Antwone Fisher (film)
Antwone Fisher is a 2002 film about a young navy man, who is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins.
- Directed by Denzel Washington. Written by Antwone Fisher, based on his book Finding Fish.
Fight fear. Face truth. Embrace life. taglines
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Antwone Fisher
[edit]- It don't matter what you tried to do, you couldn't destroy me! I'm still standing! I'm still strong! And I always will be.
Dialogue
[edit]- Jerome Davenport: Where'd you spend your childhood?
- Antwone Fisher: Cleveland.
- Jerome Davenport: Parents still live there?
- Antwone Fisher: I never had any parents.
- Jerome Davenport: They deceased?
- Antwone Fisher: I never - I never had parents.
- Jerome Davenport: That would make you a medical miracle, Seaman Fisher. Where you from?
- Antwone Fisher: I'm from under a rock.
- Jerome Davenport: [pause] Okay!
- Jerome Davenport: "Who will cry for the little boy, lost and all alone / Who will cry for the little boy, abandoned without his own"
- Antwone Fisher: "Who will cry for the little boy, he cried himself to sleep / Who will cry for the little boy, who never had it for keeps / Who will cry for the little boy, who walked on burning sands / Who will cry for the little boy, the boy inside a man / Who will cry for the little boy, who knew well hurt and pain / Who will cry for the little boy, who died and died again / Who will cry for the little boy, a good boy he tried to be / Who will cry for the little boy, who cries inside of me"
- Jerome Davenport: Who will cry for the little boy Antwoine?
- Antwone Fisher: I will, I always do.
- Jerome Davenport: "Regard without ill-will despite an offense." That's Webster's definition of forgiveness.
- Antwone Fisher: Why do I have to forgive?
- Jerome Davenport: So you can get on with your life.
Taglines
[edit]- Fight fear. Face truth. Embrace life.
- Inspired by a true story.
- Antwone Fisher is at war... with himself.
Cast
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External links
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- Antwone Fisher (film) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Antwone Fisher (film) at Rotten Tomatoes
- Antwone Fisher at Mojo