Do the Right Thing( 1989)

TV-MADrama

78%

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

Overview

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione 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.

Top Billed Cast

Danny Aiello
Salvatore 'Sal' Fragione
Spike Lee
Mookie
Ossie Davis
Da Mayor
Richard Edson
Vito Fragione
John Turturro
Pino Fragione
Ruby Dee
Mother Sister
Bill Nunn
Radio Raheem
Giancarlo Esposito
Buggin Out
Rosie Perez
Tina
Roger Guenveur Smith
Smiley
Samuel L. Jackson
Mister Señor Love Daddy
Paul Benjamin
ML
Frankie Faison
Coconut Sid
Robin Harris
Sweet Dick Willie
Joie Lee
Jade
Miguel Sandoval
Officer Mark Ponte
Rick Aiello
Officer Gary Long
Steve Park
Sonny
Ginny Yang
Kim
John Savage
Clifton
Steve White
Ahmad
Martin Lawrence
Cee
Leonard L. Thomas
Punchy
Christa Rivers
Ella
Frank Vincent
Charlie
Luis Antonio Ramos
Stevie
Richard Habersham
Eddie
Gwen McGee
Louise
Sherwin Park
Korean Child
Shawn Elliott
Puerto Rican Icee Man
Diva Osorio
Carmen
Chris Delaney
Stevie's Friend
Angel Ramirez Jr.
Stevie's Friend
Sixto Ramos
Stevie's Friend
Nelson Vasquez
Stevie's Friend
Travell Lee Toulson
Hector
Joel Nagle
Sergeant
David E. Weinberg
Plainclothes Detective
Yatte Brown
Double Dutch Girl
Mecca Brunson
Double Dutch Girl
Shawn Stainback
Double Dutch Girl
Soquana Wallace
Double Dutch Girl
Erik Dellums
Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
Nicholas Turturro
Policeman (uncredited)

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Mon Aug 23 2021

_**When someone does the wrong thing and others react the wrong way**_ On a hot summer day in a predominantly black neighborhood in Brooklyn, one person makes the wrong decision and sets off a chain of events that results in havoc. Rosie Perez is a highlight on the feminine front. “Do the Right Thing” was Spike Lee’s breakthrough film that he made when he was 31. It’s a stylish and spirited account of a mostly black community in New York City that’s well-rounded with drama, humor, entertainment, honesty and tragedy. On the one hand, this neighborhood seems like a pleasant enough place...