Bobby darins career went through myriad phases and permutations across barely 15 years of recording which was less a result of seeking success than it was a product of darins personal desire to try new songs and venture into new musical territories. Mack the knife was admired by these folks for his successes as a murderer, as described in the song. Mack the knife original soundtrack original soundtrack. Nero was able to complete and release its version of the brechtweill. A london folkhero of the 1700s, a robin hood type of fellow. Mack the knife is the companion volume to atcos splish splash, offering another 21 songs out of his atlantic records catalog, this time from. Mack the knife 1989 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Her family strongly disapproves, so her father, the king of thieves, gets the gangster arrested.
The trouble was that she didnt know the words very well and about halfway through had a lyrics train wreck. This film adaptation of kurt weill and bertolt brechts musical play the threepenny opera portrays the engagement of a gangster raul julia to an innocent girl rachel robertson in victorianera london. Mack the knife 1989 le film complet en streaming film. Mack the knife 1989 pg 2h comedy, crime, musical 2 february 1990 usa in nineteenth century london, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal, and they decide to get married. Such was mack the knife, golans film adaptation of kurt weill and bertolt brechts the threepenny opera, for. Mack the knife original soundtrack recording discogs. Mack the knife a song composed by kurt weill with lyrics by bertolt brecht for their music drama the threepenny opera mack the knife may also refer to. This film adaptation of kurt weill and bertolt brechts musical play the threepenny opera portrays the engagement of a gangster raul julia to. In the 19th century london, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal and they decide to get married.
The brechtweill version premiered in germany in 1928 and was an instant hit. Armstrong was definitely the first to incorporate lenyas name into the lyrics. Top ten recordings of mack the knife l ouis armstrong. Mack the knife is from a musical called the threepenny opera. Mack the knife, which was originally called the ballad of mack the. Within a year, it was being performed throughout europe, from. Bertolt brecht believed that theater audiences should be constantly aware that they were watching a performance. The mack 1995 after a few years in the slammer on a drug bust, john goldie mickens max julien returns to oakland, calif.
In the threepenny opera, the moritat singer with his street organ introduces and closes the drama with the tale of the deadly mackie messer, or mack the knife, a character based on the dashing highwayman macheath in john gays the beggars opera who was in turn based on the historical. So on a whim, ella added it to a performance she was doing in berlin. His lust causes war on the streets of london, as the peachums oppose mack and the riffraff of london chooses sides. A male stripper ends up dead at a miami beach house during a bachelorette party weekend. Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, dear scarlet billows start to spread fancy gloves, oh, its old macheath, babe so theres never, never a trace of red. Mack the knife 1989 pg 11011989 us comedy, crime, music, romance 1h 58m user score. In 1960, mack the knife was a relatively new song and people loved it. If you like raul julia its a pleasure to look at this handsome man who had much too short a life. If these last two startle you, be patient for a couple paragraphs.
The complete interviews are available on the youtube channel dw books. Scarlett johansson, zoe kravitz in rough night red band. Mack the knife soundtrack from 1989, composed by kurt weill. Mack the knife is a song about jack macheath, a murderer, and it had been on the popculture radar for years before darin sang it. This entire movie is an alienating device, keeping us constantly aware that we are watching a movie a bad movie. Mack the knife, a 1989 netherlands romantic comedy musical film. This film adaptation of kurt weill and bertolt brechts musical play the threepenny opera portrays the engagement of a gangster raul julia to an innocent girl rachel robertson in victorianera. Mack the knife 1990 allmovie movies and films database. With raul julia, richard harris, julia migenes, roger daltrey. Mack the knife pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released mack the knife pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. Provided to youtube by cdbaby mack the knife vocal majority ill be seeing you. It contains ella fitzgeralds celebrated performance at the deutschlandhalle in berlin, germany, in its entirety. Julie walters, raul julia, richard harris, julia migenes, roger daltrey, official content from sony pictures home entertainment screen. The film stars tony leung, sean lau, alex to, christy chung, andy hui.
Bobby darins mack the knife was not just a hit record but a great record the definitive version, as sinatra called it. This funny comedy stars scarlett johansson, zoe kravitz, kate mckinnon, demi moore, jillian bell, ty burrell and more. The doors mack the knife alabama song live stockholm 2nd show duration. She is backed here by a quartet featuring jim hall and paul smith.
This is mack the knife by kenneth ferris on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The song cheerfully announces that mack the knife is on his way to town, followed by untraceable dead bodies floating up the river, blood on the sidewalks, and the disappearance of. Film complet onassis, lhomme le plus riche du mondeonassis. Peachum, julia migenes as jenny diver, julie walters as mrs. Released by cbs records in 1989 mk 45630 containing music from mack the knife 1990. I believe it dates to the 18th century and was written by john gay. A moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels. Louis armstrong trumpet, vocals trummy young trombone joe darensbourg clarinet. Watch the video for mack the knife from louis armstrongs the ultimate collection for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Top ten recordings of mack the knife threepenny opera. Mack the knife embodies the ambiguous bad guy famously.
It is a song guaranteed to get your toe tapping and has been performed thousands of times. Mack the knife is a 1989 romantic comedy musical film written and directed by menahem golan, a film adaptation of the 1928 brechtweill musical the. Maybe that was because lenya was present at the recording. Her family strongly disapproves so her father the king of thieves gets the gangster arrested. Well, not exactly the first, but the one that got the worlds attention and launched a thousand tugboats by the river. Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear and he shows them, pearly white just a jackknife has old macheath, babe and he keeps it, out of sight. Mack the knife movie 1989 raul migenes daltrey opera on video. Mack the knife, a 1960 live album by ella fitzgerald, containing her famous version of the song with. I listened to the soundtrack a thousand times in the 1990s. On the sidewalk, oh, sunday morning, dontcha know lies a body just.
At the same time, mack the knifebrechts threepenny film raises. Mack the knife, londons most notorious criminal, has married the luscious polly. And mack the knife, the cheery and ubiquitous pop song that topped the charts in 1959, is his theme song. Staring lau chingwan, tony leung, andy hui and jordan chan. Producerdirector menahem golan split from his partner yoram globus in 1989 and formed the 21st century film corporation, which continued to make action and exploitation films as golan and globus cannon company had made previously, but also indulged in the occasional art project. The movie is gritty and starkly realistic about the conditions of the times. Mack, is a 1995 hong kong comedydrama film written, produced and directed by lee chingai, based on the manga dr. Mack the knife is a 1989 romantic comedy musical film written and directed by menahem golan, a film adaptation of the 1928 brechtweill musical the threepenny opera. In nineteenth century london, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal, and they decide to get married. Moviesmack the knife movie 1989 raul migenes daltrey.