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Fences

Sometimes, I used to wonderwhy he was still living, why the devil hadn't comeand got him

Fences • 2016
Sometimes, I used to wonder
why he was still living, why the devil hadn't come
and got him

Full Transcript

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Sometimes, I used to wonder why he was still living,
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why the devil hadn't come and got him.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:39
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.
"Get them bales of cotton in to Mr. lubin." - Fences 00:06
"Get them bales of cotton in to Mr. lubin."
How he gonna leave with 11 kids? And where he gonna go? - Fences 00:06
How he gonna leave with 11 kids? And where he gonna go?
He ain't knew nothing but how to farm. No, he was trapped. - Fences 00:05
He ain't knew nothing but how to farm. No, he was trapp...
I think he knew it, too. But I'll say this for him... - Fences 00:05
I think he knew it, too. But I'll say this for him...
May not have treated us like I felt he should have, - Fences 00:09
May not have treated us like I felt he should have,
They walk out their front door and just take on down one road or another and just keep on walking - Fences 00:18
They walk out their front door and just take on down one...
They walk out their front door - Fences 00:07
They walk out their front door
Just keep on walking till they come to something else. - Fences 00:06
Just keep on walking till they come to something else.
Ain't you never heard of nobody having the walking blues? - Fences 00:05
Ain't you never heard of nobody having the walking blue...
Mmm, my daddy ain't had no walking blues. What you talking about? - Fences 00:06
Mmm, my daddy ain't had no walking blues. What you talk...
He stayed right there with his family, - Fences 00:08
He stayed right there with his family,
My mama couldn't stand him. Couldn't stand that evilness. - Fences 00:06
My mama couldn't stand him. Couldn't stand that ev...
She run off when I was about eight. - Fences 00:05
She run off when I was about eight.
She sneaked off one night, told me she was coming back for me. - Fences 00:05
She sneaked off one night, told me she was coming back for m...
All his women run off and left him. He wasn't good for nobody. - Fences 00:06
All his women run off and left him. He wasn't good for ...
I was 14, - Fences 00:07
I was 14,
I got to fooling around with Joe canewell's daughter. - Fences 00:05
I got to fooling around with Joe canewell's daughter.
Found us a nice spot, got real cozy with each other. - Fences 00:06
Found us a nice spot, got real cozy with each other.
She was about 13, so we done figured we grown anyway. - Fences 00:05
She was about 13, so we done figured we grown anyway.
So, we were down there by the creek, enjoying ourselves, - Fences 00:06
So, we were down there by the creek, enjoying ourselves,