
Release Date
📅
Original Release
June 14, 1989
2h 0m
Do the Right Thing (1989)
⭐ 7.8120 min
Overview
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.
Director

Spike Lee
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 2.4
Cast

Danny Aiello
Sal
⭐1.3

Ossie Davis
Da Mayor
⭐0.9

Ruby Dee
Mother Sister
⭐1.1

Richard Edson
Vito
⭐0.9

Giancarlo Esposito
Buggin Out
⭐5.5

Spike Lee
Mookie
⭐2.4

Bill Nunn
Radio Raheem
⭐1.0

John Turturro
Pino
⭐2.8

Paul Benjamin
ML
⭐0.5

Frankie Faison
Coconut Sid
⭐1.7
Genres
Drama
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