He didn’t write small.Īugust Wilson’s themes are big and universal. Viola Davis: People say everything in film is small. Don’t you think I ever wanted other things? Don’t you think I had dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me? I gave 18 years of my life to stand in the same spot as you. Rose in “Fences” clip: Well I been standing with you. Troy in “Fences” clip: It’s not easy for me to admit that I been standing in the same place for 18 years. And he had maybe 10 minutes to himself to be the boss. Now he’s about to go in the house, and my mother’s in there. And I realize, as when I got older, it was the only place where he had a chance to- he just dealt with one boss. He had his- I remember, the door would be open.
That’s all I got Rose.ĭenzel Washington: I remember seeing my father in the driveway, listening to the ballgame. Find my strength to get me through to next Friday.
I get up Monday morning… find my lunch on the table. We go upstairs in that room at night… I fall down on you and try to blast a hole into forever. You all line up at the door with your hands out. I carry a sack of potatoes and a bucket of lard. Troy in “Fences” clip: Woman… I do the best I can do. And that anybody who’s coming to work on this film. Denzel Washingtonīill Whitaker: I understand that you made it clear to everybody on the set that you’re not after good.
But “Fences,” Wilson’s most popular work, opens in movie theaters this Christmas. Denzel has committed to producing all of them – nine for HBO. Wilson, who died in 2005, wrote 10 iconic plays, known as the American Century Cycle, which explore the black American experience in each decade of the 20th century. Now at 61, in what he calls his fourth quarter, Denzel Washington has decided to focus on a project that’s more important to him than any work he’s done: bringing to the screen the works of one of America’s greatest playwrights- the late August Wilson – winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. Playing almost everything: Shakespeare gangsters action heroes. Ruth Streeter and Kaylee Tully, producers.ĭenzel Washington has been acting for more than 40 years. The following script is from “Denzel,” which aired on Dec.
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