Stars: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, John Turtorro, Rosie Perez, Ossie Davis, Bill Nunn, Ruby Dee | Written and Directed by Spike Lee
Spike Lee was still in his 20s when he wrote, directed and produced Do the Right Thing, his third feature. It’s a blistering piece of cinema in more ways than one. Set during a blazing summer in the heart of New York, it charts a day in the life of a young black man named Mookie (Lee), interacting with the folks on the stoops and the streets, as he goes about delivering pizzas for the local, Italian-owned pizzeria. In the coolness of dawn, relations with the pizzeria’s owner Sal (Danny Aiello) are cool; but as the temperature increases, so do tensions. A storm is coming.
Do the Right Thing is a snapshot of a community, built upon a cast of colourful characters. There’s Samuel L. Jackson,...
Spike Lee was still in his 20s when he wrote, directed and produced Do the Right Thing, his third feature. It’s a blistering piece of cinema in more ways than one. Set during a blazing summer in the heart of New York, it charts a day in the life of a young black man named Mookie (Lee), interacting with the folks on the stoops and the streets, as he goes about delivering pizzas for the local, Italian-owned pizzeria. In the coolness of dawn, relations with the pizzeria’s owner Sal (Danny Aiello) are cool; but as the temperature increases, so do tensions. A storm is coming.
Do the Right Thing is a snapshot of a community, built upon a cast of colourful characters. There’s Samuel L. Jackson,...
- 8/29/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
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