FILM

Do the Right Thing

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Do the Right Thing
Released:
July 22, 1989

Cast:

Danny Aiello
Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee
Spike Lee
John Turturro
Richard Edson

Director:
Spike Lee

Producer:
Spike Lee

Written by:
Spike Lee

Distributor:
Universal Pictures

Budget:
$6 million

Box Office:
$37.3 million

Awards:

Academy Awards: Nominated - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Danny Aiello), Nominated - Best Screenplay - Spike Lee



Rotten Tomatoes Score:
93%