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
00:11:28 'bout got to play.
00:14:49 Then she'll tie you to her apron string
00:18:27 Get on down, son we'll take it.
00:22:10 All right, Sporting Life
00:25:28 Fade me.
00:28:13 Leave Peter be, let him alone. He ain't mean no harm.
00:31:33 Looks like trouble to me;
00:35:50 Who live over there?
00:41:38 De Lawd will meet you at the court-house do'.
00:44:09 I see. You're his widow?
00:46:17 in de palmetto thickets
00:49:49 Marchin' all de way wid me
00:54:15 Oh, the train is at the station
00:59:24 But I'll anchor in the Promise' Lan'
01:02:48 Got a lock on dey door.
01:04:35 Never one to strive
01:06:55 an' turn you inside out.
01:09:05 I'm agoin' to buy you a divorce.
01:12:05 Only dollar an' a half
01:14:29 I, Simon Frazier
01:17:14 If I get my hands on you once more
01:21:26 Bess, you is my woman now,... Porgy, I's yo' woman now,...
01:26:32 Go, chile, go.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed883
Dialogue density6.4 lines / min
First line00:02:11
Final line01:26:32
Production Record
DirectorOtto Preminger
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue$3,500,000
IMDb votes2,008