Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

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 | Shot In The Chest

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:

Samuel L. Jackson was offered the role of Levar but turned it down. He told an interviewer that while he liked 50's music, he did not feel that 50 earned the right to star in a film by Jim Sheridan. However, Jackson later co-starred with 50 in Home of the Brave (2006).

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When 50 Cent gets his Mercedes Benz S500, he starts playing his Window Shopper song. He wasn't a rapper back then. This is not an actual goof, as the tape 50 was listening to was his demo tape, and he was in the car to drive to a meeting with a producer that was going to listen to his demo.

Quotes:

Marcus: Come on, say that again, come on get in the car
Bama: Its like when I'm right I'm right, when I'm wrong I could been right, so I'm still right cause I coulda been wrong, you know, and I'm sorry cause I could be wrong right now, I could be wrong, but if I'm right...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Sopranos: Kaisha (#6.12)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

They Callin' Me Handsome

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.