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Do the Right Thing (VHS, 1998)
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- Buy It NowDo The Right Thing VHS Tape Sealed Spike Lee Samuel L Jackson 1989 1994
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Spike Lee's racial and political filmmaking bent is given the full treatment with this simmering exposé of racial tensions in a New York City neighborhood one scorching summer day. The film, written by Lee (and nominated for an Oscar), follows a group of racially diverse inhabitants from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood as they spend their day trying to avoid the oppressive heat. These include African American pizza deliveryman Mookie (Lee), the racially sensitive Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), and the silent, boom-box-blasting Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn). Also thrown into the mix are Sal (an Oscar-nominated Danny Aiello), the Italian-American proprietor of Sal's Pizzeria, as well as his two sons, Pino (John Turturro) and Vito (Richard Edson), who hold completely opposing attitudes when it comes to race. After Buggin' Out tries to organize a boycott of Sal's because of the lack of racial diversity on his shop's Wall of Fame, the tensions explode in an act of senseless violence. Lee's film is an electric work of political entertainment that confronts sensitive racial issues head-on. He deftly blends humor and drama as well as using specific music to further amplify his theme (Public Enemy's song "Fight the Power" actually becomes the film's main catalyst for action). Boldly closing the film with opposing quotes from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King on the nature of race relations, Lee leaves it up to the viewer to decide if Mookie's actions were the correct ones. Aiello and Esposito are standouts in an all-star cast that includes Lee himself, his sister Joie, "discovery" Rosie Perez, and the married team of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Always one to spark controversy, Lee's summer drama finds the filmmaker at the peak of his craft.Product Identifiers
UPC0096898089432
eBay Product ID (ePID)3071010
Product Key Features
DirectorSpike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee
GenreDrama
Movie/TV TitleDo the Right Thing
RatingR
Leading RoleDanny Aiello, Spike Lee
Signal StandardNTSC
Additional Product Features
FormatVhs
Film CountryUSA
Release Date19980505
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- Apr 26, 2019
Resonant Movie
Wrongly robbed of a Best Picture Oscar by a large group of elderly and middle-aged Caucasian men who constantly reminisce over a past that didn't happen the way Gone with the Wind brainwashed them into believing, Do the Right Thing deals with a neighborhood in New York and the conflicts that happen due to simmering racial tension. Stellar performances and an unapologetic, unsanitized look at what happens when racial tensions take hold of a peaceful town helps this film rise above films like Driving Miss Daisy. With multiple cases of African-Americans getting gunned down by police and racist incidents rising, this film is just as timely now as it was in 1989.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Dec 30, 2024
VHS in great shape and quality was great...
VHS in great shape and quality was great tooVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Mar 08, 2020
DO THE RIGHT THING 1989
DO THE RIGHT THING Is A Really A Great Star and Directed by SPIKE LEE JOINT From 1989.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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