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Porgy and Bess (1993)
Directed by Trevor Nunn
Overview
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.
Length 184 minutes
Actors
Willard White | Cynthia Haymon | Gregg Baker | Cynthia Clarey | Marietta Simpson | Damon Evans | Paula Ingram | Gordon Hawkins | D. Alonzo Washington | Mervin Wallace | Barrington Coleman | William B. Johnson | Camella Johnson | Colenton Freeman | Yolanda Grant | Maureen Brathwaite | Curtis Watson | Autris Paige | Linda Thompson | Andrez Harriott | Wayne Marshall | Bruce Hubbard | Harolyn Blackwell | Johnny Worthy | Alan Tilvern | Ted Maynard | Billy J. Mitchell | Ron Travis | Steve Agyei | Bruce Leader | Antonia Adellita | Earlene Bentley | Alison Buchanan | Sheelagh Ferrell | Pauline Forrest-Watson | Anne Fridal | Olive Murray | Annabelle Williams | Angela Caesar | Denise Hector | Hyacinth Nicholls | Ademilola Oduwole | Kay Maria Smith | Feliziano Flores | Trevor Michael Georges | Tarcissius Januel | Lloyd Newton | Richie Pitts | Ismail Taylor-Kamara | Ronald Samm | Louis De Costa Johnson | John Harman | Abraham Osuagwu | Nigel Roche | Marc Summers | Ewart James Walters