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| Directed by | Curtis Hanson |
| Produced by | Curtis Hanson Brian Grazer Jimmy Iovine |
| Written by | Scott Silver |
| Starring | Eminem Kim Basinger Mekhi Phifer Brittany Murphy |
| Music by | 50 Cent Jeff Bass Proof Obie Trice Xzibit Eminem |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
| Editing by | Jay Rabinowitz |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures Imagine Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | November 8, 2002 |
| Running time | 110 min. Curtis Lee Hanson (born March 24 1945) is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker Curtis Lee Hanson (born March 24 1945) is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar and Emmy Award -winning American James Iovine, better known as Jimmy Iovine (born March 11 1952 is a Music producer, Entrepreneur and Chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972 known as Slim Shady and his primary Stage name Eminem, is an Academy Award -winning Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (ˈbeɪsɪŋɚ bay-sing-er often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒɚ/ bass-in-jer) (born December 8, 1953) Mekhi Thira Phifer (born December 29, 1974 a non-profit organization established in 2000 to provide educational resources to universities in Africa. Brittany Anne Murphy (born Brittany Bertolotti on November 10, 1977) is an American actress and Recording artist. Bass Brothers is the professional name for the team of Mark and Jeff Bass the Detroit producers responsible for grooming rapper Eminem in his early days and collaborating on DeShaun Dupree Holton ( October 2 1973 &ndash April 11 2006) better known as Proof, was a Detroit rapper and member of the rap Obie Trice III (born November 14 1977 as stated in the song "Follow My Life" is an American rapper from Detroit Michigan Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, better known by his Stage name Xzibit (pronounced as "exhibit" is an American rapper, Actor, and Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972 known as Slim Shady and his primary Stage name Eminem, is an Academy Award -winning Rodrigo Prieto (born November 1965 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican Cinematographer. Jay Andrew Rabinowitz ( February 25, 1927 – June 16, 2001) was an American Lawyer, best known for serving as an Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Imagine Entertainment is a Film and Television Production company founded in 1986 by director Ron Howard and producer Brian Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $41,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $242,818,963 |
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8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Eminem. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century A drama film is a Film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes Curtis Lee Hanson (born March 24 1945) is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972 known as Slim Shady and his primary Stage name Eminem, is an Academy Award -winning Set in the Detroit hip hop scene during 1995, the film depicts Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. (Eminem) as he struggles for respect among his peers. Other stars of the film include Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Omar Benson Miller, Eugene Byrd, Anthony Mackie, Michael Shannon, Evan Jones, Chloe Greenfield, Taryn Manning, and De'Angelo Wilson. Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (ˈbeɪsɪŋɚ bay-sing-er often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒɚ/ bass-in-jer) (born December 8, 1953) Brittany Anne Murphy (born Brittany Bertolotti on November 10, 1977) is an American actress and Recording artist. Mekhi Thira Phifer (born December 29, 1974 a non-profit organization established in 2000 to provide educational resources to universities in Africa. Omar Benson Miller (born October 7 1978) is an American Actor. Eugene Byrd (born August 28, 1975) is an American actor He has been in movies including Dead Man, Sleepers, Anthony Mackie (born September 23, 1979) is an American actor Michael Shannon (born 1974 is an American stage and film Actor. Evan Jones is an American Actor. He spent part of his life in South Carolina, United States. Chloe Linnea Ayla Greenfield (born July 7 1995) is an American Child actress. Taryn Manning (born November 6 1978) is an American Actress, Fashion designer, Singer, and Songwriter. The film was given an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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Title
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Plot
The film begins with Eminem's character Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith, Jr. at a local rap battle emceed by Smith's friend "Udara &Hiral ". Freestyle rap is an Improvisational form of Rapping, performed with few or no previously composed Lyrics, which is said to reflect a direct mapping of the A nervous Rabbit chokes at the mic and exits the competition.
After the initial scene at the music event, the movie focuses on Jimmy, a young sheet metal factory worker who is struggling with different aspects of his life. He has moved back north of 8 Mile to the rundown trailer home in Warren of his alcoholic mother Stephanie (Kim Basinger), his much-younger sister Lily (Chloe Greenfield), and his mother's abusive live-in boyfriend Greg (Michael Shannon). M-102 is a state trunkline in the US state of Michigan, running along the northern boundary of Detroit. Warren is a city in Macomb County in the US state of Michigan. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (ˈbeɪsɪŋɚ bay-sing-er often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒɚ/ bass-in-jer) (born December 8, 1953) Chloe Linnea Ayla Greenfield (born July 7 1995) is an American Child actress. Michael Shannon (born 1974 is an American stage and film Actor. Jimmy is focused on getting his music career started, but he seems unable to catch a break. Just prior to the events of the film, he ends a relationship with his girlfriend Janeane (Taryn Manning), and during the film, begins a new relationship with Alex (Brittany Murphy). Taryn Manning (born November 6 1978) is an American Actress, Fashion designer, Singer, and Songwriter. Brittany Anne Murphy (born Brittany Bertolotti on November 10, 1977) is an American actress and Recording artist.
As the film progresses, Jimmy comes to realize that his life has remained largely the same since high school. At first, he considers himself a victim of his circumstances and blames others for his problems. Over time, though, Jimmy begins to take responsibility for the direction of his life and realizes that he has a large degree of control over how it will go. He begins to question whether his group of friends, including Future, are holding themselves back from moving on to bigger things. "All we ever do is talk shit," he tells them, as they bicker about the best way to become successful in the music business. With his onstage choke still fresh in his mind, he appears to decide that he will give up on or postpone his dream of a music career in favor of devoting more time to his day job and building a home life. Jimmy's newfound responsibility becomes evident to his supervisor at the factory as well. At the beginning of the film, when Jimmy requests extra shifts, his supervisor laughs at him, but by the end, Jimmy's improved attitude and performance earn him the extra work he had wanted. However, a late night shift conflicts with the next battle tournament. Jimmy initially doesn't want to go, but a visit from Alex changes his mind. Paul, a co-worker whom Jimmy stood up for earlier in the film, offers to cover for him.
The climax of the movie takes place at the battle. Rabbit's friends hype him throughout the film as an incredible rapper, but until this point the film only shows snippets of his skills. The tournament has three rounds, and in each of them Rabbit faces a member of the "Leaders of the Free World", a group that feuds with Rabbit and his friends throughout the film. Rabbit wins both of the first two rounds with progressively more impressive freestyle raps. In the last round, he is paired against Papa Doc, the tournament's most feared battler and Jimmy's main antagonist throughout the storyline. Rabbit is aware that Doc knows all his weak points, so he decides to address them preemptively with his freestyle. Rabbit acknowledges without shame his white trash roots and the various humiliations the Free World clique have inflicted on him. White trash is a Pejorative term targeted at lower social class White people with poor prospects and/or low levels of education He then uses the difficult life he's had as a springboard to reveal the truth about Papa Doc: despite passing himself off as a thug, he has a privileged background. Doc, whose real name is Clarence, attended Cranbrook, a private school located in upper class Bloomfield Hills. This article is about the private Pre K-12 school in the United States; For alternate uses including other Cranbrook Schools see Cranbrook (disambiguation. Rabbit makes a reference to Shook Ones Pt. II, the beat that the DJ is spinning, by calling Papa Doc a "halfway crook", which sends the crowd into a frenzy. Doc is left with nothing to say in rebuttal, drops the mic, and Rabbit takes the title.
As a final sign of his growing maturity throughout the film, Jimmy resists the pleas of his friends to go out and celebrate his victory, and instead he quietly walks off into the night to return to his shift at the sheet metal factory. As he walks off into the distance back to work, Eminem's award winning song "Lose Yourself" plays in the background as the transition to the ending credits. " Lose Yourself " is a Hip hop song by American Rapper Eminem.
Cast
- Eminem as Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith, Jr. Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972 known as Slim Shady and his primary Stage name Eminem, is an Academy Award -winning
- Kim Basinger as Stephanie Smith
- Mekhi Phifer as David "Future" Porter
- Brittany Murphy as Alexandra "Alex" Latourno
- Evan Jones as Cheddar Bob
- Omar Benson Miller as Sol George
- De'Angelo Wilson as DJ Iz
- Eugene Byrd as Wink
- Anthony Mackie as Papa Doc
- Craig Chandler as Paul
Details
- The paintball drive-by scene may be a reference to the real paintball drive-by shootings rappers Eazy-E and Dr. Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (ˈbeɪsɪŋɚ bay-sing-er often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒɚ/ bass-in-jer) (born December 8, 1953) Mekhi Thira Phifer (born December 29, 1974 a non-profit organization established in 2000 to provide educational resources to universities in Africa. Brittany Anne Murphy (born Brittany Bertolotti on November 10, 1977) is an American actress and Recording artist. Evan Jones is an American Actor. He spent part of his life in South Carolina, United States. Omar Benson Miller (born October 7 1978) is an American Actor. Eugene Byrd (born August 28, 1975) is an American actor He has been in movies including Dead Man, Sleepers, Anthony Mackie (born September 23, 1979) is an American actor Dre took part in. Dr. Dre is a close friend and associate of Eminem. This is also semi-autobiographical because Eminem's first run-in with the police was for shooting a police car with a paintball gun.
- When Rabbit comes home after Cheddar Bob shoots himself, his mother is watching the movie Imitation of Life, a 1959 film about a poor single mother who dreams of becoming rich and famous, but loses the connection with her child in the process. Imitation of Life is a 1959 film directed by Douglas Sirk, adapted from Fannie Hurst 's novel Imitation of Life, produced
- On June 29, 2007 a leaked video clip on YouTube showed many more rap battles that had been filmed for the movie. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees The clip is no longer available due to a copyright claim by NBC Universal, though additional battles were featured as an extra on the DVD edition.
- The movie featured 200 usages of the word "fuck," according to the Family Media Guide (see: List of films ordered by uses of the word "fuck").
- In the beginning of the movie when Rabbit is in the bathroom, the beat from Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Pt. II" is played, as the song was made in 1995 and the film is set in 1995. Mobb Deep is a hip hop duo that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. It is also the beat used in the final rap battle between Rabbit and Papa Doc.
- When Eminem battles Lyckety-Split before he battles Lotto, the beat is from the Show & AG song "Next Level (Nyte Time Mix)" from the album Goodfellas. Goodfellas is the second album from underground Hip Hop duo Show and A
- When Eminem battles Lotto at the end of the film, the beat is from the Onyx song "Last Dayz. Onyx is a Cryptocrystalline form of Quartz. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades such as purple or blue "
- The film features cameos from Obie Trice, Xzibit, King Gordy, Miz Korona and Proof. Obie Trice III (born November 14 1977 as stated in the song "Follow My Life" is an American rapper from Detroit Michigan Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, better known by his Stage name Xzibit (pronounced as "exhibit" is an American rapper, Actor, and Waverly W Alford III (born August 18 1977) better known by his Stage name King Gordy, is an American Rapper. DeShaun Dupree Holton ( October 2 1973 &ndash April 11 2006) better known as Proof, was a Detroit rapper and member of the rap
- Sara from MTV's popular series Making The Band has a cameo towards the end of the movie. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Making the Band is an ABC / MTV Reality television series that exists in separate iterations each iteration focusing on a specific music act She can be seen in the background during the last rap battle in the movie as Rabbit and Papa Doc compete.
- After Rabbit and Lyckety-Split battle, Future says "Next up, we got Ox and Strike. . . " This is an inside joke because the actor portraying Lyckety-Split has "Strike" as his stage name because he is a rapper in real life. The character playing Lotto has the real-life stage name of "Ox".
- A reference is made to popular 1950s show Leave it to Beaver during Rabbit's battle with Lotto. Leave It to Beaver is a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented American Television Situation comedy about an inquisitive Lotto refers to Rabbit as 'that dude from Leave it to Beaver'. Rabbit responds to this by calling Lotto 'Ward' and the other members of the 'Free World' as 'Eddie Haskell, Wally and Miss Cleaver' as they were all characters on the show.
- In the battle with Lil' Tic (played by Proof) Lil' Tic Spells out Proof in his verse: "L. T. , thats right, cop the heat I'll shoot ya/ I'll Punish Rabbit Or Obsolete Future (PROOF)/"
Reception
8 Mile was generally well received among critics. The film currently holds a 76% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Ebert and Roeper gave the film a "two thumbs up" rating. The film was a surprise hit at the box office making $51. A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for Admission to a venue 2 million in its opening weekend, making it one of the biggest opening weekends for an R-rated movie. The total domestic gross is $116 million USD. The 8 Mile DVD released in March 2003 grossed $91 million USD in DVD sales.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released October 29, 2002. Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile is the official music Soundtrack to the 2002 movie 8 Mile, starring Eminem Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Awards
- Best Original Song: Marshall Mathers for "Lose Yourself" (Winner)
Parodies
- Robot Chicken showed a parody of 8 Mile with Bugs Bunny imitating Eminem (B-Rabbit), Elmer Fudd as Papa Doc (Elmer Phudd), Porky Pig as the DJ (DJ Bacon Bits), and Daffy Duck as Future. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972 known as Slim Shady and his primary Stage name Eminem, is an Academy Award -winning " Lose Yourself " is a Hip hop song by American Rapper Eminem. Robot Chicken is an Emmy -Award Winning American Stop motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972 known as Slim Shady and his primary Stage name Eminem, is an Academy Award -winning Elmer J Fudd is a fictional Cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros Daffy Duck is an Animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of
- Eminem himself parodies the movie in the single and video for "Just Lose It". " Just Lose It " is a song by American rapper Eminem, released in 2004
- Dave Chappelle parodies the movie in the first season of Chappelle's Show. David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an American Comedian, Screenwriter, television / Film producer, and Chappelle's Show is an American Comedy Television
- Scary Movie 3 parodied the rap battle scenes, but instead of the character "choking" he starts rapping, and impresses the crowd, but he then brings up his Ku Klux Klan-like hood, and even gives a Hitler salute. Scary Movie 3 ( 2003) is an American Comedy film directed by David Zucker and is the third film of the Scary Movie Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are The Hitler salute (Hitlergruß also known in Germany during World War II as the Deutscher Gruß (literally German Greeting) or in English as the
- The film was parodied on Late Night with Conan O'Brien by Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien on NBC Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is a character Puppet performed by Robert Smigel premiering in 1997 on NBC 's Late In the sketch, titled "8 Nipples," B-Rabbit is played by Triumph, and Future, by O'Brien. Also parodied in the sketch was Eminem's song "Lose Yourself", By Triumph, called "Lick Yourself"
- The movie is also parodied in The Simpsons in the episode "Pranksta Rap" when Bart is writing things on a sheet of paper. " Pranksta Rap " is the ninth episode of the The Simpsons ' sixteenth season, which originally aired February 13
- For "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of "Lose Yourself," entitled "Couch Potato," there was a t-shirt made to promote Al's Poodle Hat album. Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (ˈjæŋkəvɪk born October 23 1959 is a Grammy Award winning American singer Musician, actor satirist " Lose Yourself " is a Hip hop song by American Rapper Eminem. " Couch Potato " is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Poodle Hat is the eleventh Album by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The shirt had a parody of the 8 Mile poster, depicting Al holding a small TV monitor, with rabbit-ear antennas on top, in his hands. The shirt can be found at the online shop at his website.
- South Park's Eric Cartman makes reference to the movie while writing in his own hand in a bus in the episode "Christian Rock Hard. " Christian Rock Hard " is episode 709 of Comedy Central's South Park. "
References
External links
- Official site
- 8 Mile at the Internet Movie Database
- 8 Mile at Allmovie
- Roger Ebert's review of 8 Mile
- James Berardinelli's review of 8 Mile
- 8 mile review on Tiscali
- Film Screenplay at MovieScriptPlace.com
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