Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- Release Date
- November 9, 2005
- Director
- Jim Sheridan
- Cast
- 50 Cent , Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje , Joy Bryant , Omar Benson Miller , Tory Kittles , Terrence Howard
- Runtime
- 134
- Main Genre
- Biography
- Writers
- Terence Winter
- Tagline
- At the end of the day, what will you hang on to?
Summary
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, one of the biggest and most popular stars in hip-hop, is the charismatic driving force behind “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” a hard-hitting drama directed by six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan about an orphaned street kid who makes his mark in the drug trade but finally dares to leave the violence behind and become the rap artist he was meant to be. In this drama enriched by parallels to Jackson’s own life, Marcus (Jackson) 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. Only his grandmother (Viola Davis), girlfriend Charlene (Joy Bryant), and violent-but-loyal friend Bama (Terrence Howard) keep him grounded as his world spirals out of control. As Marcus applies the same manic intensity to his writing as he does to dealing, he finds that writing down his words helps him to stay sane. For years, he endures this living hell until a tragedy that nearly kills him forces Marcus to change his life.
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