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  2. Sep 4, 2023 · Playwright August Wilson wrote Fences, a play that was a part of Wilson's "Pittsburgh Cycle" series, in 1985, which served as the basis for Denzel Washington's 2016 film. The filmmakers used Wilson's playscript to stay loyal to the original story, so Wilson is the sole writer credited for Fences.

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  3. Fences is a 2016 American period drama film directed and co-produced by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by August Wilson, based on his 1985 play. It stars Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, and Saniyya Sidney.

  4. Sep 2, 2023 · ‘Fences’ is partially based on a true story. It is an adaptation of August Wilson’s 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. The play is sixth of the ten in the playwright’s ‘Pittsburgh Cycle’, a collection of plays that focuses on the lives of African-Americans in the 20th century.

  5. Dec 20, 2016 · Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are emerging as frontrunners in this year's Oscar acting races with Fences , a new drama Washington also directed. The film, which tells the story of an...

  6. Sep 7, 2023 · Fences is Denzel Washington's awards-winning 2016 classic, and here is everything you need to know about the film's ending, including what happens with the shocking time jump and death. Based on August Wilson's beloved 1987 play of the same name, Fences was a long-awaited adaptation, with Denzel Washington finally managing to get the movie made ...

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  7. www.imdb.com › title › tt2671706Fences (2016) - IMDb

    Fences: Directed by Denzel Washington. With Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo. A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

  8. Jan 11, 2017 · A two-time acting Oscar winner, Washington knocks ’50s Pittsburgh drama “Fences” out of the park, both as director and disgruntled former baseball player Troy Maxson.

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