Get Rich or Die Tryin'

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

Release Date: November 11th, 2005 (wide)

Cast: 50 Cent (Marcus), Joy Bryant, Viola Davis, Terrence Dashon Howard, Rhyon Nicole Brown, Bill Duke, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller, Tory Kittles, Ashley Walters

Director: Jim Sheridan (In America, In the Name of the Father)

Screenwriter: Terence Winter (feature debut; former writer for 'The Sopranos')

Premise: An orphaned street kid becomes a powerful drug dealer, then turns away from crime to pursue a promising music career.

Based Upon: Loosely based on the life story of 50 Cent.

[modage]

the way theyre hyping this as a 'motion picture event' that nothing will prepare us for makes me puke.

[NEON MERCURY]

the way theyre hyping this as a 'motion picture event' that nothing will prepare us for makes me puke.

hahaha......


i can't believe sheridan is actually doing this.
but the story seems very original....

[Pubrick]

they better use subtitles for when 50 Cent speaks. the dude's a real life Dixon.

[Just Withnail]

I really can't stand 50 Cent - I mean really can't stand him and that whole though-guy demeanor he reeks of (P.I.M.P. - argh!). And NEON already said it, but what the hell is Jim Sheridan doing on this? Maybe he wants to be Curtis Hanson. They probably fancy themselves explorers of this (movie-wise) uncharted terretory of the rap scene's dark side (as in "their stories deserve to be told" - bah! no they don't). I hope this isn't a new trend; wholly uninteresting rapper lives becoming formulaic rags-to-riches stories (8 Mile, this and the B.I.G bio).

[Stefen]

they better use subtitles for when 50 Cent speaks. the dude's a real life Dixon.

haha werd.

I really can't see this working. What's the deal with these good filmmakers hooking up with these bad rappers? Do these good filmmakers just want some street cred or something? Whats the deal?

Academy Award Winner 50 Cent. hahaha, OMG! LOL!! LOL!!

I wonder if he will be refered to as 50 cent for the rest of his life. Isn't he like 30 something? These rappers really need to get a handle on their monikers.

I wonder if there will be beef between C-Han and J-She.

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New Trailer here.

[Myxo]

..they're releasing this during the late season Oscar push.

Fitty sent for Best Actor.

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Billboard for 50 Cent Movie Criticized

Activists want Paramount Pictures to take down billboards promoting the upcoming film "Get Rich or Die Tryin," claiming the advertisements promote gun violence.

The billboards depict Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson holding a gun in his left hand and a microphone in his right. One of the advertisements is next to a preschool.

Najee Ali, who organized a rally Tuesday, accused Paramount of irresponsibility for marketing in high-crime areas a movie that he said glorifies carrying guns.

"We're calling upon Paramount Pictures to remove these billboards out of our neighborhood and from this city," Ali said.

A Paramount spokeswoman did not immediately return a message left at her office before business hours Wednesday.

"Get Rich or Die Tryin'" stars Jackson as a drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his true passion, rap music. It's scheduled to open Nov. 9.

[Ravi]

Here's the billboard:

[Kal]

freakin IDIOTS!!!!

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Rapper 50 Cent says billboard flap helps his movie

Rap star 50 Cent says a controversy over billboards for his upcoming movie, which community leaders claim glorify violence, is helping promote the film "Get Rich or Die Tryin."'

Posters for the movie that had been displayed near some grade schools were taken down by Paramount Pictures on Thursday after protests erupted over the gangsta rapper shown stripped to the waist with his bullet-scarred back to the camera and arms stretched out, holding a microphone and a gun.

"I do appreciate it," the rapper told Reuters in an interview on Friday. "They are talking about it on media outlets I didn't have plans to market the movie to. They are helping me out."

The R-rated film, whose title is taken from 50 Cent's major-label debut album that sold more than 7 million copies, is due to open November 9. It stars the rap artist, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, in a biographical story about a drug dealer who abandons crime to pursue a music career.

The rapper said it was ludicrous to single out his poster considering how action movies are routinely marketed.

The posters were removed after Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich sent a letter to Paramount, complaining that they promoted gun violence.

"I understand people had picket signs protesting, saying my poster is violent because they see a gun," 50 Cent said.

But he added: "They've seen a gun in tons of film advertising. If we walk into our local Blockbuster or place where we can rent a video, we'll see every kind of gun they manufacture on the cover of these films as a marketing tool.

"Some of these people just have an overall outlook on me that's negative," said 50 Cent, who was once shot nine times.

The rap star, whose latest CD, "The Massacre," has sold 4.7 million copies in the United States since its release in March, said he understood the film distributor's decision to take down some of the billboards.

"I think Paramount made a business decision. I don't have a problem with it. At the end of the day, those kids are going to see the film. They insult the intelligence of the actual kids.

"They read the articles, they've seen the videos, they heard the music. When the film comes out, they're gonna see the film, regardless," he said.

[matt35mm]

"Some of these people just have an overall outlook on me that's negative," said 50 Cent, who was once shot nine times.

I find this sentence to be amazing in so many ways.  I like reading it over and over again.  The decision to put the info about him getting shot in that part of the article was just... neato.

I am looking forward to the reviews of this movie.  The Jim Sheridan aspect makes me very curious.  So what if 50 Cent can't really move his face or open his mouth when he speaks?  He doesn't have to--he's playing himself... very well, apparently.  

Some people aren't even giving it a chance.  It's as if people think that you can't make a fantastic movie about an expressionless gangsta-cum-rapper as directed by an Irish dude.  I think that could make an AWESOME movie.  And no one's talking about the great supporting cast.

This could be good.  Maybe.  We'll see.

[Reinhold]

"Some of these people just have an overall outlook on me that's negative," said 50 Cent, who was once shot nine times.

absolutely fucking gorgeous. i laughed out oud for about a minute when i read and reread this sentence a few times. my room mates wanted to know what was so funny. i didn't tell them.

it makes me picture the concerned mothers picketing his billboards as the ones who shot him. ... and then  that leads to totally mundane scenarios that end in him getting shot nine times. i dunno. i guess i just would have expected a little more of a provocative quote to go with that information.

edit: somebody else found it amusing too. yay. way to go, matt.

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Studio Takes Down Some 50 Cent Billboards

Paramount Pictures is removing some billboards promoting the upcoming 50 Cent film "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" after community activists complained they promoted gun violence. The billboards depict the rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, holding a gun in his left hand and a microphone in his right. At least two were near schools.

A studio spokesman said Friday that Paramount was evaluating the locations of the billboards and taking some down. He declined further comment.

One of the signs was located in front of a charter school in Altadena and another sign was near a school in south Los Angeles, areas that have struggled with gang violence.

Activists in a south Los Angeles neighborhood staged a rally Tuesday to protest the signs. Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich sent a letter Wednesday to Paramount President Brad Grey calling for immediate removal of the billboards.

"The billboard conveys to students a disturbing message actively promoting gun violence, criminal behavior and gang affiliation," Antonovich wrote.

"Get Rich or Die Tryin'" stars Jackson as a drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his true passion music. It is scheduled to open Nov. 9.