Get Rich or Die Tryin' is a 2005 American crime drama film starring 50 Cent. 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 a loosely-based semi-autobiographical film account of 50 Cent's own life. It was directed by 6-time Academy Award-nominee Jim Sheridan. Marcus is a quiet young boy who adores his loving mother , 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. But after she is brutally murdered in an apparent drug deal gone wrong, Marcus heads down the wrong road himself. Forced to live with his grandparents full-time, they themselves having many children too, he finds his life less appealing as his grandfather works long hours to support the large family. As he grows older, he enters the drug game himself, buying new clothing and even a gun. Eventually he abandons high school to sell drugs for local kingpin Levar and his underling, Majestic, full time.
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| Release date: | November 9, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Jim Sheridan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 112 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jimmy Iovine, Paul Rosenberg, Chris Lighty, Jim Sheridan |
| Editor: | Roger Barton, Conrad Buff |
| Music by: | Quincy Jones, Maurice Seezer, Gavin Friday |
| Cinematography: | Declan Quinn |
| Screenplay by: | Terence Winter |
| Estimated budget: | $40,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action |