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Do the right thing a Spike Lee joint

During the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, racial tensions are quickly inflamed and violence ensues.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lee, Bill (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Universal City Studios, Universal Studios Home Video (Firm), Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Esposito, Giancarlo (Actor), Edson, Richard (Actor), Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016 (Actor), Turturro, John, 1957- (Actor), Savage, John (Actor), Davis, Ossie (Actor), Dee, Ruby (Actor), Lee, Spike (Actor, Producer, Director, writer.), Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019 (Actor), Ross, Monty, Bauer, Nancy, Schiller, Johanna, Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952- (Cinematographer), Thomas, Wynn P. (Production designer), Carter, Ruthe (Costume designer), Brown, Barry Alexander (Editor of moving image work)
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English
Published:	[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2017.
Edition:	DVD edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 97.
Subjects:	Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Drama. New York (N.Y.) > Race relations > Drama. United States > Race relations > Drama. Feature films > United States. Nonfiction films.
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Summary:	During the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, racial tensions are quickly inflamed and violence ensues.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. Special features : Audio Commentary by Director Spike Lee, Dickerson, Production Designer Wynn Thomas, and actor Joie Lee; Introductions by Spike Lee; St. Clair Bourne's sixty-minute documentary; The Making of Do the Right Thing; Spike Lee and Line Producer Jon Kilik revisit the Bed-Stuy locations; Public Enemy's video for "Fight the Power," Directed by Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, and Joie Lee; Spike Lee's behind-the-scenes footage, from rehearsal to wrap; Original storyboards for the riot sequence; Video Interview with Editor Barry Alexander Brown; Theatrical Trailer and TV Spots.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet
Format:	DVD ; Dolby digital surround and PCM stereo ; enhanced for 16x9 widescreen television, 1.85:1 aspect ratio ; RSDL dual-layer; Region 1, NTSC.
Audience:	Rating: Rated R.
Production Credits:	Photography, Ernest Dickerson ; production designer, Wynn Thomas ; costumes, Ruth Carter ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; music, Bill Lee.
ISBN:	9781681432748 1681432749 9786316754189 6316754183