Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29642 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-06-30
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 120 minutes

From Amazon.co.uk
Spike Lee's incendiary look at race relations in America, circa 1989, is so colourful and exuberant for its first three-quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward. Do the Right Thing is a joyful, tumultuous masterpiece--maybe the best film ever made about race in America, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small misunderstandings. Set on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the summer, the movie shows the whole spectrum of life in this neighbourhood and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does the "right thing." Featuring Danny Aiello as Sal, the pizza parlour owner; Lee himself as Mookie, the lazy pizza-delivery guy; John Turturro and Richard Edson as Sal's sons; Lee's sister Joie as Mookie's sister Jade; Rosie Perez as Mookie's girlfriend Tina; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as the block elders, Da Mayor and Mother Sister; Giancarlo Esposito as Mookie's hot-headed friend Buggin' Out; Bill Nunn as the boom-box toting Radio Raheem; and Samuel L Jackson as DJ Mister Señor Love Daddy. This is a rich and nuanced film to watch, treasure and learn from--over and over again. --Jim Emerson

Amazon.com Essential Video
Spike Lee's incendiary look at race relations in America, circa 1989, is so colorful and exuberant for its first three-quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward. Do the Right Thing is a joyful, tumultuous masterpiece--maybe the best film ever made about race in America, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small misunderstandings. Set on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the summer, the movie shows the whole spectrum of life in this neighborhood and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does the "right thing." Featuring Danny Aiello as Sal, the pizza parlor owner; Lee himself as Mookie, the lazy pizza-delivery guy; John Turturro and Richard Edson as Sal's sons; Lee's sister Joie as Mookie's sister Jade; Rosie Perez as Mookie's girlfriend Tina; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as the block elders, Da Mayor and Mother Sister; Giancarlo Esposito as Mookie's hot-headed friend Buggin' Out; Bill Nunn as the boom-box toting Radio Raheem; and Samuel L. Jackson as deejay Mister Señor Love Daddy. A rich and nuanced film to watch, treasure, and learn from--over and over again. --Jim Emerson

Chronique amazon.fr
La vision incendiaire des relations interraciales de l'Amérique de la fin des années quatre-vingt est tellement colorée et exubérante pendant les premiers trois quarts d'heure de ce film qu'on est loin d'imaginer les terribles confrontations vers lesquelles il nous conduira inexorablement. Do The Right Thing est un chef-d'oeuvre joyeux et tumultueux, et peut- être même le film le plus réussi sur le racisme en Amérique. Il dévoile tous les aspects des préjugés raciaux et démontre qu'une série de petits malentendus peut rapidement mener à un bain de sang. Prenant pour décor un pâté de maisons new-yorkais, le jour le plus chaud de l'été, le film dépeint la vie d'un quartier populaire et hétéroclite, laissant le spectateur juger si effectivement un des habitants réagit de la bonne manière (d'où le titre). Danny Aiello est Sal, le patron de la pizzeria ; Lee en personne incarne Mookie, le livreur paresseux ; John Turturro et Richard Edson sont les fils de Sal ; Joie, la soeur de Lee, incarne Jade, la soeur de Mookie ; Rosie Perez est Tina, la petite amie de Mookie ; Ossie Davis et Ruby Dee sont les anciens du quartier, Da Mayor et Mother Sister ; Giancarlo Esposito est le copain impulsif de Mookie ; Bill Nunn interprète le rôle de Radio Raheem, et Samuel L. Jackson celui du DJ Mister Señor Love Daddy. Do The Right Thing est une magnifique leçon de vie, riche et nuancée, à voir et à revoir inlassablement. --Jim Emerson