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 | Stabbed To Death | Rap Music | Shot In The Hand | Hip Hop

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:

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

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie when they riding to the check cashing place, 50 Cent is in the front passenger seat. When they showed the same scene the second time, he is sitting in the back seat.

Quotes:

Marcus: I'm a gangsta grandpa and I'm proud of it.

Movie Connections:

References Scarface (1983)

Soundtrack:

Eeany Meany Miney Mo

Another Petty Nihilist Hits the Jackpot

50 Cent is decidedly no mere circus performer; unlike him, circus performers possess real talent. Yet, while his musical talent is certainly nil, it would be a mistake to argue that he therefore altogether lacks talent. In fact, 50 - very much like the legions of other gangster rappers - possesses great talent: the talent of a virtuoso con artist. 50 is banking on a pandemic of cataclysmically cheapened tastes - in other words, on the very aesthetic decline that made these other blissfully unconscious con artists rich. This extraordinary, innate ability to identify and exploit today's mass degeneration of taste is a truly supreme talent - a talent reaching to the very depths of cynicism. 50's nihilistic celebration of the meaningless and absurd is, of course, very "postmodern," very fashionable. As such we'll doubtless continue to skip and whistle our way to oblivion. Yes, 50 Cent is a joke. Unfortunately, the joke is on us.

As for this "film", I for one believe that if something's not worth doing, it's not worth doing well. So just as it's impossible for me to get excited over a spectacular tattoo, a gold chain, or the latest cutting-edge developments in nose-piercing technology, I have trouble taking seriously anything having to do with 50 cent. He is a thug, a petty nihilist, and a symptom of cultural decline. Nothing more.

I am a black man, and 50 Cent in no way represents me or anyone I know. I think it's shameful the way he's plastered up all over town. What he represents is the worst that our culture has to offer.