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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
H.H. Cooper
Second Assistant Director

Dale M. Nielsen
Second Second Assistant Director
Dale Pierce-Johnson
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)
John Turturro
Character: Moe Flatbush
Charlie Murphy
Character: Eggy

Nicholas Turturro
Character: Josh Flatbush
Robin Harris
Character: Butterbean Jones
Joie Lee
Character: Indigo

Cynda Williams
Character: Clarke Bentancourt
Flavor Flav
Character: Impatient Movie Patron
Bill Nunn
Character: Bottom Hammer

Dick Anthony Williams
Character: Big Stop Williams
Samuel L. Jackson
Character: Madlock
Tracy Camilla Johns
Character: Club Patron

Coati Mundi
Character: Roberto
Scot Anthony Robinson
Character: Cooley
Abbey Lincoln
Character: Lillian Gilliam

Rubén Blades
Character: Petey
Diahann Carroll
Character: Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
Leonard L. Thomas
Character: Rod


Production and Crew

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

Spike Lee
Producer
Skip Lievsay
Sound Designer

Robi Reed
Casting Director
Marjorie Durand
Key Makeup Artist
Jon Kilik
Line Producer

Wynn Thomas
Production Design
Monty Ross
Co-Producer
Ted Glass
Set Decoration

Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design