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Antwone Fisher

Year:

2003

Duration:

120 min | Canada:117 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Denzel Washington

Awards:

18 wins & 20 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2003-01-10

Filming Locations: Cabrillo National Monument, Point Loma, San Diego, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $12,500,000

Opening Weekend: $210,013 (USA) (22 December 2002)

Gross: $21,078,145 (USA) (11 May 2003)

Cast

Actor

Character

Derek Luke

Antwone Fisher

Malcolm David Kelley

Antwone Fisher Age 7

Cory Hodges

Antwone Fisher Age 14

Denzel Washington

Dr. Jerome Davenport

Joy Bryant

Cheryl Smolley

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Berta Davenport (as Salli Richardson)

Leonard Earl Howze

Pork Chop

Kente Scott

Kansas City (as Kenté Scott)

Kevin Connolly

Slim

Rainoldo Gooding

Grayson

Novella Nelson

Mrs. Tate

Stephen Snedden

Berkley

Leo Nepomuceno

SP #1

Sung Kang

Receptionist

Cordell Stokes

Keith Age 5

Ellis Williams

Reverend Tate (as Ellis E. Williams)

Timothy Reddick

Dwight Age 8

Yolonda Ross

Nadine

De'Angelo Wilson

Jesse Age 19 (as De'Angelo K. Wilson)

Jascha Washington

Jesse Age 8

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Aunt Annette (as Vernée Watson-Johnson)

Viola Davis

Eva May

Earl Billings

Uncle James Elkins

Margaret Ford-Taylor

Eda

Bob Banks

Horace

Jada S. Louie

Jeannette

Rebecca Morris

Anna

Brandon Biggins

Eddie

Brandon Lewis

Ray

Eddie Baccus

Blind Piano Player

David Fowler

Chief Master-At-Arms

Sean'e La'Dae

Edward

Linda Cevallos

Sexy Woman

O.L. Duke

Uncle Duke

Charles Robinson

Howard (as Charlie Robinson)

Michelle Davison

Johnny Mae

Fran Dorsey

Owner

Ruth Stehle

Snide Clerk

John Pittman Jr.

Another Clerk

Lissy Gulick

Mona

Edward C. Reynolds III

Man

André Patton

Kenny

Rita Pearson

Cashier

Janaya Reynolds

Young Girl #1

Na'tasha Marie Evans

Young Girl #2

Doug Jewell

Spinoza

Lynn E. Charles

Spinoza's Wife

Jason Dixon

Jason

Mary Bradley Marable

Older Lady

Teresa Hoefke

Case Worker

Angela Gillespie-Winborn

Woman in White

Kim Johnson

Disc Jockey

April Bolds

Jerome Davenport's Niece (uncredited)

James Brolin

The Captain (uncredited)

Ruby Gonzalez

Salsa Dancer (uncredited)

Q Hasan

Clerk (uncredited)

Gary Jones

Relative (uncredited)

Jenifer Lewis

Aunt (uncredited)

Melissa Michaels

Flight Attendant (uncredited)

Rev. Paul Hobson Sadler

Worshipper (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

De'aundre Bonds was initially given a role in the film. On the night that he learned he was awarded the role, he attended a family celebration and was involved in an altercation with his aunt's boyfriend. The altercation ended with Bonds stabbing the man to death. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

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Antwone Fisher was working as a security guard at Sony Studios. Studio executives began hearing about his life story and offered to buy the rights. But Fisher refused insisting that he write the screenplay himself. Fisher wrote 41 drafts until he sold it to Fox.

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Many extras in the film were active duty U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel from various commands within the Southern California area.

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Goofs

The ships seen out of the doctor's office kept changing.

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In the bedroom, after Thanksgiving dinner, Berta Davenport takes off her necklace twice.

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The character of "Antwone Fisher" is shown reporting to his psychiatrist while on restriction. Any military personnel on restriction (or, confinement) is not allowed to wander freely from their assigned duty station while on restriction unless escorted by another person of a higher-ranking paygrade, including medical appointments.

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Quotes

Jerome Davenport: "Who will cry for the little boy, lost and all alone / Who will cry for the little boy, abandoned without his own"

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Antwone Fisher: I could eat.

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Jerome Davenport: "Regard without ill-will despite an offense." That's Webster's definition of forgiveness.

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