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Fences

If you can play, then theyought to let you play

Fences • 2016
If you can play, then they
ought to let you play

Full Transcript

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If you can play, then they ought to let you play.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:51
Uploaded
Oct 31, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Paramount Pictures,Scott Rudin Productions,MACRO,Bron Studios,Escape Artists

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Movie Summary

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Oh! Death ain't nothing. I done seen him, - Fences 00:07
Oh! Death ain't nothing. I done seen him,
Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner, - Fences 00:08
Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corne...
You get one of them fastballs about waist high - Fences 00:12
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 00:09
If I'm lying, that's 450 feet worth of lying. That...
I drink just enough to where I can handle it. - Fences 00:05
I drink just enough to where I can handle it.
So, you ain't got to worry about me drinking myself to death - Fences 00:07
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 00:09
I look up one day, and death is marching straight at me,
It was the middle of July, 1941. - Fences 00:05
It was the middle of July, 1941.
And it seemed like death, himself, - Fences 00:06
And it seemed like death, himself,
He touched me like I touch you now. I got cold as ice. - Fences 00:05
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 00:08
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 00:06
I was ready to tangle, just like I'm ready to tangle no...
You remember he had that pneumonia, - Fences 00:05
You remember he had that pneumonia,
Finally, he say, "you want to be bound over for another year?" - Fences 00:20
Finally, he say, "you want to be bound over for another...
I threw it as far as I could throw it, - Fences 00:05
I threw it as far as I could throw it,
We wrestled for... Carry the six... Three days and three nights! - Fences 00:06
We wrestled for... Carry the six... Three days and three nig...
Now, I don't know where I got the strength from, - Fences 00:10
Now, I don't know where I got the strength from,
Every time Troy tells that story, - Fences 00:07
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 00:06
I wrestled with Death for three days and three nights and...
I wrestled with death for three days and three nights, - Fences 00:07
I wrestled with death for three days and three nights,