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Items In Movies You Might Be Interested InProduct Details of Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]Description Spike Lee's racial and political filmmaking bent is given the full treatment with this simmering expos of racial tensions in a New York City neighborhood one scorching summer day. The film, written by Lee (and nominated for an Oscar), follows a group of racially diverse inhabitants from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood as they spend their day trying to avoid the oppressive heat. These include African American pizza deliveryman Mookie (Lee), the racially sensitive Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), and the silent, boom-box-blasting Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn). Also thrown into the mix are Sal (an Oscar-nominated Danny Aiello), the Italian-American proprietor of Sal's Pizzeria, as well as his two sons, Pino (John Turturro) and Vito (Richard Edson), who hold completely opposing attitudes when it comes to race. After Buggin' Out tries to organize a boycott of Sal's because of the lack of racial diversity on his shop's Wall of Fame, the tensions explode in an act of senseless violence. Lee's film is an electric work of political entertainment that confronts sensitive racial issues head-on. He deftly blends humor and drama as well as using specific music to further amplify his theme (Public Enemy's song Fight the Power actually becomes the film's main catalyst for action). Boldly closing the film with opposing quotes from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King on the nature of race relations, Lee leaves it up to the viewer to decide if Mookie's actions were the correct ones. Aiello and Esposito are standouts in an all-star cast that includes Lee himself, his sister Joie, discovery Rosie Perez, and the married team of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Always one to spark controversy, Lee's summer drama finds the filmmaker at the peak of his craft. Quick Glance Media Format: Blu-ray Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Director: Spike Lee Actors: Spike Lee/ Danny Aiello/ Ossie Davis/ Ruby Dee/ Giancarlo Esposito Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Summary Product Title: Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary] Manufacturer: Anderson Lowest Price: $14.93 Power Score: 4.3 | 10 Reviews General Media Format: Blu-ray Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Reviews on Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]
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eleutheromaniac
- Jan 23, 2005
Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]A good movie, with it's only blemish being the launching of Spike Lee's career.
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Hardwire
- Aug 5, 2003
Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]It's a good movie, and yes racism sucks, but as usual black people are the ones blowing everything out of proportion. I still can't believe Spike Lee was the one who made this film.
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lukskywlkr.
- Nov 28, 2002
Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]Spike Lee, for some reason, received a lot of praise for this film. I thought it was a foul-mouthed bore of a movie, whose message got lost in all the cussing. Anyway, by the end of the movie all the characters--black AND white--were all so annoying, I didn't care what happened to any of them. Spike Lee said after the Oscars that year that he was robbed, but I think the only people who got robbed...
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ellajedlicka21
- Jan 20, 2002
Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]Spike Lee is one of the greatest movie directors of all-time. As Ruby said, it was revolutionary and it hasn't aged well. At that brief point in history, the whole "Fight the Power" type of high-energy, action-packed, tension-filled atmosphere expressed by Public Enemy has not really carried over to the 21st century. It is also brilliant, on the other hand, that it captured the spirit...
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Chairman Yi-Yi
- Mar 10, 2001
Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]Spike Lee's ground-breaking masterpiece. I love this movie. "DO THE RIGHT THING" is a film that leaves you thinking. Just stunning filmmaking.
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mdbavois
- Jan 9, 2001
Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]Spike Lee's masterpiece. Vital themes for America. Sense of inevibility builds at the end for the race riot that resolves nothing.
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D-Dawg
- Dec 11, 2000
Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]This movie is a work of art. The way it was shot in yellows and blues was great to illustrate the emotions buiding up. It shows how people will kill each other over ignorance.
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hrippah
- Nov 7, 2000
Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]Spike Lee has a masterpiece here. This movie has comedy, drama, sex, and rap music. I love it! I'd even recommend this one to mom and dad. They might learn something.
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Ruby
- Jun 22, 2000
Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]Who can ever forget Mooky and Sal, Jade and Buggin' Out, Sweet Dick Willie and ML, Radio Raheem, Pino, Vito, Da Mayor, Mother Sista, LOVE and HATE, and -- best of all -- Lovedaddy keepin it cool on WLUV! This was a revolutionary film when it came out, and that's the double truth, Ruth. Unfortunately, it hasn't aged that well. As good as "Fight the Power" still sounds, the cartoonish us... Advertisement  
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Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] [20th Anniversary]
Best film about Racism I've seen because it doesn't offer any solution or message to it but just depicts how it comes about and how we deal with it.