Do the Right Thing 1989 Movie

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. More details

Directors

Spike Lee

Cast

Danny Aiello Ossie Davis Ruby Dee Richard Edson

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comedy drama pizzeria bedford stuyvesant brooklyn new york city pizza boycott pizza delivery italian restaurant boom box race relations police brutality riot police violence pizza parlor frustration tragicomedy new york city fistfight fight black militant harassment controversy urban decay f word written and directed by cast member fire father son relationship family business fire hose stuttering racial slur independent film title spoken by character street smashing a radio female nudity money culture clash national film registry restaurant fire police officer italian language korean language spanish language hatred pizza delivery boy payphone low budget film reference to al sharpton reference to jesse jackson reference to louis farakhan reference to michael jackson reference to vic damone reference to perry como reference to luciano pavarotti reference to sun myung moon reference to ed koch reference to jackie robinson reference to kunta kinte reference to bob marley reference to jackie wilson reference to james brown reference to luther vandross reference to otis redding reference to count basie reference to stevie wonder reference to sarah vaughan reference to ella fitzgerald reference to quincy jones reference to sam cooke reference to sophia loren reference to phil rizzuto reference to rocky marciano reference to john travolta reference to george foreman reference to john wayne reference to elvis presley sibling rivalry reference to alex haley reference to global warming reference to doc gooden reference to larry bird reference to mike tyson reference to magic johnson newspaper headline reference to bruce springsteen reference to al pacino reference to dean martin reference to frank sinatra reference to joe dimaggio reference to john d. rockefeller reference to george washington reference to christopher columbus store garbage can thrown through a window gentrification global warming reference to robert de niro destroying a radio fire hydrant bare breasts radio disc jockey trash can throwing a garbage can heat wave hood bigotry water shortage walking listening to radio actor director senior citizen alcohol in brown paper bag record player asian shopkeeper pay phone telephone call food delivery beer drinking bouquet of roses public urination ice cream truck topless female nudity korean african american restaurant italian american satire brownstone generation x speaking one's thoughts unintended consequences character's point of view camera shot reference to roger clemens black man heat reference to john coltrane reference to prince joke telling musician voice over narration ends with voice over narration registering to vote voting self defense garbage can photograph militant hobo counting money reference to the night of the hunter ensemble cast xenophobia listening to the radio black american ethnic neighborhood reference to nelson mandela boyfriend girlfriend relationship rage vandalism assault black independent film asphyxiation arson death dark comedy black comedy reference to louis armstrong reference to miles davis reference to janet jackson reference to ray charles reference to michael jordan reference to malcolm x imperative in title murder blacks versus italians brooklyn new york city tragic event convenience store long take civic activist breaking the fourth wall puerto rican mexican american latino tattoo pizza cutter mental retardation italian headlock choke to death sunglasses headphones hawaiian shirt ghetto convenience store clerk cadillac brother sister relationship brother brother relationship broom black power big brother beer battery baseball bat racial tension open hydrant multi ethnic racism neighbor radio punk radio show celebrity nipples dutch angle

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