Mo' Better Blues

Drama

1990

2h 10m

Financially irresponsible Giant (Spike Lee) manages a jazz group, but his sax player, Shadow (Wesley Snipes), wants to replace him with a better businessman. Bleak (Denzel Washington), the band's trumpeter, then tries to defend his close pal Giant, leading to a power struggle between the two musicians. Meanwhile, as Bleak tries to straighten things out with his band mates and manager, he also must choose to be with either sweet teacher Indigo (Joie Lee) or sultry singer Clarke (Cynda Williams).

Starring	Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Joie Lee, Cynda Williams, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Bill Nunn, Dick Anthony Williams, Ruben Blades, Nicholas Turturro, Abbey Lincoln, Bill Lee, Branford Marsalis, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonard Thomas, Charlie Murphy, Steve White, Joe Seneca, Tracy Camilla Johns, John Canada Terrell, Raye Dowell, Flavor Flav , Angela Hall, Deon Richmond, Coati Mundi, John Turturro, Linda Hawkins Costigan
Genres	Drama , Romance
Studios	Universal Studios
Popular UPC	2519205362