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Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written and directed by Spike Lee.It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro and Samuel L. Jackson and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez.
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (born June 25, 1951) is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of film, television, and music videos.. As a cinematographer, Dickerson is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee ever since they were classmates at the Tisch School of the Arts and worked together on Lee's 1983 master's degree thesis student film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We ...
Runner-up: Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing; Best Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus – The Fabulous Baker Boys; Runner-up: Robert Richardson – Born on the Fourth of July; Best Music Score: Bill Lee – Do the Right Thing; Runner-up: Elliot Goldenthal – Drugstore Cowboy; Best Foreign Film (tie): Distant Voices, Still Lives • UK
Spike Lee in 2007. Spike Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor, known for films that deal with controversial social and political issues.Each of Lee's films is typically referred to as "A Spike Lee Joint" and the closing credits always end with the phrases "By Any Means Necessary," "Ya Dig," and "Sho Nuff."
Best Cinematography: Ernest R. Dickerson - Do the Right Thing [3] Runners-up: Michael Ballhaus - The Fabulous Baker Boys and Jeff Preiss - Let's Get Lost; Best Director: Paul Mazursky - Enemies, a Love Story; Runners-up: Brian De Palma - Casualties of War and Bruce Beresford - Driving Miss Daisy; Best Documentary: Roger & Me
At the Academy ceremony Kim Basinger, who was a presenter that evening, stated that Do the Right Thing also deserved a Best Picture nomination stating, "We've got five great films here, and they are great for one reason, because they tell the truth, but there is one film missing from this list because ironically it might tell the biggest truth ...
1.8 Best Cinematography. 1.9 Best Documentary. 2 References. 3 External links. ... Spike Lee – Do the Right Thing. Best Actor. 1. Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot 2.
Do the Right Thing earned three accolades, including Best Film, and its director Spike Lee commented that the awards made up for the lack of nominations at that year's Academy Awards. [1] Actress Laura San Giacomo received two awards for her role as Cynthia Patrice Bishop in Sex, Lies, and Videotape. [1]