Mo' Better Blues
movie
Released August 03, 1990
Overview
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
as
Bleek Gilliam
Spike Lee
as
Giant
Wesley Snipes
as
Shadow Henderson (Sax)
Giancarlo Esposito
as
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Robin Harris
as
Butterbean Jones
Joie Lee
as
Indigo
Bill Nunn
as
Bottom Hammer
John Turturro
as
Moe Flatbush
Dick Anthony Williams
as
Big Stop Williams
Cynda Williams
as
Clarke Bentancourt
Nicholas Turturro
as
Josh Flatbush
Samuel L. Jackson
as
Madlock
Crew
Spike Lee
as
Writer
Spike Lee
as
Director
Ernest R. Dickerson
as
Director of Photography
Bill Lee
as
Original Music Composer
Spike Lee
as
Producer
Sam Pollard
as
Editor
Skip Lievsay
as
Sound Designer
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Randy Fletcher
as
First Assistant Director
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Dale Pierce-Johnson
as
Second Assistant Director
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Dale M. Nielsen
as
Second Second Assistant Director
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H.H. Cooper
as
Second Assistant Director
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Ted Glass
as
Set Decoration