Do the Right Thing (1989)

ALL 06/14/1989 (en) Drama 120 Min
  • Release
    06/14/1989
  • Production
    Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
  • Rotten tomato
    77.5%
  • Original title
    Do the Right Thing
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 37,300,000.00
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It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can Do the Right Thing.

Overview

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione 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.

  1. Spike Lee

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Spike Lee

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Danny Aiello

    Salvatore 'Sal' Fragione

  2. Spike Lee

    Mookie

  3. Ossie Davis

    Da Mayor

  4. Richard Edson

    Vito Fragione

  5. John Turturro

    Pino Fragione

  6. Ruby Dee

    Mother Sister

  7. Bill Nunn

    Radio Raheem

  8. Giancarlo Esposito

    Buggin Out

  9. Rosie Perez

    Tina

  10. Roger Guenveur Smith

    Smiley

  11. Samuel L. Jackson

    Mister Señor Love Daddy

  12. Paul Benjamin

    ML

  13. Frankie Faison

    Coconut Sid

  14. Robin Harris

    Sweet Dick Willie

  15. Joie Lee

    Jade

  16. Miguel Sandoval

    Officer Mark Ponte

  17. Rick Aiello

    Officer Gary Long

  18. Steve Park

    Sonny

  19. Ginny Yang

    Kim

  20. John Savage

    Clifton

  21. Steve White

    Ahmad

  22. Martin Lawrence

    Cee

  23. Leonard L. Thomas

    Punchy

  24. Christa Rivers

    Ella

  25. Frank Vincent

    Charlie

  26. Luis Antonio Ramos

    Stevie

  27. Richard Habersham

    Eddie

  28. Gwen McGee

    Louise

  29. Sherwin Park

    Korean Child

  30. Shawn Elliott

    Puerto Rican Icee Man

  31. Diva Osorio

    Carmen

  32. Chris Delaney

    Stevie's Friend

  33. Angel Ramirez Jr.

    Stevie's Friend

  34. Sixto Ramos

    Stevie's Friend

  35. Nelson Vasquez

    Stevie's Friend

  36. Travell Lee Toulson

    Hector

  37. Joel Nagle

    Sergeant

  38. David E. Weinberg

    Plainclothes Detective

  39. Yatte Brown

    Double Dutch Girl

  40. Mecca Brunson

    Double Dutch Girl

  41. Shawn Stainback

    Double Dutch Girl

  42. Soquana Wallace

    Double Dutch Girl

  43. Erik Dellums

    Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)

  44. Nicholas Turturro

    Policeman (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 44 , Crews : 107

Keyword

Do the Right Thing (1989) 120 Min

ALL 06/14/1989 (en)
Drama
  • Release 06/14/1989
  • Production
    Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
  • Original title Do the Right Thing
  • en
  • Revenue37,300,000.00

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

Overview

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione 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.

  1. Spike Lee

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Barry Alexander Brown

    Editor

  4. Spike Lee

    Producer