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:

Rap | Shot In The Hand | Rap Music | Shot In The Leg | Hip Hop

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 21

11:30 PM

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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:

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

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:

Revealing mistakes: When Majestic is discussing killing the police to Marcus, the shot of the Uptown station house has the same figure ascending its steps in both shots, revealing that one shot was used twice instead of actually using two separate shots of the same location.

Quotes:

Marcus: Show no love. Love will get you killed.

Movie Connections:

Featured in A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

I Can't Live without My Radio

He looks like the missing link.

I have nothing personal against 50 Cent, don't buy his records, kind of view him as a flash in the pan. But after being saturated with his face for the past 3 years I figured, why not see what all the hype is about...yeah his "music" is bubble-gum wannabe gangster rap that couldn't hold a candle to the originators of the genre...(i.e. N.W.A.,Schooly-D,etc.) The music will be forgotten in 5 years time...so maybe the movie will give him some validity, let's see if he can act. BAD MOVE, this guy makes DMX look like Sidney Poitier. The whole movie is the classic template, just plug in a one gear, multi-millionaire so-called rap artist. It just wasn't entertaining, I wasn't expecting the Godafther, but jeez...what a waste. So many other movies, steeped in hood reality have delivered far more...Menace 2 Society and Boyz N' The Hood all the way back to Cooley High. Hopefully the relatively dismal box office receipts will keep this guy out of the movies so he can concentrate on selling dull, bland pop music to the mouth breathing masses who hail him as the king of the streets.