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Fences

DVD

2017

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Fences / Paramount Pictures presents ; in association with Bron Creative ; in association with Macro Media ; produced by Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, Todd Black ; screenplay by August Wilson ; directed by Denzel Washington.
Published:	Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2017]
Description:	1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. DVD video 4 3/4 in. digital optical wide screen laser optical NTSC video file DVD video region 1
Summary:	In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, language and some suggestive references CHV rating: PG; for violence and coarse language.
Subjects:	Families, Black -- United States -- Drama. Families -- Drama. Fathers and sons -- Drama. Fathers and sons -- United States -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Negro leagues -- Drama. Race relations -- Drama. Sanitation workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Drama. Special collections -- Equity Resource Center.
Other Author:	Rudin, Scott, 1958- film producer. Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor, film producer, film director. Black, Todd, film producer. Wilson, August, screenwriter. Davis, Viola, 1965- actor. Henderson, Stephen, 1949- actor. Adepo, Jovan, actor. Hornsby, Russell, actor. Williamson, Mykelti, actor. Sidney, Saniyya, actor. Zarvos, Marcelo, composer (expression) Davis, Sharen, costume designer. Winborne, Hughes, editor of moving image work. Gropman, David, production designer. Christensen, Charlotte Bruus, director of photography. Wilson, August. Fences. Paramount Pictures Corporation, presenter, publisher. Bron Studios, presenter. Macro Media (Firm), presenter.
Genre:	Social problem films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. Based on August Wilson's Pulitzer prize-winning play. Widescreen. Music by Marcelo Zarvos ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; edited by Hughes Winborne ; production designer, David Gropman ; director of photography, Charlotte Bruus Christensen. Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, Saniyya Sidney. DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation enhanced for 16x9 televisions; Dolby Digital 5.1. English dialogue; optional English described video; optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Available Copies:	12 (of 12)
No. of Requests:	0
Call number:	DVD FICTION

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