Do the Right Thing
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Actor: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Paul Benjamin, Rick Aiello, Ruby DeeBrand: Universal
Primary Contributor: Danny Aiello
Primary Contributor: Ossie Davis
Primary Contributor: Ruby Dee
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.66:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-07-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Do the Right Thing
Movie Review: Doing the Wrong Thing
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched "Do the Right Thing" the other night and I am still sifting through my reactions. I know that I am essentially hanging on to a real sense of disappointment in the Mookie, the chacter played by the director/producer/writer (and probably a few other things as well) Spike Lee. Lee's acting was sufficient but the actions he took and the attitude he displayed gave me a perspective of a man doomed to a life of failure. In a movie that explored so many perspectives, it was unfortunate that failure was the ultimate message.
"Do the Right Thing" brings to life a community (Bedford-Stuyvessant) that those of us in the boonies only read about in a negative vein. The life of this community on the hottest day of the year finds its' own collective thermomiter reaching a combustible level. We can sense that as the day begins with optimism but gradually succumbs to various lingering anymosities. The wide range of characters of different personalities and races display their own perspectives, priorities and attitudes. Some of them are humorous, some are entertaining, some are challenging and some are disturbing but it takes all kinds. Perhaps that it the greatness of "Do the Right Thing"; the wide range of perspectives that this eclectic group displays. Lee's ability to show the positives and negatives of just about every character in the film seems to be leading us to a balanced perspective of our own. As we sense the growing tension, we get a general idea of what will likely happen. When it does, each viewer will have to decide for themselves how to react to it.
My guess is that Spike Lee intends us to see that not all is right and not all is wrong and, since we live in a diverse world, the more we look for the positive, the better our own world will be. Oddly enough, his own character is the one that seems to challenge this theory. Is Mookie the catalyst of change or is he the instrument of destruction? A movie that makes me think so hard on it's theme ought to be given a 5 Star rating. However, the opportunity of hope was lost in the manner Lee chose to end this film. His concluding pair of quotations continued the challenge of thought and the misguided direction of choices. This is an entertaining film with good to outstanding acting that will draw you in and leave you wondering which characters DID the right thing.
Summary of Do the Right Thing
The hottest day of the year in the bedford-stuyvesant area of brooklyn explodes into events that will change the residents lives forever. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/09/2007 Starring: Danny Aiello Ruby Dee Run time: 120 minutes Rating: R Director: Spike LeeSpike Lee's incendiary look at race relations in America, circa 1989, is so colorful and exuberant for its first three-quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward. Do the Right Thing is a joyful, tumultuous masterpiece--maybe the best film ever made about race in America, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small misunderstandings. Set on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the summer, the movie shows the whole spectrum of life in this neighborhood and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does the "right thing." Featuring Danny Aiello as Sal, the pizza parlor owner; Lee himself as Mookie, the lazy pizza-delivery guy; John Turturro and Richard Edson as Sal's sons; Lee's sister Joie as Mookie's sister Jade; Rosie Perez as Mookie's girlfriend Tina; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as the block elders, Da Mayor and Mother Sister; Giancarlo Esposito as Mookie's hot-headed friend Buggin' Out; Bill Nunn as the boom-box toting Radio Raheem; and Samuel L. Jackson as deejay Mister Se?or Love Daddy. A rich and nuanced film to watch, treasure, and learn from--over and over again. --Jim Emerson
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