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Mo' Better Blues

1990 · R · 2h 9m

Directed by Spike Lee

6.5

TMDB audience score
268 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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
    Bleek Gilliam

  • Spike Lee
    Giant

  • Wesley Snipes
    Shadow Henderson (Sax)

  • Giancarlo Esposito
    Left Hand Lacey (Piano)

  • Robin Harris
    Butterbean Jones

  • Joie Lee
    Indigo

  • Bill Nunn
    Bottom Hammer

  • John Turturro
    Moe Flatbush

  • Dick Anthony Williams
    Big Stop Williams

  • Cynda Williams
    Clarke Bentancourt

  • Nicholas Turturro
    Josh Flatbush

  • Samuel L. Jackson
    Madlock

  • Leonard L. Thomas
    Rod

  • Charlie Murphy
    Eggy

  • Rubén Blades
    Petey

  • Abbey Lincoln
    Lillian Gilliam

  • Linda Hawkins
    Jeanne

  • Coati Mundi
    Roberto