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 | 22.217 |
Directed By
Spike Lee
Crew
Spike Lee
Tony Martinez
Spike Lee
Skip Lievsay
Eddie Smith
Ernest R. Dickerson
Bill Lee
Steve Rosse
Steve Kirshoff
Larry M. Cherry
Ruth E. Carter
Andy Duppin
Wynn Thomas
Barry Alexander Brown
Robi Reed
Matiki Anoff
Danny Aiello III
Octavio Molina
Rodney Bauer
Eugene Gearty
Monty Ross
Scott Rosenstock
Michael L. Benson
James Boorman
Jon Kilik
Lillian Pyles
George Pattison
Jon Rudo
Anthony Baldasare
James R. Bilz
Christopher Vanzant
Tula Goenka
Marissa Littlefield
Karen Perry
Jennifer Ruscoe
Valerie Gladstone-Appel
Sam Mattingly
Joe Gonzalez
Jonathan Burkhart
Frank Prinzi
Dennis Bradford
Gail Showalter
David Lee
Jeff Balsmeyer
Serge Mihajlov
Marianna Najjar
Andrea Reed
Robert F. Nickson
Andrew Schmetterling
Pam Stephens
Kevin Ladson
Philip Stockton
John Nicolard
Nandi Bowe
Erik Koniger
Brunilda Torres
Cheryl Ann Scott
Andrew Lassman
Sarah Hyde Hamlet
Rashon Khan
Eric Payne
Robin Downes
John Archibald
Bruce Pross
James Flatto
Malcolm Livingston
Christopher Lopez
Bob Gorelick
Robert Ippolito
Derrick Still
Marko Costanzo
Millicent Shelton
Gary Frith
Dominic Marcus
David S. Lomax
R.W. Dixon
Susan D. Fowler
Darnell Martin
Keith Wall
Thomas Hudson Reeve
Paul Wachter
Roger Kimpton
Charles Houston
Alex Steyermark
Roy Thomas
Brent Owens
Val DeSalvo
Stuart Stanley
Jeffrey Stern
Nic Ratner
Bob Hagans
Randy Fletcher
Preston L. Holmes
Mark Paul Selemon
Rex North
Mharaka Washington
John Newby
Paul Reuter
Frank Stettner
Martin Bernstein
Erich Augenstein
Donald Bialer
John O'Malley
Rudy Gaskins
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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