Do the Right Thing

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Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee's racial and political filmmaking bent is given the full treatment with this simmering exposé of racial tensions in a New York City neighborhood one scorching summer day. The film, written by Lee, follows a group of racially diverse inhabitants from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood as they spend their day trying to avoid the oppressive heat. These include African American pizza deliveryman Mookie (Lee), the racially sensitive Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), and the silent, boom-box-blasting Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn). Also starring Sal (an Oscar-nominated Danny Aiello), the Italian-American proprietor of Sal's Pizzeria, and his two sons, Pino (John Turturro) and Vito (Richard Edson).

Selected for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry of American Film.

DVD - The Criterion Collection

Color, Closed-captioned
Theatrical trailer(s)
Special Features, Disc One: The Movie
New widescreen digital transfer
Audio commentary by director Spike Lee, cinematographer Ernest
Dickerson, production designer Wynn Thomas, and actor Joie Lee
Special Features, Disc Two: The Supplement
New video introductions by Spike Lee
New video interview with editor Barry Brown
Spike Lee and line producer Jon Kilik revisit the film's Bedford-Stuyvesant locations
St. Clair Bourne's 60-minute documentary, The Making of Do The Right Thing
Spike Lee's behind-the-scenes footage, from rehearsal to wrap
Original storyboards for the riot sequence, plus a film-to-storyboard comparison
Widescreen anamorphic format

Curator's Comments:
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Spike Lee
Color
120 minutes
Released: 1989
Rating: R

Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama

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