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Fruitvale Station

  • 20132013
  • RR
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
81K
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POPULARITY
6,315
3,444
Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)
The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
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The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
81K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
6,315
3,444
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Ryan Coogler
    • Writer
      • Ryan Coogler
    • Stars
      • Michael B. Jordan
      • Melonie Diaz
      • Octavia Spencer
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Ryan Coogler
    • Writer
      • Ryan Coogler
    • Stars
      • Michael B. Jordan
      • Melonie Diaz
      • Octavia Spencer
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 218User reviews
    • 327Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
    • Awards
      • 36 wins & 57 nominations

    Videos6

    New Trailer
    Trailer 1:08
    New Trailer
    Version 1
    Trailer 2:19
    Version 1
    July's Most Anticipated Streaming Titles
    Clip 3:34
    July's Most Anticipated Streaming Titles
    "Oscar" Featurette
    Featurette 2:10
    "Oscar" Featurette
    Fruitvale
    Featurette 2:11
    Fruitvale

    Photos109

    Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, and Ryan Coogler in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Kevin Durand and Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Michael B. Jordan and Ariana Neal in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Melonie Diaz and Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Octavia Spencer in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Michael B. Jordan and Ariana Neal in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Octavia Spencer in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Ryan Coogler in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Melonie Diaz in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Ryan Coogler at an event for Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, and Octavia Spencer at an event for Fruitvale Station (2013)

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    Michael B. Jordan
    Michael B. Jordan
    • Oscar Grant
    Melonie Diaz
    Melonie Diaz
    • Sophina
    Octavia Spencer
    Octavia Spencer
    • Wanda
    Kevin Durand
    Kevin Durand
    • Officer Caruso
    Chad Michael Murray
    Chad Michael Murray
    • Officer Ingram
    Ahna O'Reilly
    Ahna O'Reilly
    • Katie
    Ariana Neal
    Ariana Neal
    • Tatiana
    Keenan Coogler
    • Cato
    Trestin George
    • Brandon
    Joey Oglesby
    Joey Oglesby
    • Cale
    Michael James
    Michael James
    • Carlos
    Marjorie Crump-Shears
    Marjorie Crump-Shears
    • Grandma Bonnie
    • (as Marjorie Shears)
    Destiny Ekwueme
    Destiny Ekwueme
    • Chantay
    Bianca Rodriguez III
    • Vanessa
    • (as Bianca Rodriguez)
    Julian Keyes
    • Kris
    Kenny Grimm
    • Jason
    • (as Kenny Griffin)
    Tommy Wright
    Tommy Wright
    • Tim
    • (as Thomas Wright)
    Jemal McNeil
    • Cephus
    • Director
      • Ryan Coogler
    • Writer
      • Ryan Coogler
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      After funding fell through, Octavia Spencer offered to forgo her salary to help Ryan Coogler keep to his budget.
    • Goofs
      When Oscar's mother visits him in prison, the text on-screen reads "New Year's 2007." Oscar mentions seeing WALL·E (2008) with his daughter. That film was released in June 2008.
    • Quotes

      Oscar Grant: You shot me. I got a daughter...

    • Connections
      Featured in Maltin on Movies: Pacific Rim (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Mob Shit
      Written by M. Wade and The Jacka (as D. Newton)

      Performed by The Jacka, Cellski & Peezy

      Courtesy of The Artist Records and Inner City 2K

    User reviews218

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Let's hope greater exposure gets this film more intelligent reviews
    I don't usually bother writing reviews, but this is a good little film that I feel has been unfairly maligned by a few uninformed reviewers here, so I'll add my two cents:

    Fruitvale Station is a solid film, well paced and edited, with a strong lead performance by Michael B. Jordan and some standout work by Octavia Spencer. The sound design is particularly noteworthy. The cinema verite camera-work (No, "M. Brand," the visual style here was a choice; well made student films, even cheap ones, generally look better than this) left me underwhelmed for most of the film (and honestly, the mistimed focus pulls were pretty distracting) but paid off big time in the Fruitvale sequence. There the cinematography, editing, sound design, and score combined to create the most gripping ten minutes of film I've seen in a year. I'd recommend Fruitvale on the strength of this sequence alone.

    Ryan Coogler admittedly takes some dramatic license with the story. Some of it (the Katie character) works, some (the bit with the dog) comes off heavy-handed. None of it gave me any reason to question the film's "fidelity" to the facts. The unfettered access to Oscar's family, legal documents from the criminal and civil case (including all the video taken on the scene), and the tacit approval of BART (They were allowed to film on the actual BART platform and in their cars!) gives me no reason to believe this film takes any more narrative license with the facts of the Fruitvale incident than many documentaries would.

    The film is not perfect. Some of the performances are subpar, some of the improvised dialogue bumps, and the day-in-the-life conceit, while not ignoring Oscar's spotty past, does paint him in an unrealistically rosy light. But by and large this is a moving, gripping, at times infuriating film that will stick with you after the credits roll. Congratulations to Coogler and his team.

    **As for the troll who called this film "socially irresponsible," your opinion and the reasoning behind it are so abhorrent I struggle to imagine any person, no matter how ignorant or loathsome they might be, taking you seriously.
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    • Jun 29, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 26, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Pinterest
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Fruitvale
    • Filming locations
      • Oakland, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • OG Project
      • Significant Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $900,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $16,101,339
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $386,291
      • Jul 14, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $17,385,830
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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