Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 motion picture produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee and released by Universal Pictures. The film tells a tale of bigotry and racial conflict in a multi-ethnic community in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on the hottest day of the year. It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn and John Turturro. Do the Right Thing also marks the feature film debuts of both Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez.

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1989 - Motion picture - Produced - Written - Directed - Spike Lee - Universal Pictures - Bigotry - Bedford-Stuyvesant - Brooklyn, New York - Danny Aiello - Ossie Davis - Ruby Dee - Richard Edson - Giancarlo Esposito - Bill Nunn - John Turturro - Martin Lawrence - Rosie Perez

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In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. A Criterion Collection DVD of Do the Right Thing has been released: it is no. 97 in the Criterion series.

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1999 - Library of Congress - National Film Registry - Criterion Collection

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The song "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy is a recurring aural motif in the film, as blasted from a huge boombox toted by Radio Raheem (Nunn).

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Public Enemy - Boombox

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Roger Ebert famously said it was "the only film to ever make me cry." http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20010527/REVIEWS08/105270301/1023

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