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Do the Right Thing
1989
Director
Spike Lee
Year
1989
Style
Content Rating
TV-14
Stars
Danny Aiello, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Richard Edson
Languages
🇬🇧 English, 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇪🇸 Spanish, 🇰🇷 Korean
Origin Countries
🇺🇸 United States
Synopsis
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Major Awards
Overall
1 win — 3 nominations
Wins (1)
Critics' Awards
Cahiers du Cinéma (1989)
Best Film
Nominations (3)
Best Picture
Golden Globes, USA (1990)
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Director
Golden Globes, USA (1990)
Best Director - Motion Picture
Best Screenplay
Golden Globes, USA (1990)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture