That it stands as an entertaining spectacle and the director's best musical is secondary in interest to the Hollywood politics surrounding it.
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05/24/03
Porgy and Bess (1959)
80 %
Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 4 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters
Director: Otto Preminger
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The brilliant score by the Gershwins and DuBose Heyward, however, will last forever, while Preminger's veteran cameraman, Leon Shamroy, did a wonderful job and the art direction by Serge Krizman and Joseph Wright is sensational.
10/23/07
Top Critic
This is a stunning, exciting and moving film, packed with human emotions and cheerful and mournful melodies. It bids fair to be as much a classic on the screen as it is on the stage.
03/25/06
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