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Do the Right Thing

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.

Director

Spike Lee

Year

Genre

Box Office

$27,545,445

Production

Universal Pictures,40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 21 wins & 17 nominations total

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Sal

Da Mayor

Mother Sister

Vito

Buggin Out

Giancarlo Esposito

Mookie

Radio Raheem

Pino

ML

Coconut Sid

Sweet Dick Willie

Jade

Officer Ponte

Miguel Sandoval

Officer Long

Clifton

Mister Señor Love Daddy

Samuel L. Jackson

Tina

Smiley

Roger Guenveur Smith

Ahmad

Cee

Martin Lawrence

Punchy

Leonard L. Thomas

Ella

Charlie

Stevie

Luis Antonio Ramos

Eddie

Richard Habersham

Louise

Sonny

Kim

Korean Child

Puerto Rican Icee Man

Carmen

Stevie's Friends

Stevie's Friends

Angel Ramirez Jr.

Stevie's Friends

Stevie's Friends

Hector

Travell Lee Toulson

Sergeant

Plainclothes Detective

David E. Weinberg

Double Dutch Girl

Double Dutch Girl

Double Dutch Girl

Shawn Stainback

Double Dutch Girl

Soquana Wallace

Customer in Pizzeria

Riot Starter

Police Officer at Gate

P.O. Bonamo

Guy in Riot

Policeman

John Michael Quinn

Guy by Water Hydrant

Policeman

Nicholas Turturro

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20, 40, 60, shit! - Do the Right Thing

20, 40, 60, shit!

I can't believe it? - Do the Right Thing

I can't believe it?

Hey Mook - Do the Right Thing

All right I'll be watching you son - Do the Right Thing

All right I'll be watching you son

You know just fuck that shit - Do the Right Thing

You know just fuck that shit

Me and you are gonna have a talk - Do the Right Thing

Me and you are gonna have a talk

Peace y'all - Do the Right Thing

No more High Life - Do the Right Thing

No more High Life

Hey You old drunk What did I tell you - Do the Right Thing

Hey You old drunk What did I tell you

Well gentlemen the way I see it - Do the Right Thing

Well gentlemen the way I see it

Extra Cheese is two dollars - Do the Right Thing

Extra Cheese is two dollars

How come they ain't no brothas on the wall - Do the Right Thing

How come they ain't no brothas on the wall

Get your own place You can do what you wanna do - Do the Right Thing

Get your own place You can do what you wanna do

Look I paid for my Look boycott Sal's - Do the Right Thing

Look I paid for my Look boycott Sal's

Yo man I spend much money in there - Do the Right Thing

Yo man I spend much money in there

Mook stay black - Do the Right Thing

Mook stay black

I can't do nothing with him Sal - Do the Right Thing

I can't do nothing with him Sal

Look people are free to do the hell whatever they're wanting to do - Do the Right Thing

Look people are free to do the hell whatever they're...

You take an order and you take it out - Do the Right Thing

You take an order and you take it out

Always do the right thing - Do the Right Thing

Always do the right thing

Mother Sister why are you so cruel to Da Mayor It isn't right - Do the Right Thing

Mother Sister why are you so cruel to Da Mayor It isn't...

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey? - Do the Right Thing

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey?

Those that'll tell don't know - Do the Right Thing

Those that'll tell don't know

Not so loud! - Do the Right Thing

See that game last night - Do the Right Thing

See that game last night

I'm just a struggling Black man trying to keep my dick hard in a cruel and harsh world - Do the Right Thing

I'm just a struggling Black man trying to keep my dick...

Yo! - Do the Right Thing

Yo hey what's up with the white boy - Do the Right Thing

Yo hey what's up with the white boy

You almost knocked me down - Do the Right Thing

You almost knocked me down

You're lucky a black man has a loving heart - Do the Right Thing

You're lucky a black man has a loving heart

You're lucky I'm a righteous black man - Do the Right Thing

You're lucky I'm a righteous black man

Why don't you go back to Massachusetts - Do the Right Thing

Why don't you go back to Massachusetts

Any smacking around here is gonna be done by me - Do the Right Thing

Any smacking around here is gonna be done by me

I'd love foryou
to stay out of my business? - Do the Right Thing

I'd love foryou to stay out of my business?

I hate this place I hate this place - Do the Right Thing

I hate this place I hate this place

Okay but listen up I'm going to break it down - Do the Right Thing

Okay but listen up I'm going to break it down

Look at those Korean motherfuckers across the street - Do the Right Thing

Look at those Korean motherfuckers across the street

What you know about me - Do the Right Thing

What you know about me

Who's your favorite basketball player - Do the Right Thing

Who's your favorite basketball player

Spaghetti bendin' - Do the Right Thing

Spaghetti bendin'

Pino fuck you fuck your fucking pizza and fuck Frank Sinatra - Do the Right Thing

Pino fuck you fuck your fucking pizza and fuck Frank Sinatra

Take your fucking pizza piece and go the fuck back to Africa - Do the Right Thing

Take your fucking pizza piece and go the fuck back to Africa

Y'all take a chill You need to cool that shit out - Do the Right Thing

Y'all take a chill You need to cool that shit out

Come on, Sal? - Do the Right Thing

Let me tell you the story of Right Hand - Do the Right Thing

Let me tell you the story of Right Hand

Two slices No service till you turn that shit off - Do the Right Thing

Two slices No service till you turn that shit off

Yo, put some extra mozzarella - Do the Right Thing

Yo, put some extra mozzarella

Put some extra mozzarella on that motherfucker and shit - Do the Right Thing

Put some extra mozzarella on that motherfucker and shit

Mousie, what's up? - Do the Right Thing

Mousie, what's up?

Buggir? - Do the Right Thing

20 C Energizers - Do the Right Thing

20 C Energizers

Yeah I work Slavery days are over - Do the Right Thing

Yeah I work Slavery days are over

WE LOVE ROLL CALL - Do the Right Thing

WE LOVE ROLL CALL

Hear me What you ought to do is boycott that goddamn barber - Do the Right Thing

Hear me What you ought to do is boycott that goddamn barber

We're gonna boycott your fat pasta ass - Do the Right Thing

We're gonna boycott your fat pasta ass

Every single one of them pictures is somebody Italian - Do the Right Thing

Every single one of them pictures is somebody Italian

Jade you got to be down What you ain't down - Do the Right Thing

Jade you got to be down What you ain't down

May I helpyou? - Do the Right Thing

Thank the Lord the sun is going down - Do the Right Thing

Thank the Lord the sun is going down

Cut that shit down - Do the Right Thing

Cut that shit down

I don't know about you but it's too hot to fuck - Do the Right Thing

I don't know about you but it's too hot to fuck

Shit Oh Lord have mercy - Do the Right Thing

Shit Oh Lord have mercy

Everybody out The Icee Icee Man is here - Do the Right Thing

Everybody out The Icee Icee Man is here

Look all Sal wants to do is hide the salami - Do the Right Thing

Look all Sal wants to do is hide the salami

If you're saying what I'm thinking you're saying - Do the Right Thing

If you're saying what I'm thinking you're...

You know Mookie not for nothing - Do the Right Thing

You know Mookie not for nothing

Delivery from
Sal's Famous Pizzeria? - Do the Right Thing

Delivery from Sal's Famous Pizzeria?

You know I can't be staying long anyhow - Do the Right Thing

You know I can't be staying long anyhow

Trust me Trust you - Do the Right Thing

Trust me Trust you

Tina take your clothes off - Do the Right Thing

Tina take your clothes off

Yes children this is the cool out corner - Do the Right Thing

Yes children this is the cool out corner

Tina you don't got a forehead you got a eight head - Do the Right Thing

Tina you don't got a forehead you got a eight head

Thank God for lips - Do the Right Thing

Thank God for lips

Vito give me a hand come on - Do the Right Thing

Vito give me a hand come on

Read your history It's historical - Do the Right Thing

Read your history It's historical

You don't know everything you think you know man - Do the Right Thing

You don't know everything you think you know man

Buggin what's up - Do the Right Thing

Buggin what's up

I've been trying to organize a boycott - Do the Right Thing

I've been trying to organize a boycott

Why it got to be about jungle music - Do the Right Thing

Why it got to be about jungle music

My music! - Do the Right Thing

I just killed your fucking radio - Do the Right Thing

I just killed your fucking radio

Stop it! - Do the Right Thing

Somebody got it at Sal's, brother! - Do the Right Thing

Somebody got it at Sal's, brother!

Hey! - Do the Right Thing

Radio! - Do the Right Thing

Mookie, they killed him? - Do the Right Thing

Mookie, they killed him?

Damn man it ain't safe in our own fucking neighborhood - Do the Right Thing

Damn man it ain't safe in our own fucking neighborhood

Listen listen Listen Good people please Let's all go home - Do the Right Thing

Listen listen Listen Good people please Let's all go...

One of the police was black - Do the Right Thing

One of the police was black

Go on You see how they had him in a choke hold man - Do the Right Thing

Go on You see how they had him in a choke hold man

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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.

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Director: Spike Lee

Writer: Spike Lee

Production: Universal Pictures,40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 1989

MetaScore: 93/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

BoxOffice: $27,545,445

Released: 21 Jul 1989

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 21 wins & 17 nominations total

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Also watch: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, On the Rocks, Jungle Fever, He Got Game, Miracle Mile, She's Gotta Have It, Black Rain, Burn After Reading, Bedtime Stories, Malcolm X, Gridlock'd, Fear Street: Part Two 1978, Hollywoodland