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Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

1989

7.8

(1.9K)

Duration

2h 0m

Premiere

June 14, 1989

Budget

$6,500,000

Gross worldwide

$37,300,000

Genres

Drama

Trailer

Description

Sal 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.

Production

Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks