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Mo' better blues

Title
Mo' better blues / directed by Spike Lee.
Publication
Universal City, CA. : MCA Universal Home Video, 1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Washington, Denzel, 1954-
  • Snipes, Wesley.
  • Esposito, Giancarlo.
  • Harris, Robin.
  • Williams, Cynda.
  • Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
  • Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016
  • Lee, Spike
  • Ross, Monty.
  • Lee, Bill.
  • Blanchard, Terence
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet, performer.
  • Universal Pictures Company.
  • Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
  • MCA Universal Home Video (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (129 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Feature films.
  • Black films and programs.
Note
  • Originally released as motion picture in 1990.
  • "Universal Pictures presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production"--Container.
Credits (note)
  • Producers, Spike Lee, Monty Ross ; screenwriter, Spike Lee ; music, Bill Lee ; music performed by the Branford Marsalis Quartet with Terence Blanchard ; photography, Ernest Dickerson ; editor, Sam Pollard.
Performer (note)
  • 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).
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-315
ISBN
1558801871
OCLC
  • 23012184
  • NYPG98-F469
Title
Mo' better blues / directed by Spike Lee.
Publisher
Universal City, CA. : MCA Universal Home Video, 1991.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videocassette
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).
Credits
Producers, Spike Lee, Monty Ross ; screenwriter, Spike Lee ; music, Bill Lee ; music performed by the Branford Marsalis Quartet with Terence Blanchard ; photography, Ernest Dickerson ; editor, Sam Pollard.
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Added Author
Washington, Denzel, 1954-
Snipes, Wesley.
Esposito, Giancarlo.
Harris, Robin.
Williams, Cynda.
Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016, actor.
Lee, Spike, film director.
Lee, Spike, screenwriter.
Ross, Monty. Producer
Lee, Bill. Arranger
Blanchard, Terence, performer.
Branford Marsalis Quartet, performer.
Universal Pictures Company.
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
MCA Universal Home Video (Firm)
Publisher No.
81013 MCA Universal Home Video
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-315
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