Do the Right Thing Page #10

Synopsis: Salvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), 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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
91
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
1989
120 min
1,583 Views


FEMALE VOICE #1 (VO)

Hi, Mister Señor Love Daddy. I'd

kiss your feet every morning,

that's how much I love you.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

How nice of you.

FEMALE VOICE #2 (VO)

I think you have the sexiest voice

in the world. All you have to do

is talk.

65.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

Love Line, you're on.

FEMALE VOICE #3 (VO)

You give me fever.

(she moans)

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

She's feeling it.

FEMALE VOICE #4 (VO)

Love Daddy, I'd work in Mickey D's

24, 7, and 365 just to call you my

own. Give you all my money, honey.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

That was the last call for tonight

on Mister Señor Love Daddy's Love

Line. I love you. You I love.

EXT:
MOTHER SISTER'S STOOP--NIGHT

Da Mayor is walking by Mother Sister in her window when she

calls him.

CLOSE--MOTHER SISTER

MOTHER SISTER:

Mister Mayor, I saw what you did.

ANGLE--DA MAYOR

Da Mayor stops and looks at her. A smile comes to his face;

after eighteen years has he finally broken down her defenses?

CLOSE--MOTHER SISTER

MOTHER SISTER:

That was a foolish act, but it was

brave. That chile owes you his life.

CLOSE--DA MAYOR

DA MAYOR:

I wasn't trying to be a hero. I

saw what was about to happen and I

reacted, didn't even think. If I

did, I might not have done it in

second thought. Da Mayor is an old

man, haven't run that fast in years.

(MORE)

66.

DA MAYOR (CONT'D)

I went from first to home on a bunt

single, scored the winning run, the

bottom of the ninth, two out,

August 1, 1939, Snow Hill, Alabama.

(he is warming up now)

Maybe I should be heroic more often.

CLOSE--MOTHER SISTER

MOTHER SISTER:

Maybe you shouldn't. Don't get

happy. This changes nothing

between you and me. You did a good

thing and Mother Sister wanted to

thank you for it.

ANGLE--STOOP

DA MAYOR:

I thank you.

MOTHER SISTER:

You're welcome.

Da Mayor tips his hat.

INT:
SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA--NIGHT

Mookie enters.

MOOKIE:

Sal, I don't care if you fire me

this exact minute, leave my sister

alone.

SAL:

Mookie, I don't know what you're

talking about, plus I don't want to

hear it.

MOOKIE:

Sal, just do me a favor, leave Jade

alone.

SAL:

Here, you gotta delivery.

Mookie takes the pie and looks at the address.

MOOKIE:

Is this the right name and address?

67.

SAL:

Yeah, do you know 'em?

MOOKIE:

No, just checking.

INT:
HALLWAY--NIGHT

Mookie rings the bell and a fine Puerto Rican sister answers

the door.

MOOKIE:

Delivery from Sal's Famous Pizzeria.

TINA:

What took you so long? Is it hot?

MOOKIE:

Hot. Hot.

TINA:

Come in then.

INT:
TINA'S APARTMENT--NIGHT

Tina watches Mookie watch her. When she's through watching,

she takes the pizza from his hands and puts it on the floor.

Mookie grabs her and starts to kiss. Tina is Mookie's

woman, the one he's been on the phone with earlier. We've

heard the voice and now SEE the person.

MOOKIE:

Tina, you are too slick.

TINA:

How else was I going to get you

here? I haven't seen you in a week.

MOOKIE:

I've been working hard, getting paid.

TINA:

Where's the ice cream? The Häagen-

Dazs butter pecan?

MOOKIE:

Sh*t! I forgot.

TINA:

Your memory is really getting bad.

MOOKIE:

I just forgot.

68.

TINA:

And I really wanted some ice cream

too.

MOOKIE:

I can run out and get it.

TINA:

No! No! You won't come back either.

MOOKIE:

I can't be staying long anyway.

TINA:

How long then?

MOOKIE:

Long enough for us to do the nasty.

TINA:

That's out. No! It's too hot!

You think I'm gonna let you get

some, put on your clothes, then run

outta here and never see you again

in who knows when?

MOOKIE:

A quickie is good every once in a

blue moon.

TINA:

You a blue-moon fool.

MOOKIE:

Then we'll do something else.

TINA:

What else?

MOOKIE:

Trust me.

TINA:

Trust you? Because of trusting you

we have a son. Remember your son?

MOOKIE:

Trust me.

Mookie pushes Tina back into her bedroom.

69.

INT:
TINA'S BEDROOM--NIGHT

Mookie sits Tina down on her futon bed, turns off the

lights, and turns on WE LOVE RADIO as Mister Señor Love

Daddy serenades them with slow jams.

MOOKIE:

I'm gonna take off ya clothes.

TINA:

Mookie, I told you already it's too

f***ing hot to make love.

MOOKIE:

Why you gotta curse?

TINA:

I'm sorry, but no rawness is

jumping off tonight.

MOOKIE:

No rawness.

He laughs his sinister laugh.

ANGLE--MOOKIE AND TINA

Mookie unsnaps her bra, then pulls her panties off. Tina is

naked as a jaybird.

MOOKIE:

Tina, you're sweating.

TINA:

Of course I'm sweating. I'm

burning up. It's hot, moron, only

a hundred degrees in here.

MOOKIE:

Lie down, please.

He gets up.

INT:
TINA'S KITCHEN

Mookie walks into the kitchen and sees CARMEN, Tina's

mother, fixing some food on the stove.

MOOKIE:

Hello, Mrs. Rampolla.

Carmen stares at him, it's a look that would definitely stop

traffic, she mutters some Spanish and goes into her bedroom,

slamming the door behind her.

70.

ANGLE--MOOKIE

He opens the refrigerator and takes out all the trays of ice.

INT:
TINA'S BEDROOM--NIGHT

Mookie sits down on the bed with a bowl filled with ice cubes.

CLOSE--TINA'S FOREHEAD

Mookie rubs an ice cube on her forehead.

TINA:

It's cold.

MOOKIE:

It's 'pose to be cold.

TINA:

Later for you.

MOOKIE:

Meda. Meda.

TINA:

What?

MOOKIE:

Tina, you don't have a forehead,

you got a eight-head.

CLOSE--TINA'S NECK

Mookie rubs an ice cube on her neck.

CLOSE--TINA'S LIPS

Mookie rubs an ice cube on her full moist lips, then puts it

in her mouth.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY (VO)

Yes, children, this is the Cool Out

Corner. We're slowing it down for

all the lovers in the house. I'll

be giving you all the help you

need, musically, that is.

CLOSE--TINA'S THIGHS

He rubs an ice cube up and down her thighs.

MOOKIE (VO)

Thank God for thighs.

71.

CLOSE--TINA'S BUTTOCKS

He rubs an ice cube on her round, firm buttocks.

MOOKIE (VO)

Thank God for buttocks.

CLOSE--TINA'S BREAST

He rubs an ice cube on her breast.

MOOKIE (VO)

Thank God for the right nipple...

Thank God for the left nipple...

Both Tina and Mookie are dying. Mookie now has an ice cube

on the left and right nipples and WE SEE before our very own

eyes both get swollen, red, and erect.

TINA (VO)

Feels good.

MOOKIE (VO)

Yes, yes, Lord. Isn't this better

than Haagen-Dazs butter pecan ice

cream?

CLOSE--TINA'S MOUTH

Mookie kisses her.

MOOKIE:

I'll be back tonight.

INT:
SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA--NIGHT

Officers Ponte and Long are awaiting their orders.

SAL:

It's almost ready.

OFFICER LONG:

What time you closing tonight?

SAL:

Ten.

Sal goes over to the oven, takes out their food and wraps it

up.

SAL:

Here you go.

72.

OFFICER PONTE:

What do we owe you?

SAL:

Nine-fifty.

OFFICER PONTE:

Here.

SAL:

Thanks. Enjoy.

OFFICER LONG:

Vito, Pino, see ya later.

The officers leave just as Mookie enters.

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