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Spike lee was born shelton jackson lee on march 20, 1957, in atlanta, georgia. Do the right thing 1989, mo better blues 1990, and jungle fever 1991, for which jackson garnered the first best supporting actor award ever bestowed by the cannes film festival judges for his riveting performance as a hardcore drug addict. Jackson is an american actor, director and film producer. Mo better blues trailer directed by spike lee and starring denzel washington, spike lee, wesley snipes, giancarlo esposito, robin harris. Financially irresponsible giant spike lee manages a jazz group, but his sax player, shadow wesley snipes, wants to replace him with a better businessman. Again never is a ballad, also moving, and the spoken work by wesley snipes and denzel washington about love songs is great. Its his fourth feature but suffers a little from the.
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