Mo' Better Blues
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.
Drama, Romance
Universal Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Denzel Washington as Bleek Gilliam, Spike Lee as Giant, Wesley Snipes as Shadow Henderson (Sax), Giancarlo Esposito as Left Hand Lacey (Piano), John Turturro as Moe Flatbush, Samuel L. Jackson as Madlock, Charlie Murphy as Eggy, Nicholas Turturro as Josh Flatbush, Robin Harris as Butterbean Jones, Joie Lee as Indigo, Cynda Williams as Clarke Bentancourt, Flavor Flav as Impatient Movie Patron, Bill Nunn as Bottom Hammer, Dick Anthony Williams as Big Stop Williams