All Things Fall Apart

All Things Fall Apart
All Things Fall Apart
	Poster with working title Things Fall Apart
Directed by	Mario Van Peebles
Written by	Curtis Jackson; Brian A Miller
Produced by	Randall Emmett
Starring	Curtis Jackson; Ray Liotta; Mario Van Peebles
Music by	Tree Adams
Release date	March 5, 2011 (Miami International Film Festival);
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7,000,000 (estimated)

All Things Fall Apart is a 2011 American direct-to-video drama film directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Ray Liotta, 50 Cent,^[2] Mario Van Peebles, and Lynn Whitfield. It was filmed in Michigan and premiered at the Miami International Film Festival.

Plot

Deon is a football player who suffers a deadly disease. However, after receiving love and praise for his entire life due to his athletic ability, he is still a good person who loves his family and is willing to share the glory on the football field. His mother Bee is incredibly proud, his younger brother Sean is understandably jealous, and Bee’s boyfriend/Deon’s surrogate father Eric sees the football star as a winning lottery ticket. Eric is not a good guy though and frequently cheats in poker. Even though Deon is fighting cancer he still tries to finish what he started.

Cast

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Deon
Ray Liotta as Dr. Brintall
Mario Van Peebles as Eric
Lynn Whitfield as Bee
Ambyr Childers as Sherry
Elizabeth Rodriguez as Mrs. Lopez
Tracey Heggins as Sharon
Steve Eastin

Controversy over film title

The movie was produced under the same title as Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel Things Fall Apart.^[3] After being contacted by Achebe's legal team, 50 Cent offered $1 million to keep the title Things Fall Apart for the film. The author of the 1958 novel took this as an insult. The foundation that manages Achebe's copyrights said: "The novel with the said title was initially produced in 1958. It is listed as the most-read book in modern African literature, and won't be sold for even £1 billion." The film was renamed to All Things Fall Apart.^[3]^[4]

Production

50 Cent, 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" according to the Associated Press.^[5]

References

^ "Box office / business for All Things Fall Apart (2011)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ Goldberg, Matt (2011-05-04). "Things Fall Apart Review". Collider.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ ^a ^b Michaels, Sean (14 September 2011). "Chinua Achebe forces 50 Cent to rename movie". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
^ "50 Cent Loses Battle With Nigerian Novelist Chinua Achebe Over The Title 'Things Fall Apart'". The Huffington Post. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
^ "50 Cent's Weight Loss DETAILS: How He Did It, How Far He Went". Huffington Post. 28 May 2010.

External links

[1] "Box office / business for All Things Fall Apart (2011)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[2] Goldberg, Matt (2011-05-04). "Things Fall Apart Review". Collider.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[guardian-3] Michaels, Sean (14 September 2011). "Chinua Achebe forces 50 Cent to rename movie". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[4] "50 Cent Loses Battle With Nigerian Novelist Chinua Achebe Over The Title 'Things Fall Apart'". The Huffington Post. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[5] "50 Cent's Weight Loss DETAILS: How He Did It, How Far He Went". Huffington Post. 28 May 2010.

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