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Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro and Samuel L. Jackson and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez.
Jul 21, 1989 · Do the Right Thing: Directed by Spike Lee. With Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson. 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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Spike Lee
- 1989-07-21
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 · Spike Lee's masterpiece about race and violence in America, seen through the eyes of a Brooklyn street and its residents. Read Ebert's analysis of the film's style, themes, characters and impact.
Smart, vibrant, and urgent without being didactic, Do the Right Thing is one of Spike Lee's most fully realized efforts -- and one of the most important films of the 1980s. Read Critics Reviews
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- Spike Lee
- R
- Danny Aiello
Do the Right Thing is an emblematic narrative about racial tension, policing, and the consequences of pent-up frustration in a culturally diverse community. The film presents a microcosm of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, on the hottest day of the summer, where a boiling point of racial conflict reaches its inevitable climax.
On the hottest day of the year, Mookie, a pizza delivery man, witnesses the tensions arising from the diversity in Bedford Stuyvesant, NYC. 5,736 IMDb 8.0 1 h 55 min 1989. X-Ray R. Comedy · Drama · Bold · Fun. Available to rent or buy.
