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Mo' Better Blues

Name: Mo' Better Blues
Director: Spike Lee
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1990-08-03
Cast: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris

DramaMusic

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 WashingtonSpike LeeWesley SnipesGiancarlo EspositoRobin HarrisJoie LeeBill NunnJohn TurturroDick Anthony WilliamsCynda WilliamsNicholas TurturroSamuel L. Jackson

Director

Spike Lee

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