The Spike Lee joint collection, Universal Pictures presents ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; directed by Spike Lee
Type
Label
The Spike Lee joint collection, Universal Pictures presents ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; directed by Spike Lee
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA: Rated R
Main title
The Spike Lee joint collection
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
191077547
Responsibility statement
Universal Pictures presents ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; directed by Spike Lee
Runtime
249
Series statement
Spike Lee Joint collection, disc 2
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 foreverMo' 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
Table Of Contents
Side 1. Do the right thing (120 min.) -- Side 2. Mo' better blues (129 min.)
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Mo' better bluesDo the right thing
Contributor
- Ross, Monty
- Turturro, John, 1957-
- Dee, Ruby
- Harris, Robin, 1953-1990
- Perez, Rosie
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Snipes, Wesley
- Aiello, Danny, 1933-
- Savage, John, 1949-
- Washington, Denzel, 1954-
- Davis, Ossie
- Universal Pictures Company
- Edson, Richard
- Williams, Cynda
- Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Kilik, Jon
- Williams, Dick Anthony
- Lee, Spike
- Esposito, Giancarlo
- Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
Subject
- African Americans + Crimes against -- Drama
- Trumpet players -- United States -- Drama
- Jazz musicians -- United States -- Drama
- African American musicians -- Drama
- Social problem films
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- African Americans + Relations with Italian Americans -- Drama
- DVDs
- African American jazz musicians -- Drama
- Feature films
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama
Content
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Outgoing Resources
- Contributor21
- Ross, Monty
- Turturro, John, 1957-
- Dee, Ruby
- Harris, Robin, 1953-1990
- Perez, Rosie
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Snipes, Wesley
- Aiello, Danny, 1933-
- Savage, John, 1949-
- Washington, Denzel, 1954-
- Davis, Ossie
- Universal Pictures Company
- Edson, Richard
- Williams, Cynda
- Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Kilik, Jon
- Williams, Dick Anthony
- Lee, Spike
- Esposito, Giancarlo
- Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
- Genre4
- Subject13
- African Americans + Crimes against -- Drama
- Trumpet players -- United States -- Drama
- Jazz musicians -- United States -- Drama
- African American musicians -- Drama
- Social problem films
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- African Americans + Relations with Italian Americans -- Drama
- DVDs
- African American jazz musicians -- Drama
- Feature films
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama
- Content1
- Is Derivative Of1
- Is Part Of1
- Mapped to1