Verdict? The film of August Wilson’s play is absorbing, intense. If we rate by quality of writing, acting skill, and the craft of direction, Denzel Washington’s film betters most of its fellow Best Picture nominees. It’s also something positive for the arts, a ‘black experience’ play that can’t be pigeonholed as merely black- themed. The appeal of its compelling characters goes beyond racial boundaries. Viola Davis did win a well- deserved Oscar, and this is fine work from one end to the other.
Fences
Blu-ray + Digital HD
Paramount
2016 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 138 min. / Street Date March 14, 2017 / 39.99
Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, Saniyya Sidney.
Cinematography: Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Film Editor: Hughes Winborne
Original Music: Marcelo Zarvos
Written by August Wilson from his play
Produced by Denzel Washington, Scott Rudin, Todd Black
Directed by Denzel Washington,
2017 is the year for envelope- fumbling at the Oscars,...
Fences
Blu-ray + Digital HD
Paramount
2016 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 138 min. / Street Date March 14, 2017 / 39.99
Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, Saniyya Sidney.
Cinematography: Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Film Editor: Hughes Winborne
Original Music: Marcelo Zarvos
Written by August Wilson from his play
Produced by Denzel Washington, Scott Rudin, Todd Black
Directed by Denzel Washington,
2017 is the year for envelope- fumbling at the Oscars,...
- 3/21/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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