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Mo' Better Blues

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Calorie Rating: 181
Released: 1990-08-03
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Budget: 10000000
Revenue 16153593
Studios: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Universal Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Spike Lee
Director
Randy Fletcher
First Assistant Director
Dale Pierce-Johnson
Second Assistant Director

Dale M. Nielsen
Second Second Assistant Director
H.H. Cooper
Second Assistant Director


Cast

Denzel Washington
Character: Bleek Gilliam
Spike Lee
Character: Giant
Wesley Snipes
Character: Shadow Henderson (Sax)

Giancarlo Esposito
Character: Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Robin Harris
Character: Butterbean Jones
Joie Lee
Character: Indigo

Bill Nunn
Character: Bottom Hammer
John Turturro
Character: Moe Flatbush
Dick Anthony Williams
Character: Big Stop Williams

Cynda Williams
Character: Clarke Bentancourt
Nicholas Turturro
Character: Josh Flatbush
Samuel L. Jackson
Character: Madlock

Leonard L. Thomas
Character: Rod
Charlie Murphy
Character: Eggy
Rubén Blades
Character: Petey

Abbey Lincoln
Character: Lillian Gilliam
Linda Hawkins
Character: Jeanne
Coati Mundi
Character: Roberto

Flavor Flav
Character: Impatient Movie Patron
Diahann Carroll
Character: Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Character: Rhythm Jones (Drums)

Steve White
Character: Born Knowledge
Raye Dowell
Character: Rita
Angela Hall
Character: Cora

Zakee Howze
Character: Young Bleek / Miles (as Zakee L. Howze)
Deon Richmond
Character: Tyrone
Raymond Anthony Thomas
Character: Joe (as Raymond Thomas)

Sheldon Turnipseed
Character: Benny
Christopher Skeffrey
Character: Louis
Terrence Williams
Character: Sam

Leon Addison Brown
Character: Smith
Scot Anthony Robinson
Character: Cooley
Bill Lee
Character: Father of the Bride

Branford Marsalis
Character: Party Guest
Doug E. Doug
Character: Jimmy the Busboy (as Douglas Bourne)
Tracy Camilla Johns
Character: Club Patron

John Canada Terrell
Character: Club Patron
Joe Seneca
Character: Big Stop's Friend
Darryl M. Wonge Jr.
Character: Miles at Birth

Jelani Asar Snipes
Character: Miles, Age 1
Glenn Williams III
Character: Miles, Age 3
Arnold Cromer
Character: Miles, Age 5

Herbert Daughtery
Character: Minister
Monty Ross
Character: Club Patron
Carol M. Wiggins
Character: Club Patron

Isabella
Character: Club Patron
Mamie Louise Anderson
Character: Club Patron
John Sobestanovich
Character: Taxi Driver

David Droge
Character: Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Anaysha Figueroa
Character: Shanika (uncredited)
Curt Hayward
Character: Jazz Club Patron (uncredited)

Candace Kirkpatrick
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Stephen Vause
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Ernest R. Dickerson
Director of Photography
Bill Lee
Original Music Composer

Spike Lee
Producer
Skip Lievsay
Sound Designer

Ted Glass
Set Decoration
Wynn Thomas
Production Design
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design

Jon Kilik
Line Producer
Monty Ross
Co-Producer
Robi Reed
Casting Director

Marjorie Durand
Key Makeup Artist