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Article: Denzel Washington makes directorial debut in movie based on true story `Antwone Fisher'. (Cover Story).
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- Jet
- Article date:
- January 13, 2003
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Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington recently moved behind the camera to make his directorial debut in the acclaimed movie Antwone Fisher.
The movie is based on a true story about a troubled, sometimes violent sailor who comes to terms with the horrifying trauma of his past. Derek Luke, a screen newcomer, is Fisher, a sailor who uses violence to deal with the pain of his past as an abused foster child. Joy Bryant, a model who was featured in the Eddie Murphy comedy Show-time, was cast as Cheryl, the gentle, supportive girlfriend.
Washington, who won the Best Actor Academy Award last year for Training Day, is the military psychiatrist who slowly ...