Do the Right Thing (1989)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $6,500,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $37,300,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.823 |
Directed By
Spike Lee
Crew
Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Bill Lee
Ernest R. Dickerson
Barry Alexander Brown
Robi Reed
Wynn Thomas
Steve Rosse
Ruth E. Carter
Matiki Anoff
Larry M. Cherry
Skip Lievsay
Tony Martinez
Steve Kirshoff
Eddie Smith
Andy Duppin
Danny Aiello III
Jon Kilik
Monty Ross
Randy Fletcher
Nandi Bowe
Mharaka Washington
Gary Frith
Rashon Khan
Erik Koniger
Malcolm Livingston
David S. Lomax
Dominic Marcus
Eric Payne
Roy Thomas
Preston L. Holmes
Christopher Lopez
Brent Owens
R.W. Dixon
Lillian Pyles
Robin Downes
Susan D. Fowler
Robert F. Nickson
Joe Gonzalez
John Newby
Jonathan Burkhart
Darnell Martin
Frank Prinzi
George Pattison
Bob Gorelick
Paul Reuter
Frank Stettner
Andrew Schmetterling
David Lee
Dennis Bradford
Pam Stephens
Jeff Balsmeyer
Octavio Molina
Mark Paul Selemon
Kevin Ladson
Andrew Lassman
Scott Rosenstock
Keith Wall
Jon Rudo
Anthony Baldasare
Michael L. Benson
James R. Bilz
Thomas Hudson Reeve
Martin Bernstein
Robert Ippolito
Paul Wachter
Rex North
Rodney Bauer
John Archibald
Erich Augenstein
Donald Bialer
Roger Kimpton
Charles Houston
Val DeSalvo
Serge Mihajlov
John O'Malley
Derrick Still
James Boorman
Christopher Vanzant
Tula Goenka
Philip Stockton
Jeffrey Stern
Brunilda Torres
Gail Showalter
Alex Steyermark
Rudy Gaskins
Eugene Gearty
Bruce Pross
Stuart Stanley
James Flatto
Marissa Littlefield
Nic Ratner
Marko Costanzo
Karen Perry
Jennifer Ruscoe
Valerie Gladstone-Appel
Millicent Shelton
Marianna Najjar
Andrea Reed
Sarah Hyde Hamlet
Sam Mattingly
Cheryl Ann Scott
Bob Hagans
John Nicolard
Jeffrey Rollins
Tom Fleischman
Spike Lee
TOP CAST
Danny Aiello
Salvatore 'Sal' Fragione
Spike Lee
Mookie
Ossie Davis
Da Mayor
Richard Edson
Vito Fragione
John Turturro
Pino Fragione
Ruby Dee
Mother Sister
Bill Nunn
Radio Raheem
Giancarlo Esposito
Buggin Out
Rosie Perez
Tina
Roger Guenveur Smith
Smiley
Samuel L. Jackson
Mister Señor Love Daddy
Frankie Faison
Coconut Sid
Robin Harris
Sweet Dick Willie
Joie Lee
Jade
Miguel Sandoval
Officer Mark Ponte
Rick Aiello
Officer Gary Long
Steve Park
Sonny
Ginny Yang
Kim
John Savage
Clifton
Steve White
Ahmad
Martin Lawrence
Cee
Leonard L. Thomas
Punchy
Christa Rivers
Ella
Frank Vincent
Charlie
Luis Antonio Ramos
Stevie
Richard Habersham
Eddie
Gwen McGee
Louise
Sherwin Park
Korean Child
Shawn Elliott
Puerto Rican Icee Man
Diva Osorio
Carmen
Chris Delaney
Stevie's Friend
Angel Ramirez Jr.
Stevie's Friend
Sixto Ramos
Stevie's Friend
Nelson Vasquez
Stevie's Friend
Travell Lee Toulson
Hector
Joel Nagle
Sergeant
David E. Weinberg
Plainclothes Detective
Yatte Brown
Double Dutch Girl
Mecca Brunson
Double Dutch Girl
Shawn Stainback
Double Dutch Girl
Soquana Wallace
Double Dutch Girl
Erik Dellums
Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
Nicholas Turturro
Policeman (uncredited)
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