Spike Lee (writer, producer, director) DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) Press kit

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1989. Vintage original press kit, 12 x 9″ (31 x 23 cm), pictorial wrappers, seven promotional inserts which are 3 to 13 pages long, and four 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white photos. Some creasing to front wrapper, near fine or better.

The film starred Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro and Samuel L. Jackson and was the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The story explores a Brooklyn neighborhood’s simmering racial tension between its African American residents and the Italian-American owners of a local pizzeria, culminating in tragedy and violence on a hot summer’s day.

The film premiered in the 42nd Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 1989, and was released on June 30, 1989, by Universal Pictures. A critical and commercial success, the film received accolades including Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (for Aiello’s portrayal of Sal, the pizzeria owner). In 1999, it was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, citing its preservation as “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” becoming just the second film to be selected in its first year of eligibility. (Wikipedia)

Some examples of this press kit had photos included, and others were issued without.