Do the Right Thing
- Release Date
- 14 Jun 1989
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2H
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.
- Directed by
- Spike Lee
- Writers
- Spike Lee
- Music by
- Bill Lee
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Do the Right Thing
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.
- Release Date
- 14 Jun 1989
- Directed by
- Spike Lee
- Writers
- Spike Lee
- Music by
- Bill Lee

Sal

Da Mayor

Mother Sister

Vito

Buggin Out

Mookie

Radio Raheem

Pino

Coconut Sid

Sweet Dick Willie

Jade

Officer Ponte

Officer Long

Clifton

Mister Señor Love Daddy

Tina

Smiley

Ahmad

Punchy

Charlie

Stevie

Louise

Puerto Rican Icee Man

Stevie's Friend

Stevie's Friend

Sergeant

Policeman (uncredited)










































