Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

Director:

Jim Sheridan

Writer (WGA):

Terence Winter (written by)

Release Date:

9 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama | Music

Tagline:

At the end of the day, what will you hang on to?

Plot:

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music. |

Plot Keywords:

Drug Dealer | Rap Music | Rap | Drugs | Ghetto

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

50 Cent	...	Marcus (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Majestic
Joy Bryant	...	Charlene
Omar Benson Miller	...	Keryl
Tory Kittles	...	Justice
Terrence Howard	...	Bama
Ashley Walters	...	Antwan
Marc John Jefferies	...	Young Marcus
Viola Davis	...	Grandma
Sullivan Walker	...	Grandpa
Serena Reeder	...	Katrina
Bill Duke	...	Levar
Mpho Koaho	...	Junebug
Russell Hornsby	...	Odell
Joseph Pierre	...	Uncle Deuce

Also Known As:

Hustler's Ambition (USA) (working title)
Locked and Loaded (USA) (working title)
Untitled 50 Cent Project (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, drug content, sexuality and nudity.

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:16 | UK:15 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | USA:R (certificate #42138) | Sweden:15 | Japan:R-15 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Cent Productions Inc.

Trivia:

50 Cent hired an acting coach but Jim Sheridan had the woman removed from the set. Sheridan told 50 "If this fails, it won't be because you can't act. It's because I didn't direct you right."

Goofs:

Factual errors: When young 50 is about to "protect" his mom when she's confronting the drug dealer who's working her corner, 50's weapon was a club, that particular club didn't come out until the early '90s.

Quotes:

Marcus: Crack meant money, money meant power and power meant war. We shot the Columbians, the Columbians shot us.

Movie Connections:

References Fight Club (1999)

Soundtrack:

The Bridge is Over

go hide 50 times !

Marcus has always known he was going to be a rapper, but when his mother is murdered, he turns to dealing--hustling drugs pays the rent. As his world spirals out of control, he begins to apply the same manic intensity to his writing as he does to dealing; he has to write down his words to stay sane. For years, he endures this living hell until a tragedy that nearly kills him gets Marcus to change his life

don't believe synopsis, when you see MTV films, run away !

I put a 9, I slept very nicely, the shooting woke me up sometimes though. You can see skin but only if you have the DVD or the movie, otherwise it's too fast. (it pleases SOME women I'm sure and MEN of course)

don't have to be black or be a gangster, to be a raper, today I'm sure of it. The good thing is that so you don't have those stupid racial ideas any longer in you head, like rapers are black, intellectuals are Jewish.... his movie helps in that sense