Do the Right Thing
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Danny Aiello
- Ossie Davis
- Ruby Dee
- Richard Edson
- Giancarlo Esposito
- Spike Lee
- Bill Nunn
- John Turturro
- Paul Benjamin
- Frankie Faison
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- Oct 27, 2018
kendall jenner and her cans of pepsi..........where were they
laurenFeb 14, 2019Sat on it for a year, rewatched, and yeah this is easily a top 10 for me. Few movies out there that know how to toy with emotion through music the way this one does. Can safely say it’s like a different movie the second time around. Lots of ideas being tossed around in…
KarstenAug 17, 2020This is maybe my third time watching this movie and, on this viewing, the thing I feel most is sadness. That is because, for as much as Spike Lee gestures to capital-I Issues like structural racism and police abuse, this isn’t a movie about Issues, it is a movie about…
Jamelle Bouie - Aug 11, 2015
98/100 Do the Right Thing is an exploding fire-hydrant of colliding extremes and blazing hatred, shrunk down into a tension-fueled environment overflowing with humanity, humor, danger, sadness, pain and violence. Spike Lee's masterwork doesn't just break down the…
SilentDawnAug 3, 2021You could pluck this movie out of 1989 and release it as a new movie in 2021 and 100% of it would still be topical. That is so devastating
sawah 🦖Oct 17, 2018Spike Lee has unequivocally proven that we do, indeed, live in a society EDIT [6/9/24]: Looking back at reviews I wrote when I was 18 years old is always a truly humbling experience. Thank you Letterboxd
Nick - Sep 10, 2021
The Love-Hate scene with Radio Raheem is one of my favorite scenes ever.
JayJun 4, 2024if you’re a pizza place charging extra for cheese don’t be surprised when you get arson
JayFeb 20, 2017Good movie
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- Jacob Hall lovedDo the Right Thing
The most important film in history. My dad told me stories of what happened when this movie came out and I couldn't believe it. For as many racists that hated the film, he said there was also a lot of unity between races, or at least in his neighborhood. Spike Lee is 1 of the 🐐s
desirae lovedDo the Right ThingDid Mookie do the right thing? You’d think the film is just a hot summer, feel good based in late 80s Bed-Stuy New York, but no. It progresses into a critical two options in the fight for civil rights and social justice. The MLK v. X dilemma. A must watch Spike Lee film 🎥
JT lovedDo the Right Thingnot the traditional formatting of a story but it was still entertaining. it’s interesting to see how a little event can snowball into something else. not to mention how each character has both good and horrible views on society which represents people perfectly.
- Bella Kamiya lovedDo the Right Thing
Watched this for a class, everything about the movie is great. As a first generation American, although I do consider myself an AA I grew up in an African household so seeing authentic African American culture like this has always been fascinating for me.
Ellis lovedDo the Right ThingSOO GOOD I cried a bit can’t lie. Some of those scenes were so hard to watch but it was amazing. I loved the camera work and also how vast the cast of characters were. Also the way it slowly went from a slice of life at the beginning to an intense action at the climax of the movie was peak.…
Kaidoz lovedDo the Right ThingWrote my film school thesis on this film. A masterpiece and was robbed from Oscar fame!
- zxki likedDo the Right Thing
felt like a part of the family.
Jake Harris lovedDo the Right Thing10/10. Must watch
Tyne likedDo the Right ThingIt was a really neat love each other type PSA in the form of a neighborhood anecdote I really enjoyed all the neighborhood perspective and familiarity I thought it was totally going to go in a different direction at first where mookie would die and then his photo would go up on the wall but I…
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One of Lee's great successes with this film is that he is able to present every character, regardless of race, gender, or age, with three-dimensionality and a degree of sympathy. No one is demonized or lionized. No one individual is blamed or exonerated for the events which transpire. Each individual with significant screen time is shown to have good and bad qualities, and we come to understand what motivates them, even if we do not agree with them.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Do the Right Thing (1989) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Do the Right Thing (1989)?
The movie is 2hr long.
What's Do the Right Thing (1989) about?
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.
Who's the cast of Do the Right Thing (1989)?
- Danny Aiello as Sal
- Ossie Davis as Da Mayor
- Ruby Dee as Mother Sister
- Richard Edson as Vito
- Giancarlo Esposito as Buggin Out
- Spike Lee as Mookie
- Bill Nunn as Radio Raheem
- John Turturro as Pino
- Paul Benjamin as ML
- Frankie Faison as Coconut Sid
Who's the director behind Do the Right Thing (1989)?
Spike Lee directed Do the Right Thing (1989).
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