- BFI identifier337575
- Date1989 (Copyright)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisRacial tensions simmer on the hottest day of the year in this gripping, Brooklyn-set comedy drama. (Synopsis)
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- CategoryFiction
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- CreditsDirector: Spike Lee
©: Inc. Universal City Studios
Production Company: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
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Title
Do the Right Thing (Original)
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