Title Mo' Better Blues Overview Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet. Genres Drama, Romance Keywords musical Production Companies Universal Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 129 Release Year 1990
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 16 million USD