Mo' Better Blues

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starring:
Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Dick Anthony Williams, Cynda Williams
director:
Spike Lee
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Studio: Universal Pictures
Rating: R
Running Time: 127 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Story about a jazz musician who must make choices between his music and his romantic life.
cast + crew
Spike Lee
Director
Denzel Washington
Bleek Gilliam
Spike Lee
Giant
Wesley Snipes
Shadow Henderson
Giancarlo Esposito
Left Hand Lacey
Robin Harris
Butterbean Jones
Joie Lee
Indigo Downes
Bill Nunn
Bottom Hammer
John Turturro
Moe Flatbush
Dick Anthony Williams
Big Stop Gilliam
Cynda Williams
Clarke Bentacourt
Spike Lee
screenplay
Spike Lee
Producer
Monty Ross
Co-Producer
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December 8, 2000
At least a half-dozen movies are struggling to get out of the ambitious but maddening hodgepodge that is writer-producer-director Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues. At the center is a romantic triangle: Bleek Gilliam, the Brooklyn-born jazz trumpeter played by Denzel Washington, is juggling two women -- Indigo Downes, a dedicated schoolteacher played by Joie Lee (Spike's sister), and Clarke Bentancourt, an aspiring singer and sexual bombshell played by newcomer Cynda Williams. The women don't like… Continued
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