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Fences

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

Director

Denzel Washington

Year

Genre

Box Office

$57,682,904

Production

Paramount Pictures,Scott Rudin Productions,MACRO,Bron Studios,Escape Artists

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 59 wins & 121 nominations total

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Troy Maxson

Denzel Washington

Rose Maxson

Jim Bono

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Cory

Lyons

Russell Hornsby

Gabriel

Mykelti Williamson

Raynell

Deputy Commissioner

Christopher Mele

Evangelist Preacher (as Leslie Boone)

Garbage Truck Driver

Background Actor (as Liz Barentine)

Buffy Barentine

Troy's Father

Toussaint Raphael Abessolo

Courthouse Worker

Gregory Bromfield

Watermelon Salesman

Hanibal Chancellor

Student

Towns person

Sanitation worker

Brownie

Backyard Worker

Commissioner

Present-Day Parade Marcher

Present-Day Parade Marcher

Kristie Galloway

Perade

Carlos Gonzalez

Troys Boss

John W. Iwanonkiw

Jaywalking Pedestrian

Townsman

Aristle Jones IV

Secretary

Front Yard Neighbor

Malik Abdul Khaaliq

Parade Marcher

Parade Participant

Ashley Marie Lewis

Praying woman

Garage Man

Neighbor / Soldier

Parade Walker

Terri Middleton

Parade Participant

Attendee at Troy's Funeral

Wylie Ave Pedestrian

1970's Parade Marcher

Frankie Palombi

Soldier / Towns Person

Wylie Ave Pedestrian

1970's Parade Marcher

Neighbor

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Cory Troy Maxson Rose Maxson Gabriel Lyons

Troy you ought to stop that lying - Fences

Troy you ought to stop that lying

Troy, you ought
to stop that lying. - Fences

Troy, you ought to stop that lying.

He figure, if
the nigger was too dumb - Fences

He figure, if the nigger was too dumb

Now, what he look
like getting mad - Fences

Now, what he look like getting mad

He come up to me, talking about - Fences

He come up to me, talking about

He ain't said nothing.
Told me to go down - Fences

He ain't said nothing. Told me to go down

I asked him, "why?" - Fences

I asked him, "why?"

I told brownie if the man come
and ask him any questions, - Fences

I told brownie if the man come and ask him any questions,

Ain't nothing but somebody
trumped it up on you - Fences

Ain't nothing but somebody trumped it up on you

All I want them to do is
change the job description, - Fences

All I want them to do is change the job description,

Brownie can't see that.
He ain't got that much sense. - Fences

Brownie can't see that. He ain't got that much sen...

How you figure he be making out - Fences

How you figure he be making out

Same as you and me, getting
about as much as we is. - Fences

Same as you and me, getting about as much as we is.

If you had gotten anywhere
near that gal, - Fences

If you had gotten anywhere near that gal,

And the first one
you gonna want to tell, - Fences

And the first one you gonna want to tell,

But when you want to be
buying two or three, - Fences

But when you want to be buying two or three,

Look here.
As long as you've known me, - Fences

Look here. As long as you've known me,

No, I seen you walking
around there more than once. - Fences

No, I seen you walking around there more than once.

That don't mean nothing 'cause you
seen me walking around there. - Fences

That don't mean nothing 'cause you seen me walking...

Tallahassee.
You can look at that - Fences

Tallahassee. You can look at that

I don't know about that Indian part But she damn sure big and healthy - Fences

I don't know about that Indian part But she damn sure...

Yeah, I don't know
about that Indian part, - Fences

Yeah, I don't know about that Indian part,

Got them crazy big legs, and hips
wide as the Mississippi river. - Fences

Got them crazy big legs, and hips wide as the Mississippi ri...

Legs don't mean nothing You don't do nothing but push them out of the way - Fences

Legs don't mean nothing You don't do nothing but...

But them hips, - Fences

It's the truth. Like you
riding on goodyears! - Fences

It's the truth. Like you riding on goodyears!

No, thank you, rose, - Fences

No, thank you, rose,

Oh, woman, come here. - Fences

Oh, woman, come here.

Oh! Look here, bono. - Fences

Oh! Look here, bono.

When I first met this woman, - Fences

When I first met this woman,

I looked at here,
looked at there, - Fences

I looked at here, looked at there,

I latched on to her and told her,
"baby, I don't want to marry." - Fences

I latched on to her and told her, "baby, I don't w...

I told him if he wasn't
the marrying kind, - Fences

I told him if he wasn't the marrying kind,

That's what she told me,
"nigger, you in my way." - Fences

That's what she told me, "nigger, you in my way.&q...

I come back,
told her, "okay, baby", - Fences

I come back, told her, "okay, baby",

Only thing was,
we first got married, - Fences

Only thing was, we first got married,

Me and Lucille was staying
down there on Logan street. - Fences

Me and Lucille was staying down there on Logan street.

But when that goddamn wind blew
through there in the winter, - Fences

But when that goddamn wind blew through there in the winter,

To this day,
I wonder why the hell - Fences

To this day, I wonder why the hell

The A P ain't never done nothing for me I spends my money where I'm treated right - Fences

The A P ain't never done nothing for me I spends my...

I go down to Bella, say, - Fences

I go down to Bella, say,

What sense that make
when I got money - Fences

What sense that make when I got money

What sense it make to shop
there when she overcharges? - Fences

What sense it make to shop there when she overcharges?

Oh, I don't think it's right for
her to overcharge, that's all. - Fences

Oh, I don't think it's right for her to overcharge...

Well, hell, I am, if you
ever turn the bottle loose. - Fences

Well, hell, I am, if you ever turn the bottle loose.

Only thing I'll
say about the a&p is, - Fences

Only thing I'll say about the a&p is,

Gabe done moved out, things
getting tight around here. - Fences

Gabe done moved out, things getting tight around here.

Cory done got recruited
by a college football team. - Fences

Cory done got recruited by a college football team.

I told that boy about that
college football stuff. - Fences

I told that boy about that college football stuff.

He ain't talking about making
no living playing football. - Fences

He ain't talking about making no living playing footbal...

If he be like you in sports,
he gonna be all right. - Fences

If he be like you in sports, he gonna be all right.

Times have changed since you
were playing baseball, Troy. - Fences

Times have changed since you were playing baseball, Troy.

You right about that, ro.
Times have changed, Troy. - Fences

You right about that, ro. Times have changed, Troy.

There ought not never have been
no time called "too early." - Fences

There ought not never have been no time called "too ear...

Man's batting 269, you understand?
269! - Fences

Man's batting 269, you understand? 269!

What sense that make? I'm
batting 432 with 37 home runs! - Fences

What sense that make? I'm batting 432 with 37 home runs...

He's batting 269, playing
right field for the Yankees! - Fences

He's batting 269, playing right field for the Yankees!

I bet you selkirk's daughter
ain't running around - Fences

I bet you selkirk's daughter ain't running around

I done seen 100 niggers play baseball
better than Jackie Robinson. - Fences

I done seen 100 niggers play baseball better than Jackie Rob...

Hell, I seen some teams Jackie
Robinson couldn't even make! - Fences

Hell, I seen some teams Jackie Robinson couldn't even m...

If you can play, then they
ought to let you play. - Fences

If you can play, then they ought to let you play.

Oh! Death ain't nothing.
I done seen him, - Fences

Oh! Death ain't nothing. I done seen him,

Death ain't nothing but a
fastball on the outside corner, - Fences

Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corne...

You get one of them fastballs
about waist high - Fences

You get one of them fastballs about waist high

If I'm lying, that's 450 feet worth
of lying. That's all death is to me. - Fences

If I'm lying, that's 450 feet worth of lying. That...

I drink just enough to
where I can handle it. - Fences

I drink just enough to where I can handle it.

So, you ain't got to worry about
me drinking myself to death - Fences

So, you ain't got to worry about me drinking myself to ...

I look up one day, and death
is marching straight at me, - Fences

I look up one day, and death is marching straight at me,

It was the middle of July, 1941. - Fences

It was the middle of July, 1941.

And it seemed
like death, himself, - Fences

And it seemed like death, himself,

He touched me like I touch you now.
I got cold as ice. - Fences

He touched me like I touch you now. I got cold as ice.

I said, "what you want,
Mr. death? You be wanting me?" - Fences

I said, "what you want, Mr. death? You be wanting me?&q...

I was ready to tangle, just
like I'm ready to tangle now! - Fences

I was ready to tangle, just like I'm ready to tangle no...

You remember he had
that pneumonia, - Fences

You remember he had that pneumonia,

Finally, he say, "you want to be
bound over for another year?" - Fences

Finally, he say, "you want to be bound over for another...

I threw it as far
as I could throw it, - Fences

I threw it as far as I could throw it,

We wrestled for... Carry the six...
Three days and three nights! - Fences

We wrestled for... Carry the six... Three days and three nig...

Now, I don't know where I
got the strength from, - Fences

Now, I don't know where I got the strength from,

Every time
Troy tells that story, - Fences

Every time Troy tells that story,

I wrestled with Death for three days and three nights and I'm standing here to tell you about it - Fences

I wrestled with Death for three days and three nights and...

I wrestled with death for
three days and three nights, - Fences

I wrestled with death for three days and three nights,

All right. At the end of
the third night, - Fences

All right. At the end of the third night,

He threw on that robe, had a
white robe with a hood on it. - Fences

He threw on that robe, had a white robe with a hood on it.

He throwed on that robe and went
off to look for that sickle. - Fences

He throwed on that robe and went off to look for that sickle...

He said, "I'll be back." Just like that.
"I'll be back." - Fences

He said, "I'll be back." Just like that. &quo...

I know death ain't nothing to play with.
And I know he's gonna get me. - Fences

I know death ain't nothing to play with. And I know he&...

I know I got to join his army,
his camp followers. - Fences

I know I got to join his army, his camp followers.

But as long as I keep up my
strength and see him coming, - Fences

But as long as I keep up my strength and see him coming,

Well, look here, since you got
to keep up your vigilance, - Fences

Well, look here, since you got to keep up your vigilance,

Half the time, he don't even
know what he be talking about! - Fences

Half the time, he don't even know what he be talking ab...

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A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Denzel Washington

Writer: August Wilson

Production: Paramount Pictures,Scott Rudin Productions,MACRO,Bron Studios,Escape Artists

Genre: drama

Year: 2016

MetaScore: 79/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: $57,682,904

Released: 25 Dec 2016

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 59 wins & 121 nominations total

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Also watch: Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Hidden Figures, Young Sherlock Holmes, The Birth of a Nation, Hell or High Water, Loving, Man Down, From the Land of the Moon, Florence Foster Jenkins, Silence, Lion, Jackie, Hacksaw Ridge, John Q, Why Him?, Allied, Inland Empire, La La Land