Nominatedacademy award for best actor nominatedgolden globe award for best actor motion picture drama nominateddallasfort worth film critics association award for best actor. Mack the knife original soundtrack recording discogs. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals mack the knife. Mack the knife 1995 film, a 1995 hong kong comedydrama film. 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. 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. I love that it was recorded in berlin, at the height of the cold war, and so soon after the racist nazis were crushed into oblivion. Julia migenes celebrity profile check out the latest julia migenes photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Mack, is a 1995 hong kong comedydrama film written, produced and directed by lee chingai, based on the manga dr. Mack the knife 1989 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over 150 years of new york times journalism, as it originally appeared. Mack the knife a song composed by kurt weill with lyrics by bertolt brecht for their music drama the threepenny opera. Have always liked the song mack the knife since it came out in the 60s. Weills great musical achievement has been committed to film 3 times.
Scopri pubblicazioni, recensioni, crediti, brani, e molto altro su ella fitzgerald mack the knife ella in berlin in discogs. Production companies 2 distributors 8 production companies. The wild sounds of 50s rock, and dream lover bullmoose. Provided to youtube by cdbaby mack the knife vocal majority ill be seeing you. Macheath raul julia woos the beggar kings richard harris daughter in this version of the threepenny opera. Just had to have that song, and thanks to amazon, there was a mack the knife dvd as well as some of the best hits by bobby darin. The movie is gritty and starkly realistic about the conditions of the times. Mack the knife original soundtrack original soundtrack. I listened to the soundtrack a thousand times in the 1990s.
Mack the knife, the new film version of bertholt brecht and kurt weills the threepenny opera, could serve as a textbook example of why film producers generally dont. Staring lau chingwan, tony leung, andy hui and jordan chan. Mack the knife, londons most notorious criminal, has married the luscious polly. 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. For the 1931 film, see the threepenny opera 1931 film. This version, simply known as moritat, is an extension of the story with completely new lyrics that expound upon the tales of macheaths trail of activity.
Her family strongly disapproves, so her father, the king of thieves, gets the gangster arrested. Mack the knife, a 1989 netherlands romantic comedy musical film. Flyin home by sid robin, lionel hampton, benny goodman. Ella fitzgerald mack the knife ella in berlin discogs.
Reviewed in the united states on december 22, 2019. It contains ella fitzgeralds celebrated performance at the deutschlandhalle in berlin, germany, in its entirety. Mack the knife 1989 film, a 1989 netherlands romantic comedy musical film. Psychos mack the knife kurt weill the threepenny opera. I think its cool that music must in a way trace from. This entire movie is an alienating device, keeping us constantly aware that we are watching a movie a bad movie. Oct 11, 2018 in any event, lang, his collaborators and cast are to be congratulated for making mack the knifebrechts threepenny film, an entertaining and sensuously appealing film of great contemporary.
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. The film stars tony leung, sean lau, alex to, christy chung, andy hui. That he changed the title of this venerable property is some indication of his attitude toward it. Peachum, julia migenes as jenny diver, julie walters as mrs. 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. There is a sense in which brecht might have enjoyed mack the knife, menahem golans film version of the threepenny opera, which brecht wrote and kurt weill composed the songs for in 1929. Julie walters, raul julia, richard harris, julia migenes, roger daltrey, official content from sony pictures home entertainment screen. 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 you know when. One of ellas most popular albums ever, it won two grammy awards in.
What a wonderful world by george david weiss, robert thiele. Mack the knife official trailer mack the knife, the new film version of bertholt brecht and kurt weills the threepenny opera, could serve as a textbook example of why film producers generally. Air mail special by benny goodman, jimmy mundy, charlie christian. Mack creates a vision entirely faithful to brechts vision of the seamy underside of capitalism which, by the way, was much. Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear and he shows them pearly white just a jack knife has old.
Mack the knife, a 1960 live album by ella fitzgerald, containing her famous version of the song with. She is backed here by a quartet featuring jim hall and paul smith. In nineteenth century london, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal, and they decide to get married. If you like raul julia its a pleasure to look at this handsome man who had much too short a life.
With raul julia, richard harris, julia migenes, roger daltrey. In the 19th century london, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal and they decide to get married. A london folkhero of the 1700s, a robin hood type of fellow. In 1976, a brandnew interpretation of mack the knife by ralph manheim and john willett opened on broadway, later made into a movie version starring raul julia as mackie.
Such was mack the knife, golans film adaptation of kurt weill and bertolt brechts the threepenny opera, for. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, hauptmann might have contributed to the text, brecht is usually listed as sole. Being a recent ella convert, i was naturally intrigued to hear this legendary performance and purchased the complete ella in berlin. Oct 12, 2015 provided to youtube by cdbaby mack the knife vocal majority ill be seeing you. In any event, lang, his collaborators and cast are to be congratulated for making mack the knifebrechts threepenny film, an entertaining and sensuously appealing film of great contemporary. Mack the knife movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. The film stars tony leung, sean lau, alex to, christy chung, andy hui, hilary tsui and gigi leung in her debut film role. Complete your kurt weill, bertolt brecht collection. Of these, despite its defects, by far the best is the last. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Her family strongly disapproves so her father the king of thieves gets the gangster arrested.
The video starring raul julia as mack heath is the story of a thief in 19th century london. Bertolt brecht believed that theater audiences should be constantly aware that they were watching a performance. A thought ive had, is that the musical strands that influence jazz, must have been influenced by something that went before them and so on. Mack the knife, the new film version of bertholt brecht and kurt weills the threepenny opera, could serve as a textbook example of why film producers generally dont direct. A moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels. The film stars raul julia as captain macheath reprising his tonynominated role from richard foreman 1974 revival of opera, richard harris as mr.