Mo' Better Blues

• Movie

  Type

• 1990

  Year

• 2h 9m

  Runtime

• ★ 6.5

  Rating

• Drama / Romance / Music

  Genre

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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Cast

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

Cynda Williams

Clarke Bentancourt

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