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Author:

Do the right thing (Motion picture)

Title:

Do the right thing [videorecording] / a Universal release ; a Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Universal City Studios,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
United States--Race relations--Drama.
African Americans--Crimes against--Drama.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
United States--Race relations--Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Lee, Spike.
Aiello, Danny, 1935-
Davis, Ossie.
Dee, Ruby.
Edson, Richard.
Esposito, Giancarlo.
Nunn, Bill.
Turturro, John, 1957-
Perez, Rosie.
Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
Jackson, Samuel L.
Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952-
Brown, Barry Alexander.
Lee, Bill, 1928-
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)

Notes:

Danny Aiello (Sal), Ossie Davis (Da Mayor), Ruby Dee (Mother Sister), Richard Edson (Vito), Giancarlo Esposito (Buggin Out), Spike Lee (Mookie), Bull Nunn (Radio Raheem), John Turturro (Pino), Rosie Perez (Tina), Joie Lee (Jade), Sam Jackson (Mister Señor Love Daddy). "Director Approved special edition"--Container. Special features, disc 1 (the movie): new widescreen digital transfer, enhanced for 16x9 televisions and approved by cinematographer Ernest Dickerson ; Dolby Digital surround and PCM stereo soundtracks ; audio commentary by director Spike Lee, Ernest Dickerson, production designer Wynn Thomas, and actor Joie Lee ; English subtitles ; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition. Special features, disc 2 (the supplement): new video introductions by Spike Lee ; St. Clair Bourne's 60-minute documentary "The Making of Do the Right Thing" ; Spike Lee and line producer Jon Kilik revisit the Bed-Stuy locations ; Public Enemy's video for "Fight the Power" directed by Spike Lee ; the 1989 Cannes Film Festival press conference with Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, and Joie Lee ; Spike Lee's behind-the-scenes footage, from rehearsal to wrap ; original storyboards for the riot sequence ; new video interview with editor Barry Brown ; theatrical trailer and tv spots.

Summary:

"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 97

ISBN:

9781559409100
155940910X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)46335414

UPC:

715515011228

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)