Fences (2016 film)

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American drama film film

Fences (2016 film) is a 2016 drama directed by and starring Denzel Washington, adapted from August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about an African American family in 1950s Pittsburgh.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American drama film → film →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
awardReceivedBy	Viola Davis →
basedOn	Fences (play) →
boxOfficeUSD	64000000 →
budgetUSD	24000000 →
cinematography	Charlotte Bruus Christensen →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Denzel Washington →
distributedBy	Paramount Pictures →
distributorRegion	United States →
editedBy	Hughes Winborne →
filmingLocation	Pittsburgh →
genre	drama film → period drama →
mainCharacter	Cory Maxson → Rose Maxson → Troy Maxson →
mpaaRating	PG-13 →
musicBy	Marcelo Zarvos →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Picture →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Denzel Washington → Scott Rudin → Todd Black →
productionCompany	Bron Creative → Macro Media → Scott Rudin Productions →
releaseDate	2016-12-16 →
runtimeMinutes	139 →
screenwriter	August Wilson →
setInPlace	Pittsburgh →
setInTime	1950s →
starring	Denzel Washington → Jovan Adepo → Mykelti Williamson → Russell Hornsby → Saniyya Sidney → Stephen McKinley Henderson → Viola Davis →
theme	African American family life → father–son relationship → marital conflict → race relations in the United States →
worldPremiereDate	2016-12-19 →
worldPremiereLocation	New York City →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
August Wilson ("Fences") → Courtney B. Vance ("Fences") → Denzel Washington ("Fences") → Scott Rudin → Scott Rudin → Viola Davis ("Fences (film)") → Viola Davis ("Fences (play, Broadway revival)") →	notableWork
Mykelti Williamson →	appearedIn
Fences (2016 film) ("Fences (play)") →	basedOn
Courtney B. Vance ("Fences") →	castMemberOf
Denzel Washington ("Fences") →	directed