Do the right thing

Blu-ray 1989

"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

African Americans New York (State) New York Relations with Italian Americans Fiction

Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) Fiction

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Fiction

Italian American families New York (State) New York Fiction

United States Race relations Fiction

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Comedy films Feature films Fiction Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 97 Criterion collection ; 97 Blu-ray

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ISBN:

9781681436166

Edition:

Director-approved two-Blu-ray special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (240 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A
MPAA rating: R

Other Title:

Do the right thing (Motion picture) [Blu-ray]

Notes:

Title from container
Co-producer, Monty Ross ; production design, Wynn Thomas ; photographer, Ernest Dickerson ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; original music score, Bill Lee
Danny Aiello (Sal), Ossie Davis (Da Mayor), Ruby Dee (Mother Sister), Richard Edson (Vito), Giancarlo Esposito (Buggin Out), Spike Lee (Mookie), Bull Nunn (Radio Raheem), John Turturro (Pino), Rosie Perez (Tina), Joie Lee (Jade), Sam Jackson (Mister Señor Love Daddy)
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
For private home use only
Audio track in English, captions in English

Contents:

Disc 1. Do the right thing
Disc 2. Bonus disc

Control Number:

1867481

UPC:

025192010590
715515232616

Other Authors:

Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019, actor
Brown, Barry Alexander, editor of moving image work
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Davis, Ossie, actor
Dee, Ruby, actor
Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952- director of photography
Edson, Richard, actor
Esposito, Giancarlo, actor
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, production company
Jackson, Samuel L., actor
Lee, Bill, 1928-2023, composer (expression)
Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962- actor
Lee, Spike, film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer
Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016, actor
Perez, Rosie, actor
Turturro, John, 1957- actor
Universal Studios Home Video (Firm), production company

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