2 h 9 min | Drama | Comedy | Romance | Music

IMDB 6.6 / 10 (10327 votes)

Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Mo' Better Blues | United States of America

Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet.

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Description

Director

Spike Lee

Stars

Denzel Washington
Bleek Gilliam

Spike Lee
Giant

Wesley Snipes
Shadow Henderson (Sax)

Giancarlo Esposito
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)

John Turturro
Moe Flatbush

Samuel L. Jackson
Madlock

Charlie Murphy
Eggy

Nicholas Turturro
Josh Flatbush

Robin Harris
Butterbean Jones

Joie Lee
Indigo

Others...

Budget

10,000,000.00

Revenue

16,153,593.00

Links

Keywords

musical

Production

Universal Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Actor

Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlie Murphy, Nicholas Turturro, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Cynda Williams, Flavor Flav, Bill Nunn, Dick Anthony Williams, Tracy Camilla Johns

Creators

Spike Lee (Director), Skip Lievsay (Sound Designer), Bill Lee (Original Music Composer), Ernest R. Dickerson (Director of Photography), Samuel D. Pollard (Editor)

Alternative titles

Mais e Melhores Blues (BR)
Mo' Better Blues (DK)
Cuanto más, ¡mejor! (ES)
Mo' Better Blues (FI)
Mo' Better Blues (FR)
Parallages s' ena blues (GR)
Mo' Better Blues (HU)
Blues (IL)
Czarny blues (PL)
Quanto Mais Melhor (PT)
Još bolji bluz (RS)
Блюз о лучшей жизни (RU)
Iki kadin arasinda (TR)
Блюз про краще життя (UA)
A Love Supreme (US)
Variations on the Mo' Better Blues (US)

Release dates

03.08.1990 (US)
27.09.1990 (DE)
21.11.1990 (FR)

Mo' Better Blues (1990)

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