Do the right thing / Universal ; a Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee.

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Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author:	Lee, Bill, 1928- (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Universal Pictures (Firm) Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Lee, Spike (Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Actor) Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019 (Actor) Davis, Ossie (Actor) Dee, Ruby (Actor) Edson, Richard (Actor) Esposito, Giancarlo (Actor) Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016 (Actor) Turturro, John, 1957- (Actor) Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952- (Cinematographer) Brown, Barry Alexander (Editor)
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English, Spanish or French language soundtrack (surround) with optional subtitles in Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Published:	Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, [1998], ©1998.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	African Americans > Relations with Italian Americans > Drama. Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) > Drama. New York (N.Y.) > Race relations > Drama. Feature films. African Americans > Relations with Italian Americans. Race relations. New York (State) > New York. New York (State) > New York > Bedford-Stuyvesant. Drama.
Genre:	Drama.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever.
Note:	Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.66:1). Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989. Special features include: production notes ; cast and filmmakers' bios ; theatrical trailer. Videorecording.
Call Number:	9W9 D0000601 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:	0783227949 9780783227948
Credits:	Original music score, Bill Lee ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; photography, Ernest Dickerson.
System Details:	DVD ; NTSC ; Region 1.
Cast:	Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro.