Antwone Fisher

Name: Antwone Fisher
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 2002-12-19
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, Malcolm David Kelley, Cory Hodges, Viola Davis

Antwone Fisher is at war... with himself.

Antwone Fisher (2002)

Timing: 2:0 (120 min)

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Release date

2002-12-19

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Mundy Lane Entertainment

Genre

Drama, History, Romance

Budget

$12 500 000

Box office

$23 367 586

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Director

Denzel Washington

Actors

Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, Malcolm David Kelley, Cory Hodges, Viola Davis, Joy Bryant, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Leonard Earl Howze, Kente Scott, Kevin Connolly
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Scenario

Antwone Fisher

Producer

Denzel Washington, Randa Haines, Todd Black, Nancy Paloian

Camera operator

Philippe Rousselot

Composer

Mychael Danna

Artist

Nelson Coates

Audition

Robi Reed

Editing

Conrad Buff IV, Melissa Stanley Cohen
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Short description

A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.

What's left behind the scenes

The film marked the directorial debut for Denzel Washington and the acting debut for Derek Luke.
The film's screenplay was written by Antoine Fischer at the suggestion of producer Todd Black in 1993, who became interested in his story. Denzel Washington expressed interest in the project as a director in 1996, after Black brought him the script and offered him the role of a psychologist. Washington met with Fischer, discussed the film project with him at length, and then decided to begin filming.
In 1996, while working in a Sony Pictures Studios gift shop, aspiring actor Derek Luke met Fischer, who was working there as a security guard, befriended him, and learned about the film project based on his screenplay, also meeting Washington himself, who mistook him for Fischer. After several auditions, Luke was cast in the lead role.
Filming took place on location in the vicinity of Cleveland and lasted two weeks, also encompassing its surroundings – Glenville, five weeks in San Diego, including at the US Navy base on 32nd Street, North Island Station, and the Point Loma suburb, aboard the USS Belleau Wood.
Antoine Fischer oversaw the filming, was on set every day, and participated in the editing process.