Where was Do the Right Thing filmed?
1989 film, directed by Spike Lee.
- New York City
The story is set in Brooklyn, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Brooklyn
- Filmed in
- New York City
About Do the Right Thing
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- Released
- 1989
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Cast
- Danny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeRichard EdsonGiancarlo EspositoBill NunnJohn TurturroJohn SavageSpike LeeRosie Perez
- Genre
- HoodComedyIndependentDrama
- Awards
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture; NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture; Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director; Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
The story
Twenty-five-year-old Mookie lives in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, with his sister Jade.
He demands that Sal put up pictures of Black celebrities since the pizzeria's customers are mostly Black.
Later, Pino expresses his hatred for African Americans to Sal, who insists on keeping the business in the majority African-American neighborhood.
Famous lines from Do the Right Thing
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
Yo, Mookie.Buggin' Out
Stay black.Buggin' Out
You the man.Buggin' Out
Don't start.Pino
No, you the man.Mookie
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