Do the right thing / a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production, a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee.

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It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and tog...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Do the right thing (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Lee, Spike
Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019
Davis, Ossie
Dee, Ruby
Edson, Richard
Esposito, Giancarlo
Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016
Turturro, John, 1957-
Savage, John, 1949-
Lee, Bill, 1928-
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English (DTS-HD 5.1), dubbed French (DTS 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (DTS 5.1) dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]
Edition:Twentieth anniversary edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
United States > Race relations > Drama.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Relations with Italian Americans > Drama.
Italian American families > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Family-owned business enterprises > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Police brutality > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Riots > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Estados Unidos > Relaciones raciales > Teatro.
Afronorteamericanos > Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) > Nueva York > Teatro.
African Americans.
African Americans > Relations with Italian Americans.
Family-owned business enterprises.
Italian American families.
Police brutality.
Race relations.
Riots.
Dark comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Dark comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Description
Summary:
It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large Radio Raheem. He is unwilling to succumb to the over-excessive brutality of the police and the racist views of Sal and his family. The overzealous police officers don't understand the repercussions of the violence they just unleashed. The neighbors band together to protest this extreme form of pure, toxic bigotry. Mob mentality takes over and the other local non-African American store owners become threatened. Tempers flare and rage is in the air.
Note:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Special features: "Do the right thing: 20 years later:" new retrospective documentary with the cast and crew (in HD); deleted and extended scenes (in HD); 20th anniversary edition feature commentary with director Spike Lee; feature commentary with director Spike Lee, director of photography Ernest Dickerson, production designer Wynn Thomas and actor Joie Lee; behind-the-scenes: Spike Lee's personal video footage from the set; "Making Do the right thing:" in-depth documentary on the making of the film; interview with editor Barry Brown; "The riot sequence:" storyboard gallery of the climatic riot sequence; Cannes, 1989: press conference footage from the Film Festival.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CT1 D0110797 Blu-ray Video
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
Credits:Photography, Ernest Dickerson ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; original music, Bill Lee.
System Details:Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, Dolby DTS 5.1 surround, BD-50, BD-Live 2.0, 1080p High Definition ; (Special features: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., 1080i/p High Definition and 480i/p standard definition).
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
Cast:
Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage.