The Man Who Would Be Polka King

Polka King screens in Milwaukee January 27!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:28:55 -0500

Hey Polka King fans! It’s been a while. Anywhere near Milwaukee? This Friday January 27 at 6:30 PM THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING screens at the Turner Hall Ballroom, in a special screening hosted by local morning radio DJ’s Bob and Brian! Pizza! $10 all you can drink special! What more could you want?

Check out the event website for more information.

POLKA KING now streaming on Netflix!

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:06:00 -0400

Hooray, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING is now available for streaming on NETFLIX! And check out the article in Moviemaker about the making of our documentary!

DVD Now Available on Amazon!

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:30:07 -0500

Hello!

We’re happy to announce that the special edition DVD of our feature documentary THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING— is now available on Amazon!

CLICK HERE TO BUY ON AMAZON!

Please help spread the word by posting our Amazon link on Facebook, Twitter and everywhere!

In addition to the full-length feature version of our doc, the DVD is packed with almost a half-hour of polka-tastic special features including rare TV performances of Jan Lewan and his orchestra and behind-the-scenes home video of Lewan as he leads busloads of adoring fans on vacation tours in Europe and beyond.

All this can be yours for $14.95 plus shipping— what could make a better holiday gift? For the Polka Lover in You.

You can still watch our documentary for free on Hulu, but isn’t polka all about going over the top? Order the DVD now… Amazon operators are standing by! THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING is “hotter than a well-cooked kielbasa!” according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The New York Post writes “I was drawn to it like a dancer in a dirndl to an accordion!” Bad Lit says our film is “wickedly fun” and “the perfect film for our economic climate” and the Krakow Post says it’s “astonishing” and “hilarious!”

Happy Polka Holidays to all!

Yours in Polka,

Stan Tadrowski

Bad Lit on Polka King

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:10:08 -0400

The fantastic underground film site Bad Lit just wrote a great piece about our film, calling it “wickedly fun” and “the perfect film for our current economic climate!”

Polka King now streaming on Hulu!

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:35:29 -0400

The time has come! THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING is now streaming for free on HULU.COM!!

Click here to watch it now!

Please help us spread the word… And if you liked the film, you can rate it or leave a comment on our Hulu page.

More news coming soon about our special-edition DVD coming out late next month too!

Hotter than a Well-Cooked Kielbasa!

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:57:57 -0400

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reviews our film in advance of our screenings this weekend at the Twin Cities Polish FilmFest.

Best! Pullquote! Ever!

Polka King is back, Twin Cities style!

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:24:16 -0400

Hello Polka King Fans!

Sorry to have been away for so long, we’ve been busy formulating our DVD and digital download release which is now scheduled for this fall! More exciting details about that very soon. But in the meantime…

Get ready Minneapolis/St.Paul, The Man Who Would Be Polka King is coming your way this weekend! We are screening three times at the Twin Cities Polish FilmFest— Saturday 8/14 at 3 PM, Sunday 8/15 at 7:15 PM and Tuesday 8/17 at 9 PM. Visit the festival website for info, tickets and directions to the venue!

Sacramento Premiere Sunday April 18!

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:34:55 -0400

Hey Sacramento! We’re coming to your town to screen THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING at the super-cool micro-cinema series Movies on a Big Screen at the historic Guild Theater! Catch Polka King Fever on Sunday April 18 at 7:30 PM! Tickets are only $5! Let’s Polka Northern Cali-style!

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING
Sunday April 18
7:30 PM

Movies on a Big Screen
Guild Theater
2828 35th Street
Sacramento, CA

UK Premiere This Saturday!

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:27:03 -0400

What’s up UK polka people? A happy-tappy polka reminder that our UK premiere of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING is this Saturday March 20 at 2:45 PM at the Pictureville Cinema at the Bradford International Film Festival! UK polka fans you won’t want to miss this! And on a very different tip, stick around afterwards for a screening of Zach Clark’s amazing Modern Love is Automatic!

UK Premiere of Polka King!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:55:20 -0500

Hello United Kingdom! We’re excited to announce that THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING will be premiering at the 2010 Bradford International Film Festival this month! This is an incredible festival with an amazing lineup, particularly deep with American independents (hello to our favorite, Modern Love is Automatic, screening right after us!)— so we’re very proud to be a part of it.

Our film screens Saturday March 20 at 2:45 PM at the Pictureville Cinema in Bradford. For more information, please visit our page on the festival site. We hope to see you there!

Add Polka King to your Netflix Queue!

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:03:00 -0500

Happy 2010, fans of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING! Sorry we’ve been away for so long, but we’ve been in a series of pierogi-filled backroom negotiations.

We are pleased to announce that worldwide digital rights for THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING will be handled exclusively by Cinetic Rights Management! They rep some amazing films and we are thrilled to be in such good company. Stay tuned here to find out where and when you should be able to watch THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING from the comfort of your living room!

But first… we need your help. Please put THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING in your Netflix queue! The more interest we can generate on Netflix, the quicker we can get the movie to you, polka fans.

That’s right, you can do a good polka deed today— it’ll only take a couple of clicks…

Put THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING in your Netflix Queue!

Yours in polka,

Stan

PS—for those who have seen and liked the movie, you can rate the movie on Netflix too!

Chicago Premiere Announced!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:49:00 -0500

We’re very excited to announce our Chicago premiere this month at the Polish Film Festival in America!

PFFA is the largest film festival of Polish film outside of Poland and we are honored to be a part of it.

Chicago! Please join us on Friday November 20 at 7 PM at the Gallery Theatre/Society for Arts for our screening. John will be in attendance and possibly Josh as well. Hope to see you there!

Visit our PFFA page here for all the details!

Hot Springs Doc FF tickets here

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:35:04 -0400

Reminder: POLKA KING screens this Saturday night at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Online tickets are available here!

Hot Springs Doc FF announced!

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:04:53 -0400

We’re excited to be a part of the 2009 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival! Hot Springs is a wonderful documentary festival in Arkansas, and this year they are showing a ton of fantastic documentaries from the world festival circuit.

Tell all your Arkansas friends!

THE MAN WHO WILL BE POLKA KING will be screening on Saturday October 24 at 6:00 PM in theater 1 of the Downtown Historic Malco Theater in Hot Springs.

More information about the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival can be found on their official website.

Thanks! Another festival screening to announce soon, as well as exciting information about how you might be able to see POLKA KING right from your living room!

PS

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:41:24 -0400

More exciting announcements about where you can see the Polka King documentary coming very soon!

Polka King at Notre Dame

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:22:36 -0400

Irish eyes are sure to be smiling this week for the Indiana premiere of The Man Who Would Be Polka King at the University of Notre Dame! If you’re near South Bend, IN or happen to be coming in a little early for some Fightin’ Irish football this weekend…stop on by the INDustry Alliance Documentary Film Festival, Thursday October 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the Browning Cinema. John will be visiting his alma mater for the screening. For more info check out http://performingarts.nd.edu/index.php?page=detail&event=1120

Atlanta Premiere This Wednesday!

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:54:05 -0400

Just a reminder… Our Atlanta premiere of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING is this Wednesday August 26 at 6:30 PM! Please join us on opening night at the fantastically programmed Atlanta Underground Film Festival, we’ll be screening at Young Blood.

Be there or miss out on the New Polka Explosion that’s bubbling up from the underground. See check it out, we even made the cover of the AUFF program!

Atlanta Premiere Announced!

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:17:21 -0400

Hello Polka King fans…

Stan, your host here. It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me, hasn’t it?

Well, I’m here to tell you that we are happy-tappy-happy to announce that THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING will be screening opening night of the Atlanta Underground Film Festival! That’s Wednesday August 26th at 6:30 PM at Youngblood. We are flattered to be part of this festival that always has some great Georgia premieres, this year Modern Love is Automatic and Zombie Girl are can’t miss events.

Please join us at the screening!

Yours in Polka,

Stan

This post is long overdue… a photo of Jan Lewan, the Polka...

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:01:31 -0400

This post is long overdue… a photo of Jan Lewan, the Polka King himself, just released from prison and attending our Brooklyn International Film Festival premiere.

As you can see, he looks proverbially tanned, rested and ready to re-conquer the world of polka.

How do you feel about this? Is all forgiven with Jan Lewan? Has he paid his dues to society? We know this is a very controversial topic and we invite your comments below.

PS— An exciting new Polka King film festival screening to be announced within the next couple of days!

Krakow Post reviews Polka King!

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:50:07 -0400

Krakow Post reviews Polka King!:

Great wrap-up of our screening at the Krakow Film Festival last month. More news and pictures from our Brooklyn screening (including the live appearance of the Polka King himself!) coming shortly…