Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Lee, Spike, film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor.
Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952- director of photography.
Lee, Bill, 1928- composer (expression)
Brown, Barry Alexander, film editor.
Aiello, Danny, 1933- actor.
Davis, Ossie, actor.
Dee, Ruby, actor.
Edson, Richard, actor.
Esposito, Giancarlo, actor.
Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016, actor.
Turturro, John, 1957- actor.
Savage, John, 1949- actor.
Perez, Rosie, actor.
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, production coompany.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN: | 9781681436173
1681436175
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| Physical medium: | 4 3/4 in.
stamping
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
optical
stereo
5.1 Dolby Digital
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| Video characteristics: | NTSC
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
DVD video
region 1
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| Notes: | Title from title frame.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio)
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 -- On insert: an essay by critic Vinson Cunningham.
Director of photography, Ernest Dickerson ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; music, Bill Lee.
Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage, Rosie Perez.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; 5.1 surround.
In english with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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| Summary: | Story of the racial tensions that surround a white-owned pizzeria in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on the hottest day of the summer. One of the most controversial and thought-provoking films ever made. Bonus material includes commentary with Director Spike Lee and more.
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| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: R.
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| Standard no.: | 715515232715
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| Publisher's no.: | CC3054DDVD The Criterion Collection
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