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Do the Right Thing

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Calorie Rating: 169
Released: 1989-06-14
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Budget: 6500000
Revenue 37300000
Studios: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Universal Pictures,


Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

Director / Directors

Spike Lee
Director
Randy Fletcher
First Assistant Director
Nandi Bowe
Second Assistant Director

Christopher Lopez
Second Second Assistant Director
Joe Gonzalez
Script Supervisor


Cast

Danny Aiello
Character: Salvatore 'Sal' Fragione
Spike Lee
Character: Mookie
Ossie Davis
Character: Da Mayor

Richard Edson
Character: Vito Fragione
John Turturro
Character: Pino Fragione
Ruby Dee
Character: Mother Sister

Bill Nunn
Character: Radio Raheem
Giancarlo Esposito
Character: Buggin Out
Rosie Perez
Character: Tina

Roger Guenveur Smith
Character: Smiley
Samuel L. Jackson
Character: Mister SeƱor Love Daddy
Paul Benjamin
Character: ML

Frankie Faison
Character: Coconut Sid
Robin Harris
Character: Sweet Dick Willie
Joie Lee
Character: Jade

Miguel Sandoval
Character: Officer Mark Ponte
Rick Aiello
Character: Officer Gary Long
Steve Park
Character: Sonny

Ginny Yang
Character: Kim
John Savage
Character: Clifton
Steve White
Character: Ahmad

Martin Lawrence
Character: Cee
Leonard L. Thomas
Character: Punchy
Christa Rivers
Character: Ella

Frank Vincent
Character: Charlie
Luis Antonio Ramos
Character: Stevie
Richard Habersham
Character: Eddie

Gwen McGee
Character: Louise
Sherwin Park
Character: Korean Child
Shawn Elliott
Character: Puerto Rican Icee Man

Diva Osorio
Character: Carmen
Chris Delaney
Character: Stevie's Friend
Angel Ramirez Jr.
Character: Stevie's Friend

Sixto Ramos
Character: Stevie's Friend
Nelson Vasquez
Character: Stevie's Friend
Travell Lee Toulson
Character: Hector

Joel Nagle
Character: Sergeant
David E. Weinberg
Character: Plainclothes Detective
Yatte Brown
Character: Double Dutch Girl

Mecca Brunson
Character: Double Dutch Girl
Shawn Stainback
Character: Double Dutch Girl
Soquana Wallace
Character: Double Dutch Girl

Erik Dellums
Character: Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
Nicholas Turturro
Character: Policeman (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Robi Reed
Casting
Matiki Anoff
Makeup Artist
Steve Rosse
Set Decoration

Spike Lee
Producer
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design
Spike Lee
Screenplay

Wynn Thomas
Production Design
Tony Martinez
Sound Editor
Bill Lee
Original Music Composer

Skip Lievsay
Sound Designer
Ernest R. Dickerson
Director of Photography

Larry M. Cherry
Hairstylist
Steven Kirshoff
Special Effects
Eddie Smith
Stunt Coordinator

Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Danny Aiello III
Stunt Double

Jon Kilik
Line Producer
Monty Ross
Co-Producer



Preston L. Holmes
Production Supervisor

Brent Owens
Location Manager
R.W. Dixon
Unit Manager
Lillian Pyles
Production Office Coordinator

Robin Downes
Assistant Production Coordinator
Susan D. Fowler
Production Coordinator
Robert F. Nickson
Production Controller

John Newby
Camera Operator
Jonathan Burkhart
First Assistant Camera
Darnell Martin
Second Assistant Camera

Frank Prinzi
Camera Operator
George Pattison
Camera Operator
Bob Gorelick
Assistant Camera

Paul Reuter
Assistant Camera
Frank Stettner
Sound Recordist

David Lee
Still Photographer
Dennis Bradford
Assistant Art Director
Pam Stephens
Art Department Coordinator

Jeff Balsmeyer
Storyboard Artist
Octavio Molina
Property Master


Keith Wall
Lead Set Dresser
Jon Rudo
Assistant Set Decoration

James R. Bilz
Set Dresser

Martin Bernstein
Construction Coordinator
Paul Wachter
Best Boy Grip

Rex North
Dolly Grip


Val DeSalvo
Best Boy Electric
Serge Mihajlov
Electrician

John O'Malley
Electrician
Derrick Still
Generator Operator
James Boorman
Electrician

Tula Goenka
Assistant Editor
Philip Stockton
Supervising Dialogue Editor

Jeffrey Stern
Dialogue Editor
Gail Showalter
Foley Editor

Alex Steyermark
Music Editor
Rudy Gaskins
Sound Editor
Eugene Gearty
Sound Editor

Bruce Pross
Sound Editor
Stuart Stanley
Sound Editor
James Flatto
Assistant Sound Editor

Marissa Littlefield
Assistant Sound Editor
Nic Ratner
Assistant Sound Editor
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist

Karen Perry
Assistant Costume Designer
Jennifer Ruscoe
Wardrobe Supervisor

Millicent Shelton
Wardrobe Assistant
Marianna Najjar
Makeup Artist
Andrea Reed
Casting Assistant

Sarah Hyde Hamlet
Extras Casting
Sam Mattingly
Unit Publicist
Cheryl Ann Scott
Craft Service

Bob Hagans
Color Timer
John Nicolard
Color Timer