Gershwin (1993)

Name: Gershwin
Director: Alain Resnais
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Released: 1993-07-23
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Martin Scorsese, Bertrand Tavernier

Documentary TV Movie

Director: Alain Resnais

Cast: Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Martin Scorsese, Bertrand Tavernier

6.0

Runtime52 min

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Documentary about George Gershwin directed by Alain Resnais with various celebrities speaking on their admiration and affection for Gershwin's music.

Critical Reception & Ratings

Gershwin, the 1993 documentary directed by Alain Resnais, has received a mixed critical reception. While the film celebrates Gershwin's music and features various celebrities speaking about their admiration for it, the film's IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a somewhat divided audience response.

About

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". His Of Thee I Sing (1931) was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.