Fences, Paramount Pictures presents, in association with Bron Creative, in association with Macro Media ; produced by Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, Todd Black ; screenplay by August Wilson ; directed by Denzel Washington
Type
Label
Fences, Paramount Pictures presents, in association with Bron Creative, in association with Macro Media ; produced by Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, Todd Black ; screenplay by August Wilson ; directed by Denzel Washington
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, language and some suggestive references, CHV rating: PG; for violence and coarse language
Main title
Fences
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
972884896
Responsibility statement
Paramount Pictures presents, in association with Bron Creative, in association with Macro Media ; produced by Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, Todd Black ; screenplay by August Wilson ; directed by Denzel Washington
Runtime
138
Summary
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Davis, Viola, 1965-
- Bron Studios
- Wilson, August
- Macro Media
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Gropman, David
- Davis, Sharen
- Black, Todd
- Adepo, Jovan
- Hornsby, Russell
- Sidney, Saniyya
- Christensen, Charlotte Bruus
- Washington, Denzel, 1954-
- Rudin, Scott, 1958-
- Zarvos, Marcelo
- Williamson, Mykelti
- Henderson, Stephen, 1949-
- Winborne, Hughes
Genre
Subject
- Social problem films
- Fathers and sons -- Drama
- Wilson, August -- Film adaptations
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Fathers and sons -- United States -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Families -- Drama
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Negro leagues -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Race relations -- Drama
- Sanitation workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Drama
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- Davis, Viola, 1965-
- Bron Studios
- Wilson, August
- Macro Media
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Gropman, David
- Davis, Sharen
- Black, Todd
- Adepo, Jovan
- Hornsby, Russell
- Sidney, Saniyya
- Christensen, Charlotte Bruus
- Washington, Denzel, 1954-
- Rudin, Scott, 1958-
- Zarvos, Marcelo
- Williamson, Mykelti
- Henderson, Stephen, 1949-
- Winborne, Hughes
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- Subject16
- Social problem films
- Fathers and sons -- Drama
- Wilson, August -- Film adaptations
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Fathers and sons -- United States -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Families -- Drama
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Negro leagues -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Race relations -- Drama
- Sanitation workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Drama
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