Title
Mo' better blues [videorecording] / Universal Pictures ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee.
Published
[Universal City, CA] : MCA Universal Home Video, c1991.
Physical Description
1 videocassette (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
"A Spike Lee joint."
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Videocassette release of the 1990 motion picture.
Rated R.
Assistant director, Randy Fletcher ; co-producer, Monty Ross ; production design, Wynn Thomas ; music, Bill Lee ; music performed by the Branford Marsalis Quartet with Terence Blanchard ; photography, Ernest Dickerson ; editor, Sam Pollard.
Summary
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.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Assistant director, Randy Fletcher ; co-producer, Monty Ross ; production design, Wynn Thomas ; music, Bill Lee ; music performed by the Branford Marsalis Quartet with Terence Blanchard ; photography, Ernest Dickerson ; editor, Sam Pollard.
Cast
Denzel Washington (Bleek Gillian), Spike Lee (Giant), Wesley Snipes (Shadow Henderson), Giancarlo Esposito (Left Hand Lacey), Robin Harris (Butterbean Jones), Joie Lee (Indigo Jones), Bill Nunn (Bottom Hammer), Cynda Williams (Clarke Betancourt).
System details note
VHS hi-fi; Dolby surround; stereo; digitally recorded.
Also listed under
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
Universal Pictures (Firm)
MCA Universal Home Video (Firm)