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Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Rating:R (for strong violence, pervasive language, drug content, sexuality and nudity)
Genre:Drama
Release Date:November 9, 2005
Running time:134 minutes
Cast:Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, Joy Bryant, Viola Davis, Terrence Dashon Howard, Rhyon Nicole Brown
Director:Jim Sheridan
Producer:Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, Chris Lighty, Heather Perry, Paul Rosenberg
Writer:Terence Winter
Distributor:Paramount Pictures

Description: Marcus has always known he was going to be a rapper, but when his mother is murdered, he turns to dealing and hustling drugs to pay the rent. As his world spirals out of control, he begins to apply the same manic intensity to his writing as he does to dealing; he has to write down his words to stay sane. For years, he endures this living hell until a tragedy that nearly kills him gets Marcus to change his life.

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