Do the Right Thing Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

July 21, 1989

Distributor

Universal Pictures

Genre

Drama

Rating

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$27,545,445 + $9,750,000 = $37,295,445

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Lawrence, Spike Lee, Rosie Perez, Giancarlo Esposito, Ruby Dee, Miguel Sandoval, Robin Harris, John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Bill Nunn, Ossie Davis, Frank Vincent, Frankie Faison

Samuel L. Jackson

as Mister Señor Love Daddy

Martin Lawrence

as Cee

Spike Lee

as Mookie

Rosie Perez

as Tina

Giancarlo Esposito

as Buggin' Out

1922-2014

Ruby Dee

as Mother Sister

Miguel Sandoval

as Officer Mark Ponte

1953-1990

Robin Harris

as Sweet Dick Willie

John Turturro

as Pino

1933-2019

Danny Aiello

as Sal

1953-2016

Bill Nunn

as Radio Raheem

1917-2005

Ossie Davis

as Da Mayor

1939-2017

Frank Vincent

as Charlie

Frankie Faison

as Coconut Sid

About Do the Right Thing

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

About

Written, produced and directed by Spike Lee, the film takes place on the hottest day of the year on a Brooklyn street and involves a building of hate and bigotry which results in violence.

Trivia

The film was deemed "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. It was nominated for two Academy Awards.