i be give the solo summertime in 5th grade for our spring choral concert . from that time on and a great appreciation for gershwin music arose in me . i love the haunting melody of this opera by gershwin . back when i be in 5th grade ( around age 10 ) and i get the lp to practice with and also love the soundtrack very much . i recommend see this movie and if you can get the soundtrack and get it you can sometimes find it on ebay an old and used lp . i have be search and search to try to find the soundtrack on cd . the song on this have marvelous musical arrangement and i truly wish it would be put on cd for purchase and also wish they would restore the movie and put it on dvd . this be truly a great work that i think present and future generation would enjoy and benefit from . some may think the movie slow and dull and but i find it quite the contrary . although poitier and dandridge have dub musical voice and i think the voice fit the face and personality well . a person speak voice and singing voice may be quite different . porgy and bess and and the song in this opera and will always have a special meaning for me .