Do the right thing [videorecording] / Universal ; a Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee.

Other Titles: Do the right thing (Motion picture).

Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, c1998.

ISBN: 0783227949
9780783227948

Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject: African Americans Relations with Italian Americans Drama.
Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) Drama.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
New York (N.Y.) Race relations Drama.

Credits: Production design, Wynn Thomas ; original music score, Bill Lee ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; photography, Ernest Dickerson ; co-producer, Monty Ross.

Performers: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bull Nunn, John Turturro.

Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.

Notes: English or French language soundtrack (surround) with optional subtitles in Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.66:1).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Special features include: Production notes ; cast and filmmakers' bios ; theatrical trailer.

Summary: Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever.