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After he is dumped by his girlfriend, Jimmy 'Rabbit' Smith, Jr. is forced to move in with his mum and little sister, Lily, in a trailer park on the poor side of the 8 Mile Road, Detroit. By day he holds down a badly-paid factory job, but by night he tries to make it as a white rapper in the predominately African-American community.

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ProducerJimmy Iovine, Brian Grazer, Curtis Hanson

EAN5050582603378

eBay Product ID (ePID)72575648

Product Key Features

ActorKim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer, Taryn Manning, Omar Miller, Eugene Byrd, Eminem, Mike Shannon, Brittany Murphy, Anthony Mackie, Evan Jones

Film/TV Title8 Mile

DirectorCurtis Hanson

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageDanish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Greek\Italian\Japanese\Mandarin\Norwegian\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish

Run Time115 Mins

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2009

FeaturesWith Subtitles, My Scenes Features\Making-Of\Featurette\Eminem Û 'superman', Music Video

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ReviewsThe Sun - A Thrilling Spectacle, Eminem Is Brilliant, Johnny Vaughan, The Sun - A Thrilling Spectacle, Eminem Is Brilliant

Additional InformationControversial 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 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 a troubled youngster trying to find his place in a harsh, cruel world.

ScreenwriterScott Silver

Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian\Japanese

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV Title8 Mile

Director of PhotographyRodrigo Prieto