MOVIES - Jan. 1, 1990
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Two Thumbs Up for ‘Do the Right Thing’: Film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert both chose Spike Lee’s controversial “Do the Right Thing” as best picture on their Top 10 best of ’89 lists. During their television program over the New Year’s Eve weekend, Siskel chose, in order: “Do the Right Thing,” “Roger & Me,” “Drugstore Cowboy,” “Enemies--A Love Story,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” “Say Anything” and “The War of the Roses.” Ebert’s list, in order, was: “Do the Right Thing,” “Drugstore Cowboy,” “My Left Foot,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” “Roger & Me,” “The Mighty Quinn,” “Field of Dreams,” “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Say Anything.”
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