DVD
Do the right thing
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (WSQ)
Languages
In English, French or Spanish, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage.
Publication Information
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Uniform Title
Series
Summary
During the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, racial tensions are quickly inflamed and violence ensues.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Bonus features: 20th anniversary 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 ; Do the right thing: 20 years later ; deleted & extended scenes.
Subjects
- African Americans > Relations with Italian Americans > Drama.
- Italian American families > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Family-owned business enterprises > Drama.
- Police brutality > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Riots > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Race relations > Drama.
- United States > Race relations > Drama.