Film

Do the Right Thing

1989 · 2h · Drama

It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

93

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, 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.

Danny Aiello

Sal

Ossie Davis

Da Mayor

Ruby Dee

Mother Sister

Richard Edson

Vito

Giancarlo Esposito

Buggin Out

Spike Lee

Mookie

Bill Nunn

Radio Raheem

John Turturro

Pino

Paul Benjamin

ML

Frankie Faison

Coconut Sid

Robin Harris

Sweet Dick Willie

Joie Lee

Jade

Miguel Sandoval

Officer Ponte

Rick Aiello

Officer Long

John Savage

Clifton

Samuel L. Jackson

Mister Señor Love Daddy

• Spike LeeScreenplay · Producer · Director
• Ernest R. DickersonDirector of Photography
• Bill LeeOriginal Music Composer
• Barry Alexander BrownEditor
• Robi ReedCasting

Restored Trailer

Release date

June 14, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Budget

$6,500,000

Revenue

$37,300,000

Genres

Drama

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