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A local black community is unhappy that their community is effectively being run by whites. As the heat rises on a hot summer's day in Brooklyn, so the racial tension, which has so far lay dormant under the surface, begins to rise.

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EAN5050582959192

eBay Product ID (ePID)170502317

Product Key Features

ActorGiancarlo Esposito, Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Joie Lee, Rosie Perez

Film/TV TitleDo the Right Thing

DirectorSpike Lee

LanguageEnglish

Run Time118 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2013

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesWidescreen, 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

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Additional InformationSpike Lee's racial and political filmmaking bent is given the full treatment with this simmering expose of racial tensions in a New York City neighbourhood one scorching summer day. The film, written by Lee (and nominated for an Oscar), follows a group of racially diverse inhabitants from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood as they spend their day trying to avoid the oppressive heat. These include African American pizza deliveryman Mookie (Lee), the racially sensitive Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), and the silent, boom-box-blasting Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn). Also thrown into the mix are Sal (an Oscar-nominated Danny Aiello), the Italian-American proprietor of Sal's Pizzeria, as well as his two sons, Pino (John Turturro) and Vito (Richard Edson), who hold completely opposing attitudes when it comes to race. After Buggin' Out tries to organise a boycott of Sal's because of the lack of racial diversity on his shop's Wall of Fame, the tensions explode in an act of senseless violence. Lee's film is an electric work of political entertainment that confronts sensitive racial issues head-on. He deftly blends humour and drama as well as using specific music to further amplify his theme (Public Enemy's song 'Fight the Power' actually becomes the film's main catalyst for action). Boldly closing the film with opposing quotes from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King on the nature of race relations, Lee leaves it up to the viewer to decide if Mookie's actions were the correct ones. Aiello and Esposito are standouts in an all-star cast that includes Lee himself, his sister Joie, 'discovery' Rosie Perez, and the married team of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Always one to spark controversy, Lee's summer drama finds the filmmaker at the peak of his craft.

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleDo The Right Thing

Consumer AdviceContains strong violence