Things Fall Apart’ is set to premiere on BET this Saturday Dec. 3by Wilson Morales
December 2, 2011
After appearing in a number of film festivals, 50 Cent‘s latest film, ‘Things Fall Apart,’ was slated to hit theaters in 2012 through Image Entertainment.
Those plans have been scrapped as the film will now premiere on BET this Saturday December 3, 2011, at 9:30P/8:30C.
Directed by and also starring Mario Van Peeples, who plays Jackson’s father, the film also features Ray Liotta as the doctor aiding him during his treatment process. The cast also includes Lynn Whitfield as Jackson’s mother, Tracey Heggins, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Steve Eastin, Ambyr Childers, and Cedric Sanders.
Rapper/actor Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson undergoes an astonishing physical transformation as Deon Barnes, a promising Michigan football running back who dreams of one day getting drafted by the Miami Dolphins. A well-liked young man whose winning disposition makes him a hit with just about everybody (especially the girls), Deon has a line on a Heisman Trophy until he one day collapses in the locker room following a big win. The diagnosis, delivered by his doctor (played by Ray Liotta), is cancer, and Deon’s blessed life comes crashing down around him as he undergoes chemotherapy, losing his hair and over 60 lbs of muscle, his hair falling out, leaving him an emaciated shadow of his former self.
Based on the true story of a close friend, 50 Cent also co-wrote and co-produced this moving film, and provides many of the bracing original songs that make up its soundtrack. Like John Lee Hancock‘s ‘The Blind Side,’ football here becomes a vehicle for familial expressions of love, resentment and ultimate reconciliation.
