8 Mile is a 2002 American hip-hop drama film, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Marshall Mathers (Eminem), Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, and Mekhi Phifer.
The film is a biographical account of Eminem's early years in relative poverty growing up in Detroit, and his early career in rap. As such, the film is set in the underground Detroit hip hop scene in the year 1995. The film depicts white rapper Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. (based upon a you...
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8 Mile is a 2002 American hip-hop drama film, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Marshall Mathers (Eminem), Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, and Mekhi Phifer.
The film is a biographical account of Eminem's early years in relative poverty growing up in Detroit, and his early career in rap. As such, the film is set in the underground Detroit hip hop scene in the year 1995. The film depicts white rapper Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. (based upon a younger Eminem) as he struggles for respect among his black peers.
The film was a financial success, was well received critically, and won an Academy Award for the Best Original Song for Eminem's "Lose Yourself", becoming the first film with a rap/hip-hop song to win an Academy Award.
The film begins with main character Jimmy "B-Rabbit aka Bunny Rabbit" Smith, Jr. at a local rap battle MCd by Smith's friend David "Future" Porter. A nervous Rabbit chokes at the mic and exits the competition.
The movie focuses on Jimmy, a young and unhappy blue...
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