Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Spike Lee
Written by	Spike Lee
Produced by	Spike Lee
Starring	Denzel Washington Spike Lee Wesley Snipes Giancarlo Esposito Robin Harris Joie Lee Bill Nunn John Turturro Dick Anthony Williams Cynda Williams
Cinematography	Ernest Dickerson
Edited by	Samuel D. Pollard
Music by	Bill Lee
Production company	40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 3, 1990 (1990-08-03)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$16,153,600 (USA; subtotal)

Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 American musical comedy-drama film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee, who also wrote, produced, and directed.^[1] It follows a period in the life of fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (played by Washington) as a series of bad decisions result in his jeopardizing both his relationships and his playing career. The film focuses on themes of friendship, loyalty, honesty, cause-and-effect, and ultimately salvation. It features the music of the Branford Marsalis quartet and Terence Blanchard on trumpet. The film was released five months after the death of Robin Harris and is dedicated to his memory, being his final acting role.