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Jul 21, 1989 · Set in a Brooklyn neighborhood on a hot summer day, the film explores the tensions and conflicts between African-Americans, Hispanics, and Italian-Americans. The film features a cast of rising stars, a powerful soundtrack, and a controversial ending that sparked debate and controversy.
- (109K)
- Spike Lee
- R
- Comedy, Drama
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.
- $37.3 million
- Spike Lee
- $6 million
- Bill Lee
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 Sal, the pizzeria owner, and other characters on the street.
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...
- (3.4K)
- Spike Lee
- R
- Danny Aiello
Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Spike Lee 's "Do the Right Thing" is the most controversial film of the year, and it only opens today. Thousands of people already have seen it at preview screenings, and everywhere I go, people are discussing it. Some of them are bothered by it; they think it will cause trouble.
Do the Right Thing, comedy-drama film, released in 1989, that focuses on the racial tensions in a neighborhood in New York City as they come to a head on the hottest day of the year. The acclaimed yet controversial film was written and directed by Spike Lee and was nominated for two Academy Awards.
