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Jackson Madlock Leonard Thomas Rod Charlie Murphy Eggy Steve White (III) Born Knowledge Ruben Blades Stevey Abbey Lincoln Lillian Gilliam Linda Hawkins Costigan Jeanne Raye Dowell Rita Angela Hall Cora Coati Mundi Roberto Zakee Howze Young Bleek--Miles Deon Richmond Tyrone Anaysha Figueroa Shanika Ray Anthony Thomas Joe Sheldon Turnipseed Benny Christopher Skeffrey Louis Terrence Williams Sam Darryl M. Wonge Jr Miles at birth Jelani Asar Snipes Miles at 1 year Glenn Williams III Miles at 3 years Arnold Cromer Miles at 5 years Leon Addison Brown Smith Scot Anthony Robinson Cooley Reverend Herbert Daughtry Minister Bill Lee Father of the Bride Branford Marsalis Party Guest Douglas Bourne Jimmy the Busboy Tracy Camilla Johns Club Patron John Canada Terrell Club Patron Monty Ross Club Patron Carol M. Wiggins Club Patron Isabella (II) Club Patron Mamie Louise Anderson Club Patron Joe Seneca Big Stop s Friend John Sobestanovich Taxi Driver William 'Flavor Flav' Flav Impatient Movie Patron Back to Top Directors Spike Lee Director Back to Top Writers Spike Lee screenplay Back to Top Producers Spike Lee Producer Monty Ross Co-Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Jonathan Burkhart 1st assistant camera Pam Katz 1st assistant camera Susan Starr 1st additional assistant camera Joan Zierler 1st additional assistant camera Henry Adebonojo 2nd assistant camera Andy Harris (II) 2nd assistant camera Myra-Lee Cohen 2nd additional assistant camera Paul Reuter 2nd additional Assistant Camera Leslie Saltus camera operator trainee Floyd A B Rance III camera operator trainee Ted Churchill Steadicam Operator Bob Gorelick Steadicam Operator Larry McConkey Steadicam Operator David C. Lee stills Jane Asch camera scenic Michael Gaynor Projectionist John C. Newby (II) Camera Operator Phil Oetiker additional Camera Operator George Pattison additional Camera Operator Back to Top Editors Brunilda Torres 1st Assistant Editor Leander T. Sales Assistant Editor Phil Stockton (II) Dialogue Editor Kevin Lee Dialogue Editor Noelle Penraat negative cutter Sam Pollard (II) Editor Back to Top Casting Robi Reed Casting Andrea Reed Casting Tracy Vilar Casting Back to Top Production Management Preston L. Holmes Production Supervisor Nike Zachmanoglou Continuity Dale T. Watkins location manager assistant Bil Haley-Freeman location manager assistant Eric Barry Klein locations assistant Jon Kilik Line Producer Brent Owens (II) Unit Production Manager Debra D. Jeffreys production office coordinator Alysse Bezahler production office coordinator Susan D. Fowler Production Coordinator (40 Acres) Randy Fletcher 1st Assistant Director H. H. Cooper 2nd Assistant Director Dale Pierce-Johnson 2nd Assistant Director Brent Owens (II) Location Manager Back to Top Art Department Charles McClennahan art direction assistant Michael T. Roberts art direction assistant Pam E. Stephens Art Department Coordinator Jeff Balsmeyer Storyboard Artist Bruce Lee Gross leadman Joan Brockschmidt 2nd Dresser Nancy Boytos Set Dresser Bill Butler (V) Set Dresser Michael Leather Set Dresser Mark Selemon Set Dresser Mary Citarella Scenic Artist Eva Davy Scenic Artist Ellen Doak Scenic Artist Judith A. Evans Scenic Artist Gary Jennings Scenic Artist Joyce Kubalak Scenic Artist Virginia Lim Scenic Artist Sherryl Sachs Scenic Artist Charlene Shildmeyer Scenic Artist Sally Friedman Scenic Artist Lorenzo Contessa Scenic Artist Sara D'Allesandro scenic sculptor Wynn Thomas Production Designer Ted Glass Set Decorator Kimberly Buckley set decorator assistant Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Matiki Anoff Makeup Debbie Durand additional Makeup Debbie Deas additional Makeup Tom Brumberger special prosthetic makeup Larry Cherry hairstyles (men) Clifford R. Booker Jr hairstyles (women) Susie Money Wardrobe Supervisor Lisa Frucht Wardrobe Assistant Jennifer Lax Wardrobe Assistant Miriam Wong Wardrobe Assistant Ruth E. Carter Costume Designer Back to Top Sound Andrew Schmetterling Boom Operator Skip Lievsay Sound Design Gail Showalter ADR Editor Pam DeMetruis ADR Editor David Boulton (III) ADR engineer Bruce Pross Foley Editor Frank Kern Foley Editor Marko Constanzo Foley Brian Johnson (IV) sound editor assistant Gregory Speed sound editor assistant Bill Docker sound editor assistant Anthony L. Jamison sound editor apprentice Jann McClary sound editor apprentice Frank Stettner sound recording Tom Fleischman sound rerecording mixer Back to Top Music Spike Lee Song ( Pop Top 40 ) Bill Lee Music Bill Lee songs ("Mo' Better Blues" "Again Never") Jeff Watts (II) Music Performer Branford Marsalis Music Performer Branford Marsalis Song ( Say Hey Beneath the Underdog Pop Top 40 Knocked Out the Box ) Branford Marsalis Song Performer ( Knocked Out the Box Lonely Woman Jazz Thing ) Branford Marsalis Quartet Song Performer ("Say Hey" "Beneath the Underdog" "Mo' Better Blues" "Harlem Blues" "Again Never") Terence Blanchard Music Performer Terence Blanchard Song ( Sing Soweto ) Terence Blanchard Song Performer ( Say Hey Beneath the Underdog Pop Top 40 Mo Better Blues Sing Soweto Knocked Out the Box Again Never ) Miles Davis Song Miles Davis Song Performer ("All Blues" "Footprints") Denzel Washington Song Performer ( Pop Top 40 ) Wesley Snipes Music Performer Wesley Snipes Song Performer ( Pop Top 40 ) John Coltrane (II) Song John Coltrane (II) Song Performer ("Tunji" "Mr Knight" "A Love Supreme") Gary Jackson Song ("Rescue Me") Carl Smith (II) Song ("Rescue Me") Raynard Miner Song ("Rescue Me") Fontella Bass Song Performer ("Rescue Me") Joe Zawinul (II) Song ( Mercy, Mercy, Mercy ) Cannonball Adderley (II) Song Performer ("Mercy, Mercy, Mercy") Wayne Shorter (II) Song ("Footprints") Charles Mingus (II) Song Charles Mingus (II) Song Performer ("Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Theme for Lester Young)") William C. Handy Song ("Harlem Blues") Cynda Williams Song Performer ("Harlem Blues") Ornette Coleman Song ("Lonely Woman") Christopher Martin (III) Song ("Jazz Thing") Keith Elam Song ("Jazz Thing") Gangstarr Song Performer ("Jazz Thing") Natural Spiritual Orchestra Music Performer Stanley Hunte violinist Sanford Allen violinist Winterton Garvey violinist Elliot Rosoff violinist Kenneth Gordon violinist John Pintavalle violinist Gerald Tarack violinist Charles Libove violinist Lou Ann Montesi violinist Paul Peabody violinist Suzanne Ornstein violinist Alvin Rogers violinist Robert Chausow violinist Dale Stuckenbruck violinist Lewis Eley violinist Diane Monroe violinist Sandra Billingslea violinist Cecelia Hobbs violinist Richard Henrickson violinist Lesa Terry violinist Laura Smith (II) violinist Gregory Komar violinist Larissa Blitz violinist Ethel Abelson violinist Myra Segal violinist Joseph Diamonte violinist Jue Yao violinist Regis Iandiorio violinist Marion Pinheiro violinist Yuri Vodovoz violinist Elena Barere violinist Yong T. Kim violinist Erle Grub violinist Carmen Malin violinist Maryellen Hester violinist John Clark (II) french horn player Vincent Chancey french horn player Fred Griffin french horn player Brooks Tillotson french horn player Howard Johnson (II) tuba player Milt Hinton (II) bassist Michael Max Flemming bassist Joe Chambers drummer Warren Smith percussionist Steve Berrios (II) percussionist Babatunde Olatunji percussionist Shina D. Netti percussionist Frank Wess Flutist Gerry Dodgion Flutist Seldon Powell Flutist Jerome Richardson Flutist Phil Bodner English horn player Phil Bodner oboe player Alexander Ostovsky piano technician Charles Davis music librarian Nancie Banks music copyist Hassan Williams music copyist Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Tom Newton Special Effects Coordinator Will Scheck Special Effects Christopher Skutch Special Effects Back to Top Physical Effects Roy Farfel utility stunt David Lomax utility stunt Elliot Santiago utility stunt Jeffrey Ward Stunt Coordinator Back to Top Engineering, Electrical & Grips Val DeSalvo bestboy electrician John Mitchell (VII) Electrician John O'Malley (II) Electrician Keith Salkowski Electrician Beverly Cable electrician trainee Derek McKane additional Electrician Abdul Abbott Cable Operator Robert M. Andres Key Grip Carl Prinzi key construction grip Tom Kudlek Dolly Grip Carl Peterson bestboy grip Ed Newins Jr Grip Marcus Turner Grip David Noble additional Grip Daniel Finn additional Grip Paul Wardwell construction grip Robert Woods Jr construction grip Charles Houston (II) Gaffer Martin Andrews pre-rigging gaffer Back to Top Construction Martin Bernstein Construction Coordinator Kenneth D. Nelson key set builder Back to Top Publicity Anna Southall publicist Back to Top Accounting Eric Oden Auditor Back to Top Craft Services Lee Davis (II) Craft Service Van A. Hayden (II) Craft Service Daryl Patterson Craft Service Back to Top Props Philip Michelson prop assistant Octavio Molina Property Master Kevin Ladson Property Master Back to Top Consultants & Advisors Robert S. Warren Dolby consultant Terence Blanchard technical consultant (music) Michael Max Fleming technical consultant (music) Donald Harrison technical consultant (music) Back to Top Below The Line Donna Myers-Rambharose apprentice editor Robert Nickson production controller Patricia Holmes auditor assistant LeTicia Lee auditor assistant Wilbur L. Ball scenic apprentice Jim Leavey Transportation Captain Harry Leavey Driver William K. Gaskins Driver Charlie Hoffman (II) Driver Tom Newins Driver Martin Whitfield Driver Earl Smith (II) Assistant (to Spike Lee) Larry Mims Assistant (to Denzel Washington) Beulah Jones-Black Assistant (to Ruth E Carter) Donna Berwick Assistant (to Ruth E Carter) Lance Hayward Assistant (to Bill Lee) Harold Williams projectionist assistant Steve Berkowitz assistance Verna Hart assistance Michael Singletary assistance Sonor Drums assistance Fernando Sanchez assistance Sabato Russo assistance Jean-Paul Gaultier assistance Angel Estrada assistance Gordon Henderson assistance Traci Proctor Production Assistant Yolanda Busbee Production Assistant Audra C. Smith Production Assistant Eric Daniel Production Assistant Michael Ellis (II) Production Assistant Fred Nielsen Production Assistant Kia B. Puriefoy Production Assistant Doug Watson Production Assistant Marcia Brown (II) Production Assistant Paulette Clark Production Assistant Peter Swaine Production Assistant Carmen Griffin Production Assistant Rita McGhee Production Assistant Janinea Shelton Production Assistant Rosa Howell-Thornhill Production Assistant Brian Harris (III) Production Assistant Shari Carpenter Production Assistant Back to Top Other Crew Christian Epps dimmer board operator Stuart Allen (III) Louma crane technician Abdul Abbott playback operator Jesse Levine violist Alfred Brown (II) violist Harry Zaratzian violist Jean Dane violist Juliet Haffner violist John R. Dexter violist Crystal Garner violist Richard Spencer violist Richard Sortomme violist Barry Finclair violist Diedre Lawrence violist Jennie Hansen violist Fredrick Zlotkin cellist Marc Shuman cellist Bruce Wang cellist Melissa Meel cellist Bruce Rogers cellist Ellen Hassman cellist Eileen Folson cellist Carol Buck cellist Barbara Bogatin cellist Seymour Barab cellist Diane Barere cellist Clay Ruede cellist Robin Eubanks trombonist Steve Turre trombonist Papo Vasquez trombonist Garfield Fobbs trombonist (bass) Roland Hanna (II) pianist Ronnie Matthews pianist Winifred Starks harpist Haywood Henry clarinetist Eddie Barefield clarinetist Walt Levinsky clarinetist Alex Foster clarinetist Babe Clark clarinetist Desiree Jellerette production secretary Rodney Clark set builder Michael Curry Jr set builder John Grimolizzi set builder Harold Horn set builder Tim Main set builder Salvatore Sirico set builder Jeffrey L. Glave scenic chargeman Rosalie Russino scenic shopwoman James Geyer scenic shopman Wanda Brooks intern Jeff Byrd intern Melvin Tyrone Clarke intern Lyle Dickey intern Kristen M. Johnson intern Damon Jones intern Palesa Ka Letlaka intern Janice Kambara intern Karen Mason intern Taffany McClinn intern Ayesha Morales intern Simona Ross intern Amada R. Sandoval intern Winsome Sinclair intern Kevin A. Smith intern Susan Stuart intern Latanya White intern Art Sims logo (Mo' Better Blues) Back to Top Worldwide Distributors Universal Studios Home Entertainment Video Distributor Universal Pictures Theatrical Distributor United International Pictures (UIP) Theatrical Distributor (United Kingdom/ West Germany/ Netherlands/ Spain/ France/ Finland/ Belgium/ Greece/ Australia) Back to Top Other Companies Culinary Connection catering Ceci assistant to Ruth E Carter Deluxe Digital Media prints Balsmeyer & Everett Inc main and end titles Balsmeyer & Everett Inc opticals General Camera Louma crane and dollies New York Grip Truck grip equipment Star Lighting Equipment lighting equipment Camera Service Center Arriflex camera BZ/Rights & Permissions Inc music clearances Baldwin Piano and Organ Company piano equipment RCA Studios music recording facilities Sound One post-production sound facilities Sound One sound mixing facilities C5, Inc. post-production sound facilities Audio Services Company sound equipment Empire Stages stage facility Unique Product Placement Group product placement Completion Bond Company Inc film completion guarantor Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC legal services New York City Mayor s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting assistance (Film/Theatre/Broadcasting) National Baseball Library assistance CxAuto assistance Sabian Cymbols assistance Baldwin Piano Company assistance Keilwerth Saxophones assistance Dave Guardala Mouthpieces assistance Pepsi Company assistance Miller Beer Company assistance Brooklyn Beer assistance Evian assistance Williwear/Willi Smith assistance Basco assistance Nike assistance Back to Top