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.
$10,000,000
$16,153,593
August 3, 1990
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Universal Pictures
52 people
Denzel Washington
Bleek Gilliam
Acting
Spike Lee
Giant
Directing
Wesley Snipes
Shadow Henderson (Sax)
Acting
Giancarlo Esposito
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
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Robin Harris
Butterbean Jones
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Joie Lee
Indigo
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Bill Nunn
Bottom Hammer
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John Turturro
Moe Flatbush
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Dick Anthony Williams
Big Stop Williams
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Cynda Williams
Clarke Bentancourt
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Nicholas Turturro
Josh Flatbush
Acting
Samuel L. Jackson
Madlock
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