Do the Right Thing
"It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can..."
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione 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.
| Release Date | June 14, 1989 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Do the Right Thing | |
| Runtime | 2h 0min | |
| Budget | $6,500,000 | |
| Revenue | $37,300,000 | |
| Language | English, Italian, Korean, Spanish | |
| Original Language | English | |
| Production Countries | United States of America | |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks | |