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Do the Right Thing
from: MCA/Universal Home Video
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781558801592
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 1558801596
Label: MCA/Universal Home Video
Languages: English (Unknown), AnalogEnglish (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: MCA/Universal Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: June 30, 1989
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video
Release Date: March 01, 1992
Running Time: 120 minutes
Studio: MCA/Universal Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 1989
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Editorial Review:
Spike Lee's incendiary look at race relations in America, circa 1989, is so colorful and exuberant for its first three-quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward. Do the Right Thing is a joyful, tumultuous masterpiece--maybe the best film ever made about race in America, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small misunderstandings. Set on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the summer, the movie shows the whole spectrum of life in this neighborhood and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does the "right thing." Featuring Danny Aiello as Sal, the pizza parlor owner; Lee himself as Mookie, the lazy pizza-delivery guy; John Turturro and Richard Edson as Sal's sons; Lee's sister Joie as Mookie's sister Jade; Rosie Perez as Mookie's girlfriend Tina; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as the block elders, Da Mayor and Mother Sister; Giancarlo Esposito as Mookie's hot-headed friend Buggin' Out; Bill Nunn as the boom-box toting Radio Raheem; and Samuel L. Jackson as deejay Mister Señor Love Daddy. A rich and nuanced film to watch, treasure, and learn from--over and over again. --Jim Emerson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Do the right thing
Do The Right Thing is a very loud and in your face film and set Spike Lee up for a long career are racially charged films. Overall i quite liked the film and while there are some specific complaints that i have it still warrants praise, especially for its complex and controversial subject matter.
The film starts out quite simple, simply showing life in New York in a black neighborhood. For a large part of the film I had trouble finding any particularly coherent plot. Normally I would ... Read More
Rating: - Summer in the city
Director Spike Lee wastes no time turning up the heat in this provocative allegorical dramedy about race relations in America, filtered through a day in the life of Brooklyn's multi-ethnic Bed-Stuy neighborhood. From the opening credits, which literally explode onto the screen with a muy caliente Rosie Perez busting some serious moves to the strains of Public Enemy's "Fight the Power", to the jaw-dropping climax, this is one of those rare films that manages to engage mind, body and soul all at once. ... Read More
Rating:  - Shockingly overrated
The entire world loves this movie for reasons I have yet to comprehend. There is not one single likable character to be found in this picture, least of all the main character, whom Spike Lee presents as a saint for inciting a race riot. Not coincidentally, Mookie is played (badly) by Lee himself.
What Lee has constructed is a fantasy playground for himself. As his body of work shows, he's primarily interested in the lives of black Americans. His vision, however, often manifests itself as ... Read More
Rating:  - A beautiful movie, by the genius of our time.
Do the right thing is amazing!!! As we all know it is the tale of race relations in America, set in Brooklyn in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community. This movie glows as it shows the racial tension that still goes on today. Lee shows that as diverse as America is, instead of diplomatically talking out our differences, we fear what we do not understand and as minorities fight ourselves, while (some) of the racist majority laugh as they like to see our downfall. It is downright dazzling that Spike Lee can show ... Read More
Rating: - Film Masterpiece
This is still Spike Lee's greatest film and a powerhouse. I have a personal favorite but I like this one very much. A hot Brooklyn day, a pizza place, a black neighborhood and an Italian pizza parlor combine together in a violent night. It creates strong emotions and one can really identify with the people living in this neighborhood. Spike Lee is great in his films and should consider acting more often. Very moving and will stay with you long after. I've seen it several times and the impact is the ... Read More
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