Mo' Better Blues
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
52 people
Denzel Washington
Bleek Gilliam
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Shadow Henderson (Sax)
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Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
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Robin Harris
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Joie Lee
Indigo
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Bill Nunn
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John Turturro
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Cynda Williams
Clarke Bentancourt
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Josh Flatbush
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Spike Lee Director · Bill Lee Composer Ernest R. Dickerson Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $10M · United States release August 3, 1990
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Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$16,153,593
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Production
United States
Produced in
A Love Supreme · Variations on the Mo' Better Blues
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 23, 1990
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · August 3, 1990
Theatrical
Australia
November 8, 1990 · Theatrical
France
November 21, 1990 · Theatrical
Germany
September 27, 1990 · Theatrical
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