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Do the Right Thing
Director:
Spike Lee
(Dir)
Release Date:
30 Jun 1989
Premiere Information:
Cannes Film Festival screening: 19 May 1989
Duration (in mins):
120
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Cast:
Danny Aiello
(Sal)
Ossie Davis
(Da Mayor)
Ruby Dee
(Mother Sister)
Richard Edson
(Vito)
Giancarlo Esposito
(Buggin Out)
Spike Lee
(Mookie)
Production Company:
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Production Text:
A Spike Lee Joint
Distribution Company:
Universal Pictures
(MCA, Inc.)
Director:
Spike Lee
(Dir)
Producer:
Spike Lee
(Prod)
Writer:
Spike Lee
(Wrt)
Photography:
Ernest Dickerson
(Photog)
Art Direction:
Wynn Thomas
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
Barry Alexander Brown
(Ed)
Music:
Bill Lee
(Orig mus score)
Branford Marsalis
(Featuring)
MPAA Rating:
R
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Universal City Studios, Inc.
16/5/1989
dd/mm/yyyy
PA423047
PCA NO:
29691
Physical Properties:
Sd:
Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording in selected theatres
col:
Du Art Laboratories, Inc.
Lenses/Prints:
Deluxe
Genre:
Drama
Sub-Genre:
African American
Note:
Do the Right Thing
was ranked 96th on AFI's 2007 100 Years…100 Movies--10th Anniversary Edition list of the greatest American films.
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Los Angeles Times
30 Jun 1989
Calendar, p. 1.
New York Times
20 May 1989
p. 11.
New York Times
28 May 1989
p. 11.
New York Times
30 Jun 1989.
Variety
26 May 1989.
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