Antwone Fisher
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Short description
Antwone Fisher is a young sailor in the U.S. Navy whose temper keeps landing him in trouble. After a clash with a superior officer, he is ordered to see a Navy psychiatrist, Dr. Jerome Davenport. Antwone resists at first, but under the doctor's patient guidance he begins to speak about the abuse and instability of his childhood, and the sessions turn into a search for the parents he never knew. The relationship between the two men becomes a steadying presence as Antwone looks for a way forward.
Denzel Washington directed the film, his first time behind the camera, and plays Dr. Davenport. Derek Luke stars as Antwone Fisher, with Malcolm David Kelley and Cory Hodges as the character at younger ages, Viola Davis as Eva May and Joy Bryant as Cheryl. Antwone Fisher wrote the screenplay, drawing on his own life.
Made for about 13 million dollars, the film took in roughly 23 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds a 7.3 rating from around 41,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.9 from a much smaller group of voters, and critics gave it 7.1 across 147 reviews. Washington went on to direct The Great Debaters, Fences and A Journal for Jordan.
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.
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