Porgy and Bess
1959 · 138 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,008 VOTES · DIR. Otto Preminger
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 883 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:11 Summertime and the livin' is easy
00:11:32 There you go again.
00:14:55 Till yo' woman comes to claim you
00:18:46 You bes' wait for Crown.
00:22:28 but some day she's gonna throw him down.
00:25:58 What I throw?
00:28:53 Shut up!
00:31:59 Why mus' they fight
00:39:08 straight and tall
00:42:24 Bless the Lord!
00:44:49 You're sure you saw him?
00:47:06 That's the truth, brother.
00:52:22 He got to be buried tomorrow
00:55:19 Leavin' today, leavin' today.
01:01:09 It takes a long pull to get there, huh!
01:03:39 Porgy change since dat woman come to live with he.
01:06:06 Does you hear what I say?
01:08:14 Mornin', Porgy.
01:10:42 Lord, Lord --
01:13:53 and I just heard he was in trouble.
01:16:28 I tells you, I's through!
01:20:28 If you ain' goin'
01:25:55 when ev'rybody goin' to de picnic?
01:29:43 So I ain' got no shame, doin' what I like to do!!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed883
Dialogue density6.4 lines / min
First line00:02:11
Final line01:29:43
Production Record
DirectorOtto Preminger
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue$3,500,000
IMDb votes2,008