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 (film production company.)
Universal Pictures (Firm) (film production company.)
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Lee, Spike (Film director, Actor, Film producer, screenplay,)
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)
Savage, John, 1949- (Actor)
Lee, Bill, 1928- (Actor, composer (expression))
Jackson, Samuel L. (Actor)
Perez, Rosie (Actor)
Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952- (director of photography.)
Brown, Barry Alexander (Editor of moving image work)
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Published: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, 1989.
Edition:20th anniversary ed. ; [Two-disc 20th anniversary ed.].
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.
Drama.
Dark comedy films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Dark comedy films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 DVD videos (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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:Special features: Disc 1: 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; "Do the right thing: 20 years later:" new retrospective documentary with the cast and crew; deleted and extended scenes. Disc 2: 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.
Call Number:CU5 D0114891 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
Credits:Photography, Ernest Dickerson ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; original music, Bill Lee.
Cast:
Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage, Samuel L. Jackson, Rosie Perez.