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Mo' better blues
Mo' better blues (Motion picture)
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- Summary
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"Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Blee...
"Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive 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"--Container.
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- Creator
- Universal Pictures presents ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish
- Contributors
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- Carter, Ruth E., 1960-
- Pollard, Sam
- Thomas, Wynn P
- Lee, Spike, film producer, screenwriter, film director, actor
- Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor
- Snipes, Wesley, actor
- Esposito, Giancarlo, actor
- Harris, Robin, 1953-1990, actor
- Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962- actor
- Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016, actor
- Turturro, John, 1957- actor
- Williams, Dick Anthony, actor
- Williams, Cynda, actor
- Lee, Bill, 1928-2023, composer (expression)
- Blanchard, Terence, performer
- Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952- cinematographer
- Branford Marsalis Quartet
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Publication
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- Widescreen
- Universal City, CA : Universal, [2000]
- ©2000
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (2 hr., 10 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- digital optical surround Dolby digital
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- ISBNs
- 0783252501, 9780783252506, 9786306212934, 6306212930, 0783252099, 9780783252094
- OCLC
- ocm45904231
- Credits
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- Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Dick Anthony Williams, Cynda Williams
- Costume design, Ruth E. Carter ; editor, Sam Pollard ; production design, Wynn Thomas ; original music score, Bill Lee ; featuring The Branford Marsalis Quartet with Terence Blanchard ; photographed by Ernest Dickerson
- Educational and home use only.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
- Bonus materials: Production notes; Cast and filmmakers: Denzel Washington as Bleek Gilliam, Spike Lee as Giant, Wesley Snipes as Shadow Henderson, Giancarlo Esposito as Left Hand Lacey, Robin Harris as Butterbean Jones, Joie Lee as Indigo Downes, Bill Nunn as Bottom Hammer, John Turturro as Moe Flatbush, Dick Anthony Williams as Big Stop Gilliam, and introducing Cynda Williams as Clarke Bentancourt; Theatrical trailer; Recommendations.
- DVD, region 1, dual-layer; Dolby digital 3.0 surround; anamorphic widescreen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish; closed-captioned.