The Spike Lee joint collection, Do the right thing ; Mo' better blues

Resource Information

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Label

The Spike Lee joint collection, Do the right thing ; Mo' better blues

Title part

Do the right thing ; Mo' better blues

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures presents ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; directed by Spike Lee

Title variation

• Mo' better blues
• Do the right thing

Contributor

• Williams, Dick Anthony
• Snipes, Wesley
• Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
• Universal Pictures Company
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Aiello, Danny, 1933-
• Davis, Ossie
• Dee, Ruby
• Edson, Richard
• Esposito, Giancarlo
• Harris, Robin, 1953-1990
• Kilik, Jon
• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
• Lee, Spike
• Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016
• Perez, Rosie
• Ross, Monty
• Savage, John, 1949-
• Turturro, John, 1957-
• Washington, Denzel, 1954-
• Williams, Cynda

Subject

• African Americans -- Crimes against -- Drama
• African Americans -- Relations with Italian Americans -- Drama
• Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama
• DVDs
• Feature films
• Jazz musicians -- United States -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Social problem films
• Trumpet players -- United States -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• African American jazz musicians -- Drama
• African American musicians -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• DVDs
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Social problem films

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

• Do the right thing: 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
• Mo' better blues: Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined

Member of

• Mo' better blues (Motion picture)
• Spike Lee Joint collection, disc 2

Cataloging source

BNG

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Produced, written and directed by Spike Lee ; co-producer, Monty Ross ; line producer, Jon Kilik ; original music score, Bill Lee

Intended audience

MPAA: Rated R

Language note

• Do the right thing: In English with subtitles in English or Spanish; subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Mo' better blues: In English with optional subtitles in English; subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.D63 2006

PerformerNote

• Do the right thing: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage, Rosie Perez
• Mo' better blues: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Dick Anthony Williams, Cynda Williams

Runtime

249

Series statement

Spike Lee Joint collection

Series volume

disc 2

Technique

live action