The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing. With Danny Aiello, Jennie Bourne, Nandi Bowe, Ossie Davis. IMDb sits down with Lee to explore his use of the phrase and the challenging history that inspired it. Do the Right Thing (1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Directed by Spike Lee. Spike Lee would later thank her for it in a 2019 episode of the podcast "Unspooled". IMDb TV IMDb Originals Latest Trailers. Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Synopsis (1) Summaries. Spike Lee had done an almost impossible thing. Instead, the film reflects back to its audience their own perspectives on prejudice and compliance. With Josh Cruddas. Do the Right Thing (1989) Filming Locations (5) Stuyvesant Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA (the block) It is a miracle that 22 million black people have not risen up against their oppressors--in which … The great character actor Richard Edson's first feature film role came in Jim Jarmusch's 1983 cult hit, Stranger Than Paradise (1984), where he played "Eddie", one of the main characters. From 'School Daze' and 'Do the Right Thing' to 'BlacKkKlansman' and 'Da 5 Bloods,' Spike Lee has used the power of cinema to tell audiences to 'Wake up!' DO THE RIGHT THING by Spike Lee Second Draft March 1, 1988; Brooklyn, N.Y. Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Inc. YA-DIG SHO-NUFF BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY WGA #45816 "The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. I have been given only a few filmgoing experiences in my life to equal the first time I saw “Do the Right Thing.” Most movies remain up there on the screen. In May of 1989 I walked out of the screening at the Cannes Film Festival with tears in my eyes. With Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson. Directed by St. Clair Bourne. Mookie (Spike Lee) is a young man living in a black and Puerto Rican neighborhood in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with his sister, Jade (Joie Lee), and works as a pizza delivery man for a local pizzeria. Directed by Dawn Harwood-Jones, Sandy Lund, Wendy MacGregor.
Do the Right Thing (1989) Plot Synopsis. Addresses common social issues in the schoolyard. On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. Do the Right Thing (1989) Plot. But there is one film missing from this list, that deserves to be on it, because ironically, it might tell the biggest truth of all, and that's Do the Right Thing (1989)." Richard Edson, Actor: Super Mario Bros..
A riot breaks out when a man bashes another man's stereo in a pizza parlor with a baseball bat, the man with the bat is then forced out of his shop, people trash and torch the restaurant, a cop asphyxiates a man with a nightstick and other related pandemonium breaks out into the streets, ending with the pizza parlor burning to the ground.
Community. Help Center Contributor Zone Polls. on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... Violence & Gore. WARNING: Spoilers. Only a few penetrate your soul. “Do The Right Thing” doesn’t provide answers to the problems it exposes.