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 | 19.057 |
Directed By
Spike Lee
Crew
Steve Rosse
Spike Lee
Matiki Anoff
Ernest R. Dickerson
Bill Lee
Wynn Thomas
Barry Alexander Brown
Tony Martinez
Ruth E. Carter
Eddie Smith
Spike Lee
Andy Duppin
Robi Reed
Skip Lievsay
Larry M. Cherry
Steve Kirshoff
Danny Aiello III
Monty Ross
Roy Thomas
George Pattison
Derrick Still
Jeffrey Stern
Bob Hagans
Jon Kilik
Erik Koniger
Jonathan Burkhart
Michael L. Benson
Paul Wachter
Eugene Gearty
Joe Gonzalez
Bob Gorelick
Andrew Schmetterling
Stuart Stanley
Marko Costanzo
Millicent Shelton
Nandi Bowe
Dominic Marcus
Brunilda Torres
Andrea Reed
Eric Payne
Frank Prinzi
Dennis Bradford
Rex North
Val DeSalvo
Gail Showalter
Bruce Pross
Randy Fletcher
Malcolm Livingston
Preston L. Holmes
Kevin Ladson
Rodney Bauer
Philip Stockton
David S. Lomax
Darnell Martin
Jeff Balsmeyer
Thomas Hudson Reeve
Roger Kimpton
Charles Houston
Alex Steyermark
Nic Ratner
Mharaka Washington
John Newby
Octavio Molina
Erich Augenstein
Donald Bialer
Gary Frith
Robin Downes
Frank Stettner
David Lee
Andrew Lassman
John Archibald
John O'Malley
Christopher Vanzant
Rudy Gaskins
Marissa Littlefield
Sarah Hyde Hamlet
Lillian Pyles
Jon Rudo
James R. Bilz
Serge Mihajlov
James Boorman
Tula Goenka
Karen Perry
Brent Owens
Mark Paul Selemon
John Nicolard
Pam Stephens
Scott Rosenstock
Valerie Gladstone-Appel
Sam Mattingly
Paul Reuter
Anthony Baldasare
Martin Bernstein
Jennifer Ruscoe
Marianna Najjar
Rashon Khan
Christopher Lopez
Susan D. Fowler
Robert F. Nickson
Robert Ippolito
James Flatto
Cheryl Ann Scott
R.W. Dixon
Keith Wall
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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