Do the right thing
1989 USA Color 119 minutes
Review
Fuck you, fuck your fuckin' pizza, and fuck Frank Sinatra 
Confined to the events of a single day (the hottest of the summer) on a single block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Sal (Danny Aiello), father of two dysfunctional sons, and his Famous Pizzeria have thrived in Bed-Stuy for 25 years.
There are a number of young men and women on the block, highlighted by Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn) who blasts Public Enemy over his boombox, retarded Smiley (Roger Smith) continually hawking his Malcolm X photos to the neighborhood and Mookie (Spike Lee) the pizza delivery boy and local hothead, Buggin´ Out (Giancarlo Esposito). The action starts slowly as we get to know
the community, but racial tensions mount until they explode with the much-discussed violent ending
Cast
- Danny Aiello .... Sal
- Ossie Davis .... Da Mayor
- Ruby Dee .... Mother Sister
- Richard Edson .... Vito
- Giancarlo Esposito .... Buggin Out
- Spike Lee .... Mookie
- Bill Nunn .... Radio Raheem
- John Turturro .... Pino
- Samuel L. Jackson .... Mister Senor Love Daddy
- Rosie Perez .... Tina
- Paul Benjamin .... ML
- Frankie Faison .... Coconut Sid
- Robin Harris .... Sweet Dick Willie
- Joie Lee .... Jade
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