Research Catalog

Title

Do the right thing / directed by Spike Lee.

Publication

Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lee, Spike
• Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019
• Davis, Ossie
• Dee, Ruby
• Edson, Richard.
• Esposito, Giancarlo.
• Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016.
• Turturro, John, 1957-
• Savage, John, 1949-
• Lee, Bill, 1928-2023.
• Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)

Description

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large Radio Raheem. He is unwilling to succumb to the over-excessive brutality of the police and the racist views of Sal and his family. The overzealous police officers don't understand the repercussions of the violence they just unleashed. The neighbors band together to protest this extreme form of pure, toxic bigotry. Mob mentality takes over and the other local non-African American store owners become threatened. Tempers flare and rage is in the air.

Uniform Title

Do the right thing (Motion picture)

Subjects

• Police brutality > New York (State) > New York > Drama
• United States > Race relations > Drama
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Relations with Italian Americans > Drama
• Family-owned business enterprises > New York (State) > New York > Drama
• Italian American families > New York (State) > New York > Drama
• Riots > New York (State) > New York > Drama

Genre/Form

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
• Fiction films.
• Feature films.

Note

• Title from container.
• Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
• Special features: "Do the right thing: 20 years later:" new retrospective documentary with the cast and crew (in HD); deleted and extended scenes (in HD); 20th anniversary edition feature commentary with director Spike Lee; feature commentary with director Spike Lee, director of photography Ernest Dickerson, production designer Wynn Thomas and actor Joie Lee; behind-the-scenes: Spike Lee's personal video footage from the set; "Making Do the right thing:" in-depth documentary on the making of the film; interview with editor Barry Brown; "The riot sequence:" storyboard gallery of the climatic riot sequence; Cannes, 1989: press conference footage from the Film Festival.

Credits (note)

• Screenwriter, Spike Lee ; producer, Spike Lee ; cinematographer, Ernest Dickerson ; film editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; composer, Bill Lee ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production, a Spike Lee joint.

Performer (note)

• Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage.

Audience (note)

• MPAA rating: R.

System Details (note)

• Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, Dolby DTS 5.1 surround, BD-50, BD-Live 2.0, 1080p High Definition ; (Special features: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., 1080i/p High Definition and 480i/p standard definition).

Language (note)

• English (DTS-HD 5.1), dubbed French (DTS 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (DTS 5.1) dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Call Number

Sc BLURAY-8

LCCN

025192010590

OCLC

408343720

Title

Do the right thing / directed by Spike Lee.

Imprint

Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]

Edition

20th anniversary ed.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

System Details

Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, Dolby DTS 5.1 surround, BD-50, BD-Live 2.0, 1080p High Definition ; (Special features: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., 1080i/p High Definition and 480i/p standard definition).

Cast

Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage.

Credits

Screenwriter, Spike Lee ; producer, Spike Lee ; cinematographer, Ernest Dickerson ; film editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; composer, Bill Lee ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production, a Spike Lee joint.

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Language

English (DTS-HD 5.1), dubbed French (DTS 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (DTS 5.1) dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Added Author

Lee, Spike, film producer.

Lee, Spike, film director.

Lee, Spike, screenwriter.

Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019, actor.

Davis, Ossie, actor.

Dee, Ruby, actor.

Edson, Richard.

Esposito, Giancarlo.

Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016.

Turturro, John, 1957-

Savage, John, 1949-

Lee, Bill, 1928-2023.

Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)

Other Standard Identifier

025192010590

Publisher No.

61107959 Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Research Call Number

Sc BLURAY-8