BigList
Login / Sign up
Do the Right Thing (1989)

Do the Right Thing (1989)

Drama

It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...

Release Date: 1989, June 14
Directors: Spike Lee
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Leonard L. Thomas, Bill Nunn, Frank Vincent, Luis Antonio Ramos, Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Gwen McGee, Martin Lawrence, Giancarlo Esposito, Steve Park, Frankie Faison

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.

Keywords:

new york city racism money love pizza police brutality chaos pizzeria burlesque brooklyn, new york city angry italian american punk rock hip-hop dignified restaurant critic culture clash police operation radio transmission street war heatwave heat race relations