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Notorious

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2009 film directed by George Tillman, Jr.

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"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."

Released: 2009-01-16122 minDir: George Tillman Jr.Music, Drama, HistoryBox office: $43.1M

Cast

  • Jamal Woolard as Christopher 'Biggie' Wallace
  • Derek Luke as Sean 'Puffy' Combs
  • Naturi Naughton as Lil' Kim
  • Anthony Mackie as Tupac "2Pac" Shakur
  • Antonique Smith as Faith Evans
  • Angela Bassett as Voletta Wallace

Themes

  • rap music
  • ghetto
  • murder
  • death
  • boom box
  • rapping
  • crack addict
  • gold tooth
  • praying

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Ratings

IMDb

6.7/10

48,044 votes

Year
2009
Runtime
122 min
Genres
Biography, Crime, Drama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Composer
Danny Elfman
Production company
Searchlight Pictures
Narrative location
Brooklyn
Filming location
New York City
Duration
122
FilmAffinity ID
852653
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
2009-03-26
title
Notorious
distributed by
Netflix
executive producer
Sean Combs
set in period
1980s
review score
60/100
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