| Description |
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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surround rdacpc |
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5.1 DTS-HD MA |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 97.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 wide screen presentation; 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage, Rosie Perez. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ernest Dickerson ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; music, Bill Lee. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio). |
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MPAA Rating: R |
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Special features on disc one: new 4K digital restoration; audio commentary from 1995 featuring director Spike Lee, cinematographer, Ernest Dickerson, production designer Wynn Thomas, and actor Joie Lee; Behind the scenes: footage shot during preproduction and at block party celebrating the film's wrap and an introduction recorded in 2000 by Lee; deleted and extended scenes; The riot sequence: original storyboards; trailer and two TV spots -- Special features on disc two: Making "Do the right thing," a documentary from 1988 by St. Clair Bourne; new interviews with costume designer Ruth E. Carter, camera assistant Darnell Martin, New York City Council member Robert Cornegy Jr., and writer Nelson George; interview with editor Barry Alexander Brown from 2000; programs from 2000 and 2009 featuring Lee and members of the cast and crew; Twenty years later, an interview program from 2009 featuring Lee and members of the cast and crew; music video for Public Enemy's "Fight the power," directed by Lee, with remarks from rapper Chuck D; Cannes Film Festival press conference from 1989 -- In booklet: an essay by critic Vinson Cunningham and extensive excerpts from the journal Lee kept during the preparation for and production of the film. |
| Summary |
It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large Radio Raheem. He is unwilling to succumb to the over-excessive brutality of the police and the racist views of Sal and his family. The overzealous police officers don't understand the repercussions of the violence they just unleashed. The neighbors band together to protest this extreme form of pure, toxic bigotry. Mob mentality takes over and the other local non-African American store owners become threatened. Tempers flare and rage is in the air. |
| Contents |
disc one. [Feature film; Special features] -- disc two. [Special features]. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Subject |
United States -- Race relations -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Italian Americans -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Italian American families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Family-owned business enterprises -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Police brutality -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Riots -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, NY) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Dark comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Lee, Spike, film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor.
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Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019, actor.
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Davis, Ossie, actor.
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Dee, Ruby, actor.
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Edson, Richard, actor.
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Esposito, Giancarlo, actor.
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Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016, actor.
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Turturro, John, 1957- actor.
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Savage, John, 1949- actor.
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Perez, Rosie, actor.
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Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952- director of photography.
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Brown, Barry Alexander, editor of moving image work.
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Lee, Bill, 1928- composer (expression)
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Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, production coompany.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
715515232616 |
| Music No. |
CC3053BD The Criterion Collection |
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