Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues (1990)


  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Release Date: 1990-08-03
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 240 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 9min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Spike Lee
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From 240 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Denzel Washington

    as Bleek Gilliam

  • Spike Lee

    as Giant

  • Wesley Snipes

    as Shadow Henderson (Sax)

  • Giancarlo Esposito

    as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)

  • John Turturro

    as Moe Flatbush

  • Nicholas Turturro

    as Josh Flatbush

  • Robin Harris

    as Butterbean Jones

  • Joie Lee

    as Indigo

  • Charlie Murphy

    as Eggy

  • Cynda Williams

    as Clarke Bentancourt

  • Flavor Flav

    as Impatient Movie Patron

  • Bill Nunn

    as Bottom Hammer

  • Dick Anthony Williams

    as Big Stop Williams

  • Samuel L. Jackson

    as Madlock

  • Tracy Camilla Johns

    as Club Patron

  • Coati Mundi

    as Roberto

  • Scot Anthony Robinson

    as Cooley

  • Abbey Lincoln

    as Lillian Gilliam

  • Rubén Blades

    as Petey

  • Diahann Carroll

    as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)

  • Leonard L. Thomas

    as Rod
Directing Spike Lee Director
Writing Spike Lee Writer
Camera Ernest R. Dickerson Director of Photography
Sound Bill Lee Original Music Composer
Production Spike Lee Producer
Editing Sam Pollard Editor
Sound Skip Lievsay Sound Designer
Directing H.H. Cooper Second Assistant Director
Directing Randy Fletcher First Assistant Director
Directing Dale Pierce-Johnson Second Assistant Director
Directing Dale M. Nielsen Second Second Assistant Director
Production Jon Kilik Line Producer
Costume & Make-Up Marjorie Durand Key Makeup Artist
Art Ted Glass Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Ruth E. Carter Costume Design
Production Robi Reed Casting Director
Art Wynn Thomas Production Design
Production Monty Ross Co-Producer

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