Rent Do the Right Thing (1989)
3.9 of 5 from 263 ratings
1h 55min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- This powerful portrait of urban racial tension sparked controversy everywhere it played while earning popular and critical praise. The hottest day of the year and an explosive day in the life of Bedford - Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The community will never be the same again.
- Actors:
- Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Paul Benjamin, Frankie Faison, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Miguel Sandoval, Rick Aiello, John Savage, Samuel L. Jackson, Rosie Perez, Roger Guenveur Smith, Steve White, Martin Lawrence
- Directors:
- Spike Lee
- Producers:
- Spike Lee
- Writers:
- Spike Lee
- Aka:
- Heatwave
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- Award Winners, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Angela Bassett, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Spike Lee, Top 10 Films About Radio: Rock to Rap, Top 100 AFI Movies, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/11/2013
- Run Time:
- 120 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, English Hard of Hearing, French, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Director Spike Lee, Cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, Production Designer Wynn Thomas and Actor Joie Lee
- 20th Anniversary Edition Audio Commentary by Director Spike Lee
- 60 Minute Documentary: The Making Of Do The Right Thing
- Spike Lee's Behind the Scene Footage: From Rehearsal To Wrap
- New Video Interview with Editor Barry Brown
- Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Cannes 1989 Press Conference
- Original Storyboards For The Riot Sequence
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/02/2021
- Run Time:
- 120 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS:X, French DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing, French, Spanish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- NTSC
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Spike Lee Introduction
- Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Behind the Scenes
- Making do the Right Thing the Riot Sequence
- Feature Commentary with Director Spike Lee
- And More!
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Reviews (2) of Do the Right Thing
Could this be Spike Lee's best film....... - Do the Right Thing review by CP Customer
Do the Right Thing follows a day in the life of Mookie, an intelligent but lazy Spike Lee who delivers Sals Finest Pizzas around his neighbourhood in Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year and the film builds as tensions between the blacks, whites, italians, hispanics,koreans, parents and children start to boil over...
But that's not the point - the point is that all these people seem to live together happily until a series of insignificant events expose the prejudice lurking below the surface. It doesn't preach, it's colourful, lively, full of humour, it has great music, great performances from Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Ossie Davis and Spike Lee.
Don't expect New Jack City gunfights or drive-by shootings, it isn't that kind of film, it's about real people and the irrational ways they react when forced to live in tight communities.
I first saw this film years ago but it hasn't dated at all.The core message is just as relevant to any British city now as it was to Brooklyn when it was made.
7 out of 8 members found this review helpful.
Timely movie - Do the Right Thing review by JG
This could have been written about race issues today, a re run of the killing of George floyd, shameful that we haven’t made more progress as a society. Powerful messages delivered in a powerful way, no holds barred, you can feel the heat and the tension coming off the movie, a must see
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.