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Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Directed by Spike Lee
Drama, Music · 2h 09m
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Cast
Denzel Washington
Bleek Gilliam
Spike Lee
Giant
Wesley Snipes
Shadow Henderson (Sax)
Giancarlo Esposito
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Robin Harris
Butterbean Jones
Joie Lee
Indigo
Bill Nunn
Bottom Hammer
John Turturro
Moe Flatbush
Dick Anthony Williams
Big Stop Williams
Cynda Williams
Clarke Bentancourt
Nicholas Turturro
Josh Flatbush
Samuel L. Jackson
Madlock
Crew
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Writer
- Spike Lee
- Director of Photography
- Ernest R. Dickerson
- Original Music Composer
- Bill Lee
- Editor
- Sam Pollard
- Producer
- Spike Lee
Details
- Release date
- 1990-08-03
- Runtime
- 2h 09m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Universal Pictures
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $16,153,593