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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Directed by: Spike Lee
Featuring: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Paul Benjamin, Frankie Faison, Robin Harris, Miguel Sandoval, Rick Aiello, John Savage, Rosie Perez, Joie Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Steve White, Martin Lawrence, Leonard Thomas, Christa Rivers, Frank Vincent
Set on one block of Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy Do or Die neighborhood, at the height of summer, this 1989 masterpiece by Spike Lee confirmed him as a writer and filmmaker of peerless vision and passionate social engagement. Over the course of a single day, the easygoing interactions of a cast of unforgettable characters—Da Mayor, Mother Sister, Mister Señor Love Daddy, Tina, Sweet Dick Willie, Buggin Out, Radio Raheem, Sal, Pino, Vito, and Lee’s Mookie among them—give way to heated confrontations as tensions rise along racial fault lines, ultimately exploding into violence. Punctuated by the anthemic refrain of Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” Do the Right Thing is a landmark in American cinema, as politically and emotionally charged and as relevant now as when it first hit the big screen.
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Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
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English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
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English
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1
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2 Discs |
DVD-9
Supplements
- Audio commentary by director Spike Lee, Ernest Dickerson, production designer Wynn Thomas, and actor Joie Lee
- New video introductions by Spike Lee
- St. Clair Bourne's 60-minute documentary The Making of Do the Right Thing
- New interviews with costume designer Ruth E. Carter, camera assistant Darnell Martin, New York City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr., and writer Nelson George
- New video interview with editor Barry Brown
- Programs from 2000 and 2009 featuring Lee and members of the cast and crew
- Public Enemy's video for "Fight the Power," directed by Spike Lee
- Behind-the-scenes footage
- The 1989 Cannes Film Festival press conference with Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, and Joie Lee
- Deleted and extended scenes
- Original storyboards for the riot sequence
- Theatrical trailer
- TV spots
- An essay by critic Vinson Cunningham
- An essay by critic Vinson Cunningham
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