Description |
2 DVDs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded leaf : color illustrations ; 18 cm). |
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digital |
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optical |
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surround |
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widescreen (1.85:1) |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
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Motion picture |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 97
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Criterion collection ; 97.
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System Details |
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby audio 5.1 surround. |
Cast |
Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage, Rosie Perez. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Ernest Dickerson; editor, Barry Alexander Brown; music Bill Lee. |
Note |
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1989. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
Summary |
Story of the racial tensions that surround a white-owned pizzeria in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on the hottest day of the summer. One of the most controversial and thought-provoking films ever made. Bonus material includes commentary with Director Spike Lee and more. |
Note |
Special features: new 4K digital restoration, approved by cinematographer, Ernest Dickerson; audio commentary from 1995 featuring director Spike Lee, cinematographer, Ernest Dickerson, production designer Wynn Thomas, and actor Joie Lee; introductions by Lee; Making "Do the right thing," a documentary from 1988 by St. Clair Bourne; new interviews with costume designer Ruth E. Carter, camera assistant Darnell Martin, New York City Council member Robert Cornegy Jr., and writer Nelson George; interview with editor Barry Alexander Brown from 2000; programs from 2000 and 2009 featuring Lee and members of the cast and crew; Twenty years later, an interview program from 2009 featuring Lee and members of the cast and crew; music video for Public Enemy's "Fight the power," directed by Lee, with remarks from rapper Chuck D; behind-the-scenes footage; Cannes Film Festival press conference from 1989; deleted and extended scenes; original storyboards, trailer, and TV spots; an essay by critic Vinson Cunningham and extensive excerpts from the journal Lee kept during the preparation for and production of the film. |
Language |
Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
Subject |
United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Italian Americans -- Drama.
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African Americans. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Italian American families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Italian American families. |
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Family-owned business enterprises -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Family-owned business enterprises. |
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Police brutality -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Police brutality. |
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Riots -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Riots. |
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African Americans -- Relations with Italian Americans. |
Genre/Form |
Dark comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Motion pictures.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Lee, Spike, film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor.
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Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019, actor.
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Davis, Ossie, actor.
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Dee, Ruby, actor.
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Edson, Richard, actor.
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Esposito, Giancarlo, actor.
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Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016, actor.
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Turturro, John, 1957- actor.
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Savage, John, 1949- actor.
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Perez, Rosie, actor.
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Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, production coompany.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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Added Title |
Container of (work): Do the right thing (Motion picture)
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ISBN |
9781681436173 |
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1681436175 |
Standard No. |
715515232715 |
Music No. |
CC3054DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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