Do the Right Thing
1989 · 120 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 117,207 VOTES · DIR. Spike Lee
Overview
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,662 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 [Saxophone Plays "Lift EveryVoice And Sing"]
00:04:56 doing the nasty toya ears, ya ears to the nasty?
00:10:29 That you like her?
00:14:31 How come no more High Life?
00:18:59 Yeah, $2? 00?
00:23:28 M-M-M-M-Malcolm?
00:29:08 Fuckyou, their names!
00:33:42 ¿Quépasa, la neta?
00:39:08 The motherfucker wasrt saying shit?
00:43:07 and you can't do anything about it?
00:46:57 I read?
00:51:21 It's a devastating right, and hate is hurt?
00:56:33 Stevie Wonder, Bobby McFerrin
01:01:36 F-F-F-Fuckyou!
01:05:50 Just working hard? Keeping busy?
01:10:55 'Cause everybody know
01:15:24 I'm tired ofsupporting a grown woman, OK?
01:20:01 Why's it always like that
01:24:33 Oh, shit?
01:29:07 Sal! Can we get some pizza?
01:33:58 Get away!
01:39:14 What are they doing?
01:44:17 #We got to fight the powers that be #
01:49:41 You got $500? You're a rich fucking man?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,662
Dialogue density22.2 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:49:41
Production Record
DirectorSpike Lee
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,500,000
Revenue$37,300,000
IMDb votes117,207