Do the Right Thing
(1989)

Director: Spike Lee

Key Cast: Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Rosie Perez

Rating: R

Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Drama

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Movie Summary

"Do the Right Thing" is one of Spike Lee's best films!

Spike Lee directs a great ensemble cast in this movie centered around a hot summer day in a Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.

Tensions are brewing everywhere, especially racial ones. And as Mookie (Spike Lee) delivers pizza throughout the neighborhood, you get to meet everyone in the community - Sal (the owner of the local pizza party - Danny Aiello), Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn), and Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito) to name a few. And let's not forget the corner comedian Robin Harris who plays Sweet Dick Willie in this movie.

Trivia

•  Spike Lee wrote, produced and directed Do the Right Thing.

• Spike Lee wrote the script for this film in only two weeks.

• Spike Lee, also directed three other Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com Films: 4 Little Girls, Malcolm X, She's Gotta Have It and School Daze.

• The song, “Fight the Power,” by Public Enemy is played over fifteen times in Do the Right Thing.

•  Robin Harris, Paul Benjamin and Frankie Faison played the men on the corner and all of their scenes were improvised.

•  The movie was shot on location in a real Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in New York.

•  "Do the Right Thing" won two 1991 NAACP Image Awards:  Outstanding Lead Actress (Ruby Dee) and Outstanding Supporting Actor (Ossie Davis)

• Nominated for two 1990 Academy Awards:  Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Danny Aiello) and Best Writing, Screenplay (Spike Lee)

•  Nominated for four 1990 Golden Globe Awards:  Best Motion Picture, Best Director (Spike Lee), Best Supporting Actor (Danny Aiello) and Best Screenplay (Spike Lee)

• Selected in 1999 to the Library of Congress National Film Registry

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