Lucid NonsenseMovies / 1989
Do the Right Thing
Completed
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.
- Release year
- 1989
- Released
- May 19, 1989
- Runtime
- 120 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Genres
- Drama
- Directed by
- Spike Lee
- Written by
- Spike Lee
- Cast
- Danny Aiello (Sal) · Ossie Davis (Da Mayor) · Ruby Dee (Mother Sister) · Richard Edson (Vito) · Giancarlo Esposito (Buggin Out) · Spike Lee (Mookie) · Bill Nunn (Radio Raheem) · John Turturro (Pino) · Paul Benjamin (ML) · Frankie Faison (Coconut Sid)
Consumption history1
Completed
Netflix viewing. [netflix-ff01fa534b1eb2b28ce56fdb]
External identifiers
- tmdb
- 925
- imdb
- tt0097216