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Mo' Better Blues(Movie, 1990)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 9min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love, Music
Mo' Better BluesRating: 3.3/5 (with 9797 votes)
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. 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. ()
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Available languages: English
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Duration: 2h 9min
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Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 2h 9min
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Duration: 2h 9min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

About Mo' Better Blues

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness 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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Brooklyn
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 19 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/27/1990 (World premiere: 08/03/1990)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Mais e Melhores Blues"
"Cuanto más, ¡mejor!"
"Parallages s' ena blues"
"Blues"
"Czarny blues"
"Quanto Mais Melhor"
"Još bolji bluz"
"Блюз о лучшей жизни"
"Iki kadin arasinda"
"Блюз про краще життя"
"A Love Supreme"
"Mo' Betta Blues"
"Variations on the Mo' Better Blues"
Keywords: musical
Budget: 10,000,000 USD
Revenue: 16,153,593 USD (= 162%)

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