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15th Apr 2020

Do The Right Thing (1989 Bonus Episode)

In this special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989, we’re talking about one of the year’s most acclaimed and influential movies, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. Written and directed by Spike Lee and starring Lee, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Bill Nunn and Rosie Perez, Do the Right Thing premiered at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for two Oscars.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/do-the-right-thing-1989), Desson Thomson in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/dotherightthingrhowe_a0b222.htm), and Peter Travers in Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/do-the-right-thing-88272/).

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Awesome Movie Year is a podcast co-hosted by film critic Josh Bell and filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris. Each season looks at why a certain year was an awesome movie year. Each episode focuses on a different film from the year being investigated. Produced by David Rosen of the Piecing It Together Podcast for the All Points West Podcast Network
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David Rosen is a music composer and podcast producer. He has scored feature films, commercials and more, as well as creating albums of instrumental music. He currently produced Piecing It Together which he hosts and Awesome Movie Year.