Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Charlie Murphy
- Eggy
- (as Charles Q. Murphy)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaDenzel Washington and Wesley Snipes were trained to mimic the playing of the instruments they play in the film (trumpet and saxophone), by musicians Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison. Washington later admitted that he was lucky if he could play three notes of a simple tune prior to filming, and ended up being able to correctly mimic most of the songs performed in the film, as did Snipes.
- GoofsDuring the performance of Bleek's "Pop Top Urban 40 Funk Love ... Song", Bleek's headgear changes from hat to baseball cap.
- Crazy creditsFlavor Flave of the rap group Public Enemy spells out the letters in "Universal" as the studio logo appears on the screen.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cynda Williams: Harlem Blues (1990)
- SoundtracksHarlem Blues
Written and performed by Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard
Vocals by Cynda Williams
Featured review
This was a frustrating movie for me because it was at times brilliant, yet there are a few things that could have been done better.
Spike Lee shows why he is revered as a writer director, with beautiful dynamic shots, intercut with smooth jazz. It is a charming presentation. Also the dialogue is interesting and feels natural and spontaneous. The combination of strong writing and acting makes for interesting conversations.
The things I found frustrating was the lack of a focused or interesting story. Also Spike Lee's performance was very weak compared to Denzel's and he should have stayed out of the movie. He actually took a lot of the attention from the other characters and tried to make the movie about himself.
Spike Lee shows why he is revered as a writer director, with beautiful dynamic shots, intercut with smooth jazz. It is a charming presentation. Also the dialogue is interesting and feels natural and spontaneous. The combination of strong writing and acting makes for interesting conversations.
The things I found frustrating was the lack of a focused or interesting story. Also Spike Lee's performance was very weak compared to Denzel's and he should have stayed out of the movie. He actually took a lot of the attention from the other characters and tried to make the movie about himself.
- capncruller
- May 24, 2014
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,153,593
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,387,360
- Aug 5, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $16,153,593
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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