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Notorious is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Tillman Jr. released in USA on 16 january 2009 with Angela Bassett

Notorious (2009)

Notorious
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Released in USA 16 january 2009
Length 2h3
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Musical theatre,    Historical,    Musical
Rating67% 3.3512953.3512953.3512953.3512953.351295

Notorious is a 2009 American biographical musical drama film about the life and murder of Christopher Wallace, an American rapper better known by the stage name The Notorious B.I.G. The film, directed by George Tillman, Jr. and starring Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Jamal Woolard, and Anthony Mackie, was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in North America on January 16, 2009.

Synopsis

The film opens at a party in Los Angeles, California on March 8, 1997. Just as Biggie Smalls is about to be killed in a drive-by shooting, the film flashes back to Biggie's childhood in Brooklyn, where he (now played by his biological son Christopher Wallace, Jr.) lived during his adolescent years. Biggie, (now played by Jamal Woolard) sells drugs at the height of the crack epidemic, hustling with his friends D-Roc (Dennis L.A. White) and Lil' Cease (Marc John Jefferies).

Actors

Angela Bassett

(Voletta Wallace)
Derek Luke

(Sean 'Puffy' Combs)
Jamal Woolard

(Christopher 'Biggie' Wallace)
Anthony Mackie

(Tupac "2Pac" Shakur)
Naturi Naughton

(Lil' Kim)
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