All Things Fall Apart

All Things Fall Apart (2011)

He won the game. Now he must fight the battle.

50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his professional ambitions -- and causes him to look at himself and his life in a new way.

Date of release
2011-03-05
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (63)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama
Director
Mario Van Peebles

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $7M

All Things Fall Apart is a 2011 American direct-to-video drama film directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Ray Liotta, Mario Van Peebles, and Lynn Whitfield. It was filmed in Michigan and premiered at the Miami International Film Festival.

Production

Jackson, who based his character on a childhood friend who died of cancer, lost up to 54 pounds in order to accurately portray his emaciated character, dropping from "214 pounds to 160 in nine weeks after liquid dieting and running on a treadmill three hours a day".

The film was produced under the same title as Chinua Achebe's 1958 postcolonial novel Things Fall Apart. After being contacted by Achebe's legal team, Jackson offered $1 million to keep the title Things Fall Apart for the film. Achebe took this as an insult. The foundation that manages Achebe's copyrights stated, "The novel with the said title was initially produced in 1958.

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