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Features: DVD, Widescreen
“Eminem wins by a knockout!” raves Rolling Stone, as the Grammy Award-winning phenomenon makes his feature film debut in this gripping story about the boundaries that hold us back – and the courage that can set us free.
For Jimmy Smith, Jr. (Eminem), life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in the city’s vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice – and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment…is another chance. From Academy ® Award-winning director Curtis Hanson (L. A. Confidential) and Oscar ®-winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind), 8 Mile is the triumphant film Time Magazine hails as “Powerful!” and Entertainment Weekly applauds as “Electrifying. Mesmerizing!”
"Eminem wins by a knockout!" Rolling Stone
"Electrifying. Mesmerizing!" Entertainment Weekly
"Powerful!" Time
Editor's Note
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.
| Features | Exclusive Never-Before-Seen Rap Battles with Eminem | | The Music of 8 Mile | | Authentic 8 Mile with Curtis Hanson | | Eminem Talks about Making 8 Mile | | Exclusive Never-Before-Seen Music Video From The Eminem Show |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 5/22/2007 |
| Running Time: 111 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 23305 | | UPC: 00025192330520 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | Brittany Murphy | | Eminem | | Kim Basinger | | Mekhi Phifer | | Mark Bridges - Costume Designer | | Curtis Hanson - Directed By | | Rodrigo Prieto - Director of Photography | | Carol Fenelon, James Whitaker, Gregory Goodman, Paul Rosenberg - Executive Producers | | Jay Rabinowitz, Craig Kitson - Film Editors | | Brian Grazer, Curtis Hanson, Jimmy Iovine - Produced By | | Philip Messina - Production Designer | | Scott Silver - Written By |
| Awards |
Academy Awards (2002) |  | Winner, Best Original Song | | Jeff Bass, Winner, Best Original Song | | Luis Resto, Winner, Best Original Song |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Eminem projects the downbeat sex appeal and scurrilous, dead-eyed yearning of a rap-world James Dean....It's a movie of catchy rebel-underdog power..." 09/27/2002 p.49-54Rolling Stone
"...Eminem shows real screen presence....8 MILE hits hard and provocatively close to home..." 10/19/2002 p.113 Box Office
"...Eminem possesses a furtive instinct as a performer..." 11/01/2002 p.122 Rolling Stone
"...8 MILE qualifies as a cinematic event by tapping into the roots of Eminem and the fury and feeling that inform his rap....Eminem wins by a knockout..." 11/28/2002 p.97-8 New York Times
"...The movie is a success on its own terms because the director doesn't condescend to pop music..." 11/08/2002 p.E1 USA Today
"...The rap sequences are shot and edited with the excitement of a crisply broadcast sporting event..." 11/08/2002 p.7E Variety
"...Eminem is magnetic playing a version of himself....Basinger is entirely credible..." 11/04/2003 p.27-32 Sight and Sound
"...An illuminating addition to that hall-of-funhouse-mirrors that is Eminem's persona..." 02/01/2003 p.36-42 |
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