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Mo' better blues
Resource Information
The work Mo' better blues represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Mo' better blues
Label
Mo' better blues
Statement of responsibility
Universal Pictures presents ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
Contributor
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet,
  • Pollard, Sam,
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet,
  • Pollard, Sam,
  • Snipes, Wesley,
  • Snipes, Wesley,
  • Thomas, Wynn P.,
  • Thomas, Wynn P.,
  • Turturro, John, 1957-
  • Turturro, John, 1957-
  • Washington, Denzel, 1954-
  • Williams, Cynda,
  • Williams, Cynda,
  • Washington, Denzel, 1954-
  • Blanchard, Terence,
  • Carter, Ruthe,
  • Carter, Ruthe,
  • Blanchard, Terence,
  • Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952-
  • Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952-
  • Esposito, Giancarlo,
  • Esposito, Giancarlo,
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),
  • Harris, Robin, 1953-1990,
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),
  • Harris, Robin, 1953-1990,
  • Lee, Bill, 1928-
  • Lee, Bill, 1928-
  • Universal Pictures (Firm),
  • Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
  • Universal Pictures (Firm),
  • Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
  • Lee, Spike,
  • Lee, Spike,
  • Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks,
  • Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks,
  • Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016,
  • Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016,
  • Williams, Dick Anthony,
  • Williams, Dick Anthony,
Actor
  • Williams, Dick Anthony,
  • Williams, Dick Anthony,
  • Turturro, John, 1957-
  • Turturro, John, 1957-
  • Snipes, Wesley,
  • Snipes, Wesley,
  • Washington, Denzel, 1954-
  • Washington, Denzel, 1954-
  • Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
  • Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
  • Harris, Robin, 1953-1990,
  • Harris, Robin, 1953-1990,
  • Esposito, Giancarlo,
  • Esposito, Giancarlo,
  • Williams, Cynda,
  • Williams, Cynda,
  • Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016,
  • Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016,
  • Lee, Spike,
  • Lee, Spike,
Costume designer
  • Carter, Ruthe,
  • Carter, Ruthe,
Director of photography
  • Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952-
  • Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952-
Editor of moving image work
  • Pollard, Sam,
  • Pollard, Sam,
Film director
  • Lee, Spike,
  • Lee, Spike,
Performer
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet,
  • Blanchard, Terence,
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet,
  • Blanchard, Terence,
Presenter
  • Universal Pictures (Firm),
  • Universal Pictures (Firm),
Producer
  • Lee, Spike,
  • Lee, Spike,
Production company
  • Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks,
  • Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks,
Production designer
  • Thomas, Wynn P.,
  • Thomas, Wynn P.,
Publisher
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),
Screenwriter
  • Lee, Spike,
  • Lee, Spike,
Subject
  • Video recordings
  • African American jazz musicians
  • African American jazz musicians -- Drama
  • African American jazz musicians -- Drama
  • Drama
  • Drama
  • Drama
  • Feature
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Feature films -- United States
  • Feature films -- United States
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
  • Films for the hearing impaired
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Man-woman relationships -- Drama
  • Man-woman relationships -- Drama
  • Trumpet players
  • Trumpet players -- United States -- Drama
  • Trumpet players -- United States -- Drama
  • United States
  • Video recordings
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Videorecording
Genre
  • Fiction films
  • Films for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings
  • Feature films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Feature
  • Drama
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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"--Container
Member of
  • Mo' better blues (Motion picture)
  • Mo' better blues (Motion picture)
  • Mo' better blues (Motion picture)
  • Mo' better blues (Motion picture)
  • Mo' better blues (Motion picture)
  • Mo' better blues (Motion picture)
Cataloging source
TXA
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
Costume design, Ruth E. Carter ; editor, Sam Pollard ; production design, Wynn Thomas ; original music score, Bill Lee ; featuring The Branford Marsalis Quartet with Terence Blanchard ; photographed by Ernest Dickerson
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Language note
In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Dick Anthony Williams, Cynda Williams
Runtime
130
Technique
live action

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  • Mo' better blues, Universal Pictures presents ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
  • Mo' better blues, Universal Pictures presents ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
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