Danny Aiello
Sal
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A 1989 American comedy-drama film by Spike Lee about racial tension and violence in a Brooklyn neighborhood. The film explores the characters, conflicts and consequences of a hot summer's day, and features a famous scene of a police officer choking a Black man to death.
Jul 21, 1989 · A comedy-drama about racial tensions and violence in Brooklyn on a hot summer day. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-nominated film.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Spike Lee
- 1989-07-21
Feb 12, 2011 · A classic pioneering movie that showed the world what Spike Lee can do. On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry ...
- 2 min
- 351.9K
- thecultbox
Do the Right Thing. 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...
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- Spike Lee
- R
- Danny Aiello
Woot! Director Spike Lee's seminal exploration of race and violence takes place in a Brooklyn neighborhood anchored by Sal's Pizzeria - where the heat of summer is boiling over! Biting humor and riveting drama.
- 115 min
A film by Spike Lee about racial tensions and violence in a Brooklyn neighborhood on a hot summer day. Follow Mookie, a pizza delivery boy, and his interactions with the locals, including Sal, the pizzeria owner, and Buggin Out, a black activist.
May 27, 2001 · A classic movie about race and racism in America, directed by Spike Lee and starring Danny Aiello, Bill Nunn and others. Roger Ebert praises the film's style, empathy and complexity, and shares his personal reaction to its tragic ending.
