← back
Do the Right Thing It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...

Do the Right Thing


Plot

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.

  • Drama

Extra Details

Budget: $6,500,000

Revenue: $37,300,000

Runtime: 120 mins

Rating: 7.765✨

Released On: 1989-06-14

Produced By:

  • - Universal Pictures
  • - 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Languages:

  • - Italian
  • - English
  • - Spanish
  • - Korean