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Release StatusReleased
Release Date1989-06-14
Languageen
Runtime2h
Budget$6,500,000
Revenue$37,300,000
Production

Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

7.8(2.1k)
•1989•2h

Do the Right Thing

"It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can..."

Overview

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.

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