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Porgy and Bess (1993)
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Audience
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65
Starring
Willard White
Cynthia Haymon
Gregg Baker
Director
Trevor Nunn
Writers
DuBose Heyward
NR
3 hr 4 min
Oct 6th, 1993
Drama
,
Music
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Plot
The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston,S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which uses Gershwin's own orchestrations and practically all of the music, with only one major cut.
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Theatrical Release:
October 6th, 1993
Original Language:
English
Executive Producers:
Richard Price
,
Dennis Marks
Production Companies:
BBC
opera
disability
sex worker
black love
black singer
glyndebourne
Cast & Crew
W
Willard White
as Porgy
C
Cynthia Haymon
as Bess
G
Gregg Baker
as Crown
C
Cynthia Clarey
as Serena
M
Marietta Simpson
as Maria
D
Damon Evans
as Sportin' Life
G
George Gershwin
Music
D
DuBose Heyward
Writer
D
Dorothy Heyward
Writer
T
Trevor Nunn
Director
I
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
G
George Gershwin
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