Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will be releasing Spike Lee’s landmark film Do The Right Thing on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on February 2, 2021. The film’s honesty, courage and original perspective on American race relations earned two Academy Award® nominations, including Best Original Screenplay. A powerhouse ensemble cast creates a gallery of unforgettable characters, with standout performances by Danny Aiello (Oscar® nominated for Best-Supporting Actor for his role in the film), Ossie Davis (Get On The Bus), Ruby Dee (American Gangster), Rosie Perez (Fearless), John Turturro (Barton Fink) and Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction).
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Synopsis: Set on one block of Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy Do or Die neighborhood, at the height of summer, this 1989 masterpiece by Spike Lee confirmed him as a writer and filmmaker of peerless vision and passionate social engagement. Over the course of a single day, the easygoing interactions of a cast of unforgettable characters—Da Mayor, Mother Sister, Mister Señor Love Daddy, Tina, Sweet Dick Willie, Buggin Out, Radio Raheem, Sal, Pino, Vito, and Lee’s Mookie among them—give way to heated confrontations as tensions rise along racial fault lines, ultimately exploding into violence. Punctuated by the anthemic refrain of Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” Do the Right Thing is a landmark in American cinema, as politically and emotionally charged and as relevant now as when it first hit the big screen.
- Brand New Introduction by Director Spike Lee
- DO THE RIGHT THING: 20 Years Later – Retrospective documentary with the cast and crew
- Deleted and Extended Scenes – Eleven scenes cut from the final version of the film
- Behind the Scenes – Spike Lee’s personal video footage from the set of the film
- Making DO THE RIGHT THING – In-depth documentary on the making of the film
- Editor Barry Brown – Interview with the editor of DO THE RIGHT THING
- The Riot Sequence – Storyboard gallery of the climatic riot sequence
- CANNES, 1989 – Follow the film’s triumphant screening at the prestigious Cannes Film as DO THE RIGHT THING energizes and astonishes audiences with its bold message.
- Trailers – Original theatrical trailer and TV spots
- 20th Anniversary edition feature commentary with Director Spike Lee
- Feature Commentary with Director Spike Lee, Director of Photography Ernest Dickerson, Production Designer Wynn Thomas, and Actor Joie Lee
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