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Dominican Rep. 8 Mile
- Original title
- 8 Mile
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 112 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Eminem
Kim Basinger
Brittany Murphy
Mekhi Phifer
Omar Benson Miller- Evan Jones
Eugene Byrd- De'Angelo Wilson
Anthony Mackie
Taryn Manning
Michael Shannon- Malik Barnhardt
- Jennifer Kitchen
Xzibit- Abdul Salaam El Razzac
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Music. Hip Hop. 1990s
- Synopsis
- Set against Detroit's hip-hop scene in 1995, Jimmy Smith Jr., a young white rapper, struggles to find his voice. The people of Detroit know 8 Mile Road as the city's perimeter. It is also a psychological dividing line between urban and suburban, between black and white, between where Jimmy is and where he wants to be. Here, survival is key, and for many, the emotional life preserver is hip hop. In the absence of nurturing parents, Jimmy and his friends--cool and charasmatic Future, optimistic dreamer Sol, aspiring activist DJ Iz and slow but steady Cheddar Bob--have created their own family. Jimmy and his "crew" (Three One Third), live on hopes of getting their "big break" while struggling to eke out a living at their dead end day jobs. At night, they feed their dreams in the hip hop clubs where the city's best rappers battle each other with abusive rhymes that are wielded like weapons. Here, words are meant to wound and victory belongs to the quick-witted.
- Awards
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2002: Oscar: Best Original Song2002: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Original Song2002: Critics' Choice Awards: Best Song2002: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nom. for Most Promising Performer (Eminem)2002: Satellite Awards: nominated to Original Song.
- Critics' reviews
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"Transcends its star's controversial career and, in the bargain, stands head, shoulders and heart above every other Hollywood movie that we've seen so far this year."
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"Watching Curtis Hanson's gritty and electrifying 8 Mile, the first thing you notice about Eminem, the most scaldingly powerful artist in pop music today, is how vulnerable he looks."
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"What it's really about is the euphoria that talent can bring to those who are possessed by it. That euphoria lights up the screen."
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"The rap sequences are shot and edited with the excitement of a crisply broadcast sporting event, which in a way they are."
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"What makes 8 Mile transcend the formulaic nature of its plot is the way it makes these rap competitions compelling even for those unfamiliar with rap music"
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"As is usually the case with a well made sports movie, you don't have to appreciate the particular sport in order to enjoy the movie. 8 Mile has not been made solely with fans of hip-hop music in mind."
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"Eminem survives the X-ray truth-telling of the movie camera, which is so good at spotting phonies. He is on the level."
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"Basinger gives one of her best performances as a woman too young, poor and overwhelmed to handle motherhood"
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 33 My Top 10 Movies from 2002 (94)
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