Porgy and Bess (2002)
2h 33m
Running Time
March 20, 2002Release Date
Porgy and Bess (2002)
2h 33m
Running Time
March 20, 2002Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Marquita Lister
Bess
Alvy Powell
Porgy
Timothy Robert Blevins
Crown
Sabrina Elaine Carten
Maria
Dwayne Clark
Sportin' Life
David Aron Damane
Jake
Darryl Reuben Hall
Company
Wynn Harmon
The Detective
Charles Mandracchia
Policeman
Angela Renée Simpson
Serena
Martin Sola
Nelson
Douglas W. Schmidt
Production Design
Alan Adelman
Lighting Design
Nancy Potts
Costume Design
John Goberman
Producer
George Gershwin
Music
Dorothy Heyward
Writer
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
Tazewell Thompson
Director
DuBose Heyward
Writer
Robert Wierzel
Lighting Design
TanNa Young
Manager of Operations
John DeMain
Conductor
Details.
This Movie Is About.
drug addiction
musical
south carolina
based on play or musical
poverty row
charleston
early 1900s
20th century
romantic drama