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A movie soundtrack without a movie is like david hasselhoffs night rocker breakthrough music career album from his tv show, knight rider. It also features jenny slate as jans wife marla and jason schwartzman as the bands lead clarinetist the polka king was first shown at the 2017 sundance film festival, and then released on netflix in. The polka king adds to this mix one of the most complicated characters when it comes to sympathy and what determines a good or bad person. Jack black the polka king original motion picture soundtrack. But with big dreams came big mistakes for the man who became the king of pennsylvania polka. At the same time, he took a greedy group of gullible investors on an unbelievable ride. The polka king in us theaters january 12, 2018 starring jack black, jason schwartzman, jacki weaver, vanessa bayer. The polka king is an american biographical comedy film directed by maya forbes and written by forbes and wallace wolodarsky.
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