# Do the Right Thing (1989)

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**Runtime**: 120 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Spike Lee
**Written by**: Spike Lee
**Starring**: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Bedford-Stuyvesant, summer heat, a pizzeria's jukebox. Sal's Italian restaurant, a Wall of Fame, and a neighborhood's discontent. Spike Lee frames the simmering tension of a community on the brink.

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