Do the Right Thing

7.8
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 120 min
  • Premiere: 1989. June 14.

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.

Discover

Ossie Davis

Da Mayor

Ruby Dee

Mother Sister

Spike Lee

Mookie

Bill Nunn

Radio Raheem

Frankie Faison

Coconut Sid

Robin Harris

Sweet Dick Willie

Joie Lee

Jade

Miguel Sandoval

Officer Ponte

Rick Aiello

Officer Long

John Savage

Clifton

Samuel L. Jackson

Mister Señor Love Daddy

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

Joel Nagle

Sergeant

David E. Weinberg

Plain Clothes 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)

Art

Steve Rosse

Set Decoration

Wynn Thomas

Production Design

Octavio Molina

Property Master

Michael L. Benson

Set Dresser

Jon Rudo

Assistant Set Decoration

Anthony Baldasare

Set Dresser

James R. Bilz

Set Dresser

Dennis Bradford

Assistant Art Director

Jeff Balsmeyer

Storyboard Artist

Pam Stephens

Art Department Coordinator

Keith Wall

Lead Set Dresser

Martin Bernstein

Construction Coordinator

Jeffrey Rollins

Set Dresser

Camera

Ernest R. Dickerson

Director of Photography

George Pattison

Camera Operator

Jonathan Burkhart

First Assistant Camera

Frank Prinzi

Camera Operator

David Lee

Still Photographer

Bob Gorelick

Assistant Camera

Darnell Martin

Second Assistant Camera

Paul Wachter

Best Boy Grip

Rex North

Dolly Grip

John Newby

Camera Operator

Paul Reuter

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Larry M. Cherry

Hairstylist

Ruth E. Carter

Costume Design

Matiki Anoff

Makeup Artist

Karen Perry

Assistant Costume Designer

Jennifer Ruscoe

Wardrobe Supervisor

Marianna Najjar

Makeup Artist

Millicent Shelton

Wardrobe Assistant

Crew

Eddie Smith

Stunt Coordinator

Steve Kirshoff

Special Effects

Andy Duppin

Stunts

Danny Aiello III

Stunt Double

Sam Mattingly

Unit Publicist

Robert F. Nickson

Production Controller

Cheryl Ann Scott

Craft Service

Rashon Khan

Stunts

Eric Payne

Stunts

Derrick Still

Generator Operator

Gary Frith

Stunts

Roy Thomas

Stunts

Mharaka Washington

Stunt Driver

Directing

Joe Gonzalez

Script Supervisor

Nandi Bowe

Second Assistant Director

Christopher Lopez

Second Second Assistant Director

Randy Fletcher

First Assistant Director

Spike Lee

Director

Editing

Tula Goenka

Assistant Editor

John Nicolard

Color Timer

Bob Hagans

Color Timer

Lighting

James Boorman

Electrician

Serge Mihajlov

Electrician

Val DeSalvo

Best Boy Electric

John O'Malley

Electrician

Production

Spike Lee

Producer

Robi Reed

Casting

Monty Ross

Co-Producer

Jon Kilik

Line Producer

Lillian Pyles

Production Office Coordinator

Andrea Reed

Casting Assistant

Sarah Hyde Hamlet

Extras Casting

Robin Downes

Assistant Production Coordinator

R.W. Dixon

Unit Manager

Susan D. Fowler

Production Coordinator

Brent Owens

Location Manager

Preston L. Holmes

Production Supervisor

Sound

Tony Martinez

Sound Editor

Skip Lievsay

Sound Designer

Bill Lee

Original Music Composer

Eugene Gearty

Sound Editor

Marissa Littlefield

Assistant Sound Editor

Gail Showalter

Foley Editor

Andrew Schmetterling

Boom Operator

Philip Stockton

Supervising Dialogue Editor

Brunilda Torres

ADR Editor

Bruce Pross

Sound Editor

James Flatto

Assistant Sound Editor

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

Alex Steyermark

Music Editor

Stuart Stanley

Sound Editor

Jeffrey Stern

Dialogue Editor

Nic Ratner

Assistant Sound Editor

Frank Stettner

Sound Recordist

Rudy Gaskins

Sound Editor

Tom Fleischman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing

Spike Lee

Screenplay