Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 drama movie directed by Spike Lee, with a running time of 2h 9m. It stars Denzel Washington, Spike Lee and Wesley Snipes.
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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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
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