Do the Right Thing

    Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    120 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    1989
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Spanish, Italian, Korean
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Spike Lee
WRITTEN BY:
Spike Lee
CAST INCLUDES:
Spike Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Martin Lawrence, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. Directed by visionary filmmaker Spike Lee and featuring a stellar ensemble cast that includes Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Rosie Perez, and John Turturro, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated DO THE RIGHT THING is one of the most thought-provoking and groundbreaking films of the last 30 years.

SYNOPSIS

Salvatore “Sal” Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin’ Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria’s Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin’ Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin’ Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

Do the Right Thing

    Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    120 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    1989
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Spanish, Italian, Korean
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Spike Lee
WRITTEN BY
Spike Lee
CAST INCLUDES
Spike Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Martin Lawrence, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. Directed by visionary filmmaker Spike Lee and featuring a stellar ensemble cast that includes Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Rosie Perez, and John Turturro, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated DO THE RIGHT THING is one of the most thought-provoking and groundbreaking films of the last 30 years.

Salvatore “Sal” Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin’ Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria’s Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin’ Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin’ Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

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