The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (2009)

04/19/2009 (US) • 2h 38m

Music

From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin

Overview

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

opera

drug addiction

musical

south carolina

based on play or musical

cripple

poverty row

charleston

1900s

20th century

romantic drama

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