Film · Drama
Do the Right Thing
“It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...”
19892h 0mDir Spike Lee7.8TMDB
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.
Top Cast
44 total
Danny Aiello
as Sal
Ossie Davis
as Da Mayor
Ruby Dee
as Mother Sister
Richard Edson
as Vito
Giancarlo Esposito
as Buggin Out
Spike Lee
as Mookie
Bill Nunn
as Radio Raheem
John Turturro
as Pino
The scene we cut
Love and hate
Radio Raheem explains love and hate with his knuckle rings.
The love/hate speech is lifted from The Night of the Hunter. Bill Nunn improvised the boxing.
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