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PORGY AND BESS

By | August 2001

OTTO PREMINGER BANNED FILM! Thirty years ago, the Otto Preminger film version of the classic opera “Porgy and Bess” was withdrawn from circulation by the estate of George Gershwin. Three decades later, “Porgy and Bess” is still not available for public review, unless you count the number of bootleg videos based on 16mm prints, which is where this review came from…

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