• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1989-06-14
  • Runtime120 minutes
  • TaglineIt's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...
  • Revenue37,300,000$
  • GenreDrama
  • Production
    CompaniesUniversal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
  • Budget6,500,000$

Movie Overview

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

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Danny Aiello

Ossie Davis

Ruby Dee

Richard Edson

Giancarlo Esposito

Spike Lee

Bill Nunn

John Turturro

Paul Benjamin

Frankie Faison

Robin Harris

Joie Lee

Miguel Sandoval

Rick Aiello

John Savage

Samuel L. Jackson

Rosie Perez

Roger Guenveur Smith

Steve White

Martin Lawrence

Leonard L. Thomas

Frank Vincent

Luis Antonio Ramos

Gwen McGee

Steve Park

Shawn Elliott

Sixto Ramos

Nelson Vasquez

Joel Nagle