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Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, and Bill Nunn in Do the Right Thing (1989)

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Do the Right Thing

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Edited into

    • Film Title Poem (2016)

      title is shown

Featured in

    • Precious Images (Short 1986)

      Brief clip shown in 1996 reissue

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Star Trek V/No Holds Barred/Dead Poets Society/Let's Get Lost/Renegades (TV Episode 1989)

      Clips appear in the teaser for the next episode.

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Spike Lee (TV Episode 1989)

      Reviewed.

    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Best Films of the '80s (TV Episode 1989)

      Ebert's #4 pick; Siskel's #6 pick

    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Best Films of 1989 (TV Episode 1989)

      Both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert's #1 pick.

Referenced in

    • Making Do the Right Thing (TV Movie 1989)

      This film is about the making of Do the Right Thing

    • "Head of the Class" Back to School (TV Episode 1989)

      Dennis refers to Aristotle as "an extra from 'Do the Right Thing.'"

    • Jimmy Somerville Feat. June Miles-Kingston: Comment te dire adieu (Music Video 1989)

      Jimmy Somerville's t-shirt bears the movie's logo.

    • Hard to Kill (1990)

      A big advertisement is shown.

    • "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Episode #2.13 (TV Episode 1990)

      Referenced by Josie during her rap

References

    • Citizen Kane (1941)

    • The Night of the Hunter (1955)

      the source for a character with "love" on one set of knuckles and "hate" on the other.

    • Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

      Spike Lee said the opening dance sequence with Rosie Perez was inspired by the opening credit sequence from the film Bye Bye Birdie.

    • Contempt (1963)

    • Planet of the Apes (1968)

Spoofed in

    • "The Critic" Miserable (TV Episode 1994)

      Sal thanks Mookie for throwing a trash can through his window

    • "Aladdin" Do the Rat Thing (TV Episode 1994)

      Title reference.

    • Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

      Parodied

    • "Dexter's Laboratory" Labels/Game Show/Fantastic Boyage (TV Episode 1997)

      Dexter does Radio Raheem's Left-Hand, Right-Hand part when he labels his waffle

    • The Auteur Theory (1999)

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Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, and Bill Nunn in Do the Right Thing (1989)
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