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Mo' better blues

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

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Additional authors
  1. Washington, Denzel, 1954-
  2. Snipes, Wesley.
  3. Esposito, Giancarlo.
  4. Harris, Robin.
  5. Williams, Cynda.
  6. Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
  7. Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016
  8. Lee, Spike
  9. Ross, Monty.
  10. Lee, Bill.
  11. Blanchard, Terence
  12. Branford Marsalis Quartet, performer.
  13. Universal Pictures Company.
  14. Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
  15. MCA Universal Home Video (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (129 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. African Americans in motion pictures
  2. Jazz > Drama
  3. Jazz musicians > Drama
Genre/Form
  1. Feature films.
  2. Black films and programs.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-315
Note
  1. Originally released as motion picture in 1990.
  2. "Universal Pictures presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production"--Container.
Credits (note)
  1. 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)
  1. 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).
Title
  1. Mo' better blues / directed by Spike Lee.
Publisher
  1. Universal City, CA. : MCA Universal Home Video, 1991.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videocassette
Cast
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Washington, Denzel, 1954-
  2. Snipes, Wesley.
  3. Esposito, Giancarlo.
  4. Harris, Robin.
  5. Williams, Cynda.
  6. Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
  7. Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016, actor.
  8. Lee, Spike, film director.
  9. Lee, Spike, screenwriter.
  10. Ross, Monty. Producer
  11. Lee, Bill. Arranger
  12. Blanchard, Terence, performer.
  13. Branford Marsalis Quartet, performer.
  14. Universal Pictures Company.
  15. Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
  16. MCA Universal Home Video (Firm)
Publisher no.
  1. 81013 MCA Universal Home Video
ISBN
  1. 1558801871
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-315
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