 12 InchWritten by Mike Stock, Jeanine Dee, Roland Verlooven, Matt Aitken (as Matthew James Aitken) and Pete Waterman
Performed by Jack Black
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1/29/18. Jack Black seems to have a knack for playing real life creeps, like Bernie Tiede in Bernie, the undertaker who embezzled $3 million from a wealthy widow after killing her. In this movie, Black plays the con artist, Jan Lewan, a Polka entertainer who pulled a Bernie Madoff on his many unsuspecting fans. Lewan sucked millions from people who were entranced by his ebullient personality. Black did a great job with this role.