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Get Rich or Die Tryin' is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jim Sheridan released in USA on 9 november 2005 with 50 Cent

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
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Released in USA 9 november 2005
Length 1h58
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Musical theatre,    Action,    Adventure,    Musical,    Crime
Rating55% 2.760692.760692.760692.760692.76069

Get Rich or Die Tryin‍ '​ is a 2005 American hip-hop biopic crime film starring 50 Cent. It is 50 Cent's first film as an actor. It was released on November 9, 2005, and was known as Locked and Loaded during production. Similar to the 2002 Eminem film 8 Mile, which it used as a template, the film is loosely based on 50 Cent's own life. It was directed by 6-time Academy Award-nominee Jim Sheridan.

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Marcus (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) is a quiet young boy who adores his loving mother (Serena Reeder), and the two live a relatively comfortable life as his mother is a local drug dealer. She often has to leave him with his grandparents to be looked after while she takes care of her business. After she is brutally murdered in an apparent drug deal gone wrong, Marcus heads down the wrong road himself.

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