Based on a true story, a biographical drama centering upon Antwone "Fish" Fisher who--once a Sony Pictures security guard--eventually gained fame as an acclaimed writer and a Hollywood producer. In the earlier part of his life, he was a sailor prone to violent outbursts. On the verge of being kicked out of the Navy for repeated fighting, he is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood rife with abuse. With the help of a Navy psychiatrist, he turns his life around and decides to embark on a search to find the family that abandoned him as a baby. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew. In the course of that search, his life changes dramatically.
Production Fox Searchlight Pictures (presents); Mundy Lane Entertainment;
Cast Names James Brolin; Kieran Roberts; April Bolds; Ruby Gonzalez; Q Hasan; Jenifer Lewis; Derek Luke; Malcolm David Kelley; Cory Hodges; Denzel Washington; Joy Bryant; Salli Richardson-Whitfield; Leonard Earl Howze; Kente Scott; Kevin Connolly; Rainoldo Gooding; Novella Nelson; Stephen Snedden; Leo Nepomuceno; Sung Kang; Cordell Stokes; Ellis Williams; Timothy Reddick; Yolonda Ross; De'Angelo Wilson; Jascha Washington; Vernee Watson-Johnson; Viola Davis; Earl Billings; Margaret Ford-Taylor;
Box Office USD 21,078,145
Release Date 2002-11-07 (AFI Film Festival) 2002-12-19 (limited) 2003-01-10
Genres Biography; Drama; Romance;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for violence, language and mature thematic material
involving child abuse.
Running Time 2 hr. 0 min. 1 hr. 57 min. (Toronto International Film Festival)