Mo' Better Blues

IMDb link: 0100168
IMDb rating: 6.7 (15,015 votes)
Genres: Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Giancarlo Esposito
Cast: Wesley Snipes and others

Release date: 3 Aug 1990
Release year: 1990
Runtime: 130 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: african american, new york city, pianist, saxophonist, spaniard, dialogue over studio logo, reference to arsenio hall, playing catch, reference to george steinbrenner, reference to frank robinson

Plot:

Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet.

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