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Release Date
• USA: Nov 8, 2002
• UK: 15 Nov 2002
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 18, 2003
• R2: 26 May 2003
Budget $41,000,000
Official Website:
8 Mile Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong language, sexuality, some violence and drug use.
Running Time
1 hour, 50 minutes
Country USA, Germany
Studio Brian Grazer, Curtis Hanson, Imagine Entertainment, Universal
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Other Titles
• Fight Music (2001)
• Fight Song (2001)
• Untitled Detroit Project (2001)
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Urban, Gangsters, Culture Clash, Gay/Lesbian
Tagline: Find Your Voice
Plot: Controversial rapper Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) makes his big screen debut with 8 MILE, a bracing drama directed by the increasingly audacious Curtis Hanson. Set in 1995 in the bleak, urban battle zone of Detroit, the film follows the struggles of a young man who is desperate to make a better life for himself. Jimmy Smith, Jr., better known as Rabbit, is destined for a life of squalor. Living in a cramped trailer with his deadbeat mom (Kim Basinger), Rabbit works in a factory to make ends meet. His only outlet is hip-hop. Possessing a talent for freestyle rapping, Rabbit still hasn't managed to unleash his true potential. But his best friend, Future (Mekhi Phifer), is determined to make that happen. Future forces Rabbit to enter a freestyle battle that he blew the week before, giving him another chance at redemption. Hanson's stellar portrait of lower-class urban disillusionment, shot with uncompromisingly gritty realism by Rodrigo Prieto, proves that the issue is no longer about race, it's about money. Eminem delivers a bold performance as the troubled youngster who is still trying to find his place in a harsh, cruel world.
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Curtis Hanson
L.A. Confidential, Wonder Boys, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle |
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Eminem
Hip Hop Witch, Da, 2002 MTV Movie Awards, The Up In Smoke Tour |
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