Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, The (1993) Rating: Starring: Cynthia Haymon, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Willard White, Damon Evans, Gregg Baker Director: Trevor Nunn Category: Special Interest, Musical Studio: EMI Films Subtitles: French, Italian, German Length: 184 mins     The Gershwins' musical masterpiece Porgy and Bess is one of America's greatest works. This production was adapted for the screen by Trevor Nunn and is based on his highly successful staging of the original Glyndebourne Festival Opera production in 1986/87, which was remounted at Covent Garden in the autumn of 1992 with most of the original cast. Immediately after that performance the production was moved to the giant stage at Shepperton Studios, with much expanded sets and lighting. Itw as then recorded using EMI's original award-winning soundtrack. First performed in 1935, and based on the play 'Porgy' by DuBose and Dorothy K. Heyward, Porgy and Bess has achieved worldwide renown through such memorable songs as 'Summertime', 'It Ain't necessarily so', 'I got plenty o' nuttin'", 'Oh Lawd, I'm on my way' and many more, set to Gershwin's moving symphonic score.